Non-profit cyber security support for SMEs

Practical cyber security support for SMEs

Security Aid is a non-profit providing free assessments, guidance, tools and resources for SMEs, meaning small and medium-sized businesses. Security Aid does not charge for any of its services.

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Identity controlsStrong
Detection coverageImproving
Incident readinessAction needed
Featured Services

Free security support without enterprise complexity.

Web App Penetration Testing

Free high-level web application testing guidance to help SMEs understand common risks such as broken access control, insecure login flows and exposed data.

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Vulnerability Assessments

Find exploitable weaknesses before attackers do, with free non-profit remediation guidance for small and medium-sized businesses.

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Security Advisory

Free cyber security guidance for leadership, IT teams, and growing businesses without a full-time security function.

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Security Awareness Training

Reduce everyday risk with free role-aware training guidance that turns security advice into practical habits.

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Cyber Security Talks & Workshops

Free practical cyber security talks and workshops for SMEs, students and community groups.

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Incident Response Planning

Prepare your business to respond calmly and effectively when an incident occurs.

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Supplier & Third-Party Security Reviews

Free guidance to help SMEs understand supplier, SaaS and outsourced IT security risks.

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Microsoft Security Reviews

Improve Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Defender, and endpoint protection configurations with free practical hardening advice.

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SIEM & Detection Engineering Reviews

Understand whether your logs, alerting, and detections cover the threats that matter most.

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Featured Tools

Assess your current posture in minutes, at no cost.

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Cyber Essentials Assessment

Check identity, devices, patching, malware protection, backups, network exposure and data protection against Cyber Essentials-style controls.

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SIEM Gap Assessment

Map identity, endpoint, cloud, SaaS, network, email, server and detection controls to identify visibility gaps and maturity priorities.

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Incident Response Plan Generator

Generate a structured incident response playbook with scenario-specific flow diagrams, procedures and stakeholder templates.

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Microsoft Defender Suite Assessment

Assess Defender XDR, Endpoint, ASR, Identity, Office 365, Cloud Apps, Servers, Cloud, IoT, mobile and KQL data coverage.

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Microsoft Purview Assessment

Assess Microsoft Purview information protection, sensitivity labels, DLP coverage, alerting and governance controls.

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Zscaler DLP Assessment

Assess Zscaler DLP inspection scope, policy attachment, match quality, incident handling and operational tuning.

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BeyondTrust PAM Assessment

Assess BeyondTrust Password Safe, endpoint privilege management, session control and PAM governance coverage.

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Supplier Security Assurance Checklist

Generate a practical cyber security questionnaire to send to suppliers, SaaS providers and outsourced IT partners.

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Latest Security News

Current cyber threats and defensive guidance.

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Chrome Ad Blocker with 10M+ Installs Found with Dormant Script Injection Capability

An analysis of a popular Google Chrome ad block extension for YouTube has uncovered the ability to execute arbitrary JavaScript code. According to Island,…

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It’s dumb out there again. This week has the usual smell of prod on fire and nobody wanting to admit who left the door…

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Surviving the Mythos Era: Richard Bejtlich on the Case for NDR

Despite the abundance of telemetry at analysts’ disposal, many security operations teams struggle to answer a few basic questions during incident investigation: What happened?…

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New Gaslight macOS Malware Uses Prompt Injection to Disrupt AI-Assisted Analysis

A previously undocumented Rust-based macOS implant and information stealer has been found to embed a prompt injection payload designed to trick a malware analyst's…

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Security Aid is non-profit and does not charge for any of its services. Start with free assessments, practical guidance and clear remediation priorities built for small and medium-sized businesses.

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