For cybersecurity consultants
Small businesses call you after a scare, and they need a plan before they need a retainer. Sell an assessment as its own piece of work, a standing monthly slot after it, and invoice the company directly.
What small businesses ask after a scare
What does a cybersecurity assessment cover?
Who has access to what, how devices and accounts are protected, backups, and what happens when something goes wrong. The report lists the fixes in order.
Should a small business have a cybersecurity retainer?
Once the assessment’s fixes are done, a small monthly retainer keeps them done. Most problems come from changes nobody reviewed.
What should a cybersecurity consulting agreement say?
The scope, how you’ll access their systems, how findings are kept confidential, and that you aren’t responsible for incidents outside the scope.
What gets in the way
A client calls the morning after a phishing email worked, and wants everything fixed by lunch.
The assessment gets done, the report gets filed, and nothing changes until the next scare.
Small companies can’t say how many laptops they have, so quotes are guesses.
Your page on the first day
This is the consulting setup, and it’s what your page starts with. Change any of it where it appears.
- Clients can book from tomorrow onward.
- Moving or canceling is free up to 24 hours before.
- There are 15 minutes clear after every session.
- Before booking, your page asks: “What should I read before we talk?”
Your engagement letter opens with this: Advice is given in good faith on the information you share; decisions and outcomes stay yours.
What’s different for cybersecurity consultants
The assessment first
Sell the assessment as a piece of work with a share due at booking, so the plan is paid for before anyone argues about tools.
A standing slot after it
A monthly offering holds your time each month for the fixes and the training, charged to the company’s card.
What it doesn’t do for you
There’s no security scanner, no monitoring and no incident response line. The page holds the arrangement and the money.
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