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.

82Readiness
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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The Hacker News

Cordyceps CI/CD Flaws Expose 300+ GitHub Repositories to Supply-Chain Attacks

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new class of CI/CD workflow weakness that allows attackers to hijack workflows and compromise open-source supply chains. The "critical…

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Dawn of the Apex Agentic Adversary

We are standing at the end of an era we never thought to mourn: the era of human-speed threats. For years, cybersecurity moved to…

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DoJ Seizes Huione Cloud Account Tied to Cyber Scam Money Laundering

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday announced the seizure of a cloud computing account put to use by subsidiaries of Cambodia-based corporate…

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Cisco Unified CM Flaw Exploited After PoC Reveals File-Write Path to Root

Threat actors have begun to exploit a recently disclosed critical security flaw impacting Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM) and Unified Communications Manager Session…

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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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