Real security,
without the enterprise overhead.
Small businesses are now the majority target for ransomware — not because attackers prefer small companies, but because most have the weakest defenses and the least time to notice. ByteTempest manages the complexity so you can keep running your business, without enterprise pricing or enterprise jargon.
Why this matters more than it used to
Attackers automate the search for weak targets, and a small business with no dedicated IT staff looks the same to that automation as any other unlocked door. The data on a 12-person company isn't worth less to a ransomware operator than data on a 1,200-person one — and the ransom demand is calibrated to what they think you can pay, not what you're "big enough" to matter.
Cyber insurance has caught up to this too. Most policies now require baseline controls — MFA, endpoint detection, tested backups — just to bind coverage, and increasingly to pay out a claim at all.
What "right-sized" actually means
You don't need a security operations center, a CISO, and six different dashboards. You need the systems watched, your team trained on what phishing actually looks like now, and someone to call if something goes wrong — delivered without requiring you to manage any of it yourself.
That's the whole model: ByteTempest handles the complexity, you get a plain answer when you ask what's going on, and nothing gets sold to you that you don't actually need.
No internal security staff required.
Managed Detection & Response
Your computers and servers watched around the clock. When something suspicious happens, ByteTempest handles it — no alerts landing in your inbox at midnight.
View details → Managed, MonthlySecurity Awareness Training
Quarterly phishing simulations and training, fully managed. ByteTempest runs the program, tracks completion, and keeps the records — you don't have to think about it.
View details → Retainer, MonthlyIncident Response Retainer
A guaranteed response time, defined in writing before anything happens — not a scramble to find help once your systems are already down.
View details → Retainer, MonthlyvCISO Retainer
If you're currently the person who handles security questions because there's no one else, this is the fix — strategy, vendor decisions, and a real point of contact.
View details → Project-BasedCloud Security Assessment
If you run on Microsoft 365 or Azure, ByteTempest audits the configuration and fixes the gaps. Most small businesses have real exposure here and don't know it.
View details → Project-BasedPenetration Testing
A controlled attack on your own systems to find the holes before someone else does, with a plain-language report on what to fix and why it matters.
Build a quote →Foundation: MDR + SAT
One service watches your systems, the other trains your people. Together they close the two most common ways small businesses actually get breached.
Response readiness: IR retainer
Added once the foundation is in place, so there's a defined plan and a guaranteed response time before you ever need one.
Ongoing leadership: vCISO
For businesses ready to stop making security decisions ad hoc and want a steady advisor instead.
Not sure where you fall?
Start with a free consultation. ByteTempest will tell you honestly what you need and, just as importantly, what you don't — no enterprise package dressed up for a business your size.