# Small Business Cybersecurity Basics in Charlotte, NC | Steady Hand IT

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# Security basics that actually stop problems

Short answer: A $495 fixed-price Security Checkup for small businesses: passwords, MFA, backups, updates and email protection, with a plain-English report and ranked fix list.

    Most small-business incidents come through a few doors: stolen passwords, phishing, missing backups and unpatched software. Close those first.

    The Security Checkup is a $495 fixed-price review of the controls that matter most for a small business: passwords, multi-factor authentication, backups, updates, email protection and who has access to what. You get a plain-English report and a ranked fix list with costs.

## What I look at

### Sign-in and access
Password habits, MFA coverage, admin accounts, former-staff access, shared logins.

### Backups
What is backed up, where it goes, how long it is kept, and a real restore test.

### Devices and updates
Operating systems, key software, antivirus or endpoint protection, disk encryption, lost-device plan.

### Email and phishing
Spam and phishing filters, SPF, DKIM and DMARC for your domain, and a short team briefing.

## What you receive

- A short report anyone on your team can read

- A ranked fix list: what, why, who does it, cost

- The quick fixes done during the review where safe

- A credit of the Checkup fee toward Care plans if you continue within 30 days

## What this is not

    It is not a penetration test, a compliance certification (HIPAA, CMMC, PCI), or a guarantee that nothing can go wrong. It is the practical baseline that removes the most common risks. If your business handles regulated data, I will tell you what is outside my scope and who to ask. North Carolina law requires businesses holding residents' personal information to notify people after a breach, so knowing where that data lives matters; see [the checklist](https://steadyhandit.com/journal/small-business-cybersecurity-checklist/).

### Want to know where you stand?

      Try the free [Tech Health Check](https://steadyhandit.com/#check) first, or book the Checkup.

      [Book a Security Checkup call](https://steadyhandit.com/contact/?topic=security)