Small business cyber security with a human layer, not a product stack.
Small business cyber security is the work of keeping the accounts, mailboxes, and access your business actually runs on from being turned against you. Covered On gives you a named specialist for it: mailbox monitoring, phishing review and response, and practical guidance on locking down accounts and business practices.
What this service is
Most small businesses do not have a security team, and they should not need one. What they do have is a steady stream of suspicious emails, account questions, and security decisions that need a knowledgeable answer. Covered On provides that answer.
The core of this service is email security: monitoring of sensitive mailboxes, review of phishing emails your staff forward to us, and clear guidance when something does get through. When a suspicious email lands in a shared inbox or a staff member forwards one to you, you know who to send it to and what happens next.
Beyond email, we help you lock down the basics that actually matter for a small business: strong authentication, sensible account permissions, and practical security practices your team can follow without a manual. This is not about selling you a security product stack. It is about reducing the ways your business can be hurt by the threats that target small companies every day.
The targeting is not theoretical. In the 2025 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, small businesses, defined there as fewer than 1,000 employees, accounted for 3,049 incidents and 2,842 breaches with confirmed data disclosure, and system intrusion, social engineering, and basic web application attacks made up 96 percent of them (Verizon, 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report). All three are addressed by unglamorous work: monitoring the mailboxes that matter, reviewing what your staff forward, and tightening how accounts are protected.
Security also does not sit on its own. The devices, accounts, patching, and backups underneath it belong to small business IT support, and the manual, repetitive access changes that create the most risk are exactly what business process automation removes.
What is included
Security support that fits how a small business actually works.
Mailbox monitoring
Monitoring of sensitive mailboxes so suspicious activity on the accounts that matter is noticed early.
Phishing triage
Staff forward suspicious email to your Covered On contact, and we tell you whether it is a real threat and what to do.
Security recommendations
Practical, prioritized guidance on locking down accounts, authentication, and business practices.
Free email security audit
Every client can run our free automated audit of SPF, DKIM, DMARC, STARTTLS, and DNS blacklists to see where their email stands.
See your email security posture today
Run our free automated audit to check SPF, DKIM, DMARC, STARTTLS, and DNS blacklist status for your domain.
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How it works
The same delivery model behind every Covered On service.
Tell us what you need
Share your security concerns, the mailboxes that matter most, and how your team handles suspicious email today.
We match a vetted local expert
You are paired with a security specialist who works with small businesses, coordinated by Covered On.
Work is reviewed and coordinated
You stay in control of every recommendation and decision. Covered On coordinates the response when something is real.
Related services
Security connects to the rest of your technology and operations.
Ready to add a human layer to your security?
Tell us where your business feels exposed and we will match you with a security specialist who can help. No obligation, just a conversation.
Talk to usQuestions about IT security
Do you handle phishing emails my staff forward to you?
Yes. Staff can forward suspicious email to your Covered On security contact and we review it, tell you whether it is a real threat, and walk through the right response.
What is included in the free email security audit?
The free audit checks SPF, DKIM, DMARC, STARTTLS support, and DNS blacklist status for your domain, then sends you a prioritized report with fix instructions.
Do you sell or manage antivirus software?
We do not sell antivirus products. We give practical recommendations on the security tools and settings that make sense for your business, and you choose what to use.
Are we really a target as a small business?
Yes, and usually because a small business is easier to reach rather than more interesting. In the 2025 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, businesses with fewer than 1,000 employees accounted for 2,842 breaches with confirmed data disclosure, and 96 percent of those fell into three patterns: system intrusion, social engineering, and basic web application attacks. Those are exactly the areas mailbox monitoring, phishing triage, and account hygiene address.