SME cyber baseline
Essential cyber solutions, without unnecessary complexity.
Antivirus, firewall, backup, MFA, email protection, monitoring and governance: ITSelect helps SMEs choose useful building blocks, avoid overlap and prioritise investments according to risk.
Essential solutions
Six families to prioritise before investing further
This page connects concrete equipment needs with IT governance: every solution should cover a risk, generate evidence and improve continuity.
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Essential
Endpoint & server protection
Antivirus, EDR, anti-ransomware protection, hardening and update coverage.
02
Essential
Firewall & network
SME firewall, secure VPN, segmentation, web filtering and exposed rule review.
03
Essential
Email & identity
MFA, anti-phishing, email protection, SPF / DKIM / DMARC and privileged account review.
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Essential
Backup & continuity
Cloud or local backup, restore tests, immutability and RTO / RPO objectives.
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Recommended
Monitoring & detection
Monitoring, alerts, availability, essential logs and visible anomaly detection.
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Recommended
Governance & evidence
Evidence plan, RACI, GDPR incidents, executive reporting and 30 / 60 / 90-day roadmap.
CyberFundamentals Basic
Connect every cyber building block to documentary evidence.
An SME cyber baseline is not only about equipment. To be governable, every measure should leave a trace: policy, procedure, register, plan or control evidence. The CCB / Safeonweb@work templates provide a useful basis to structure this documentation at CyberFundamentals Basic level.
Endpoints & servers
Related documents: vulnerability & patching policy, password rules and 10 golden cybersecurity rules.
Firewall & network
Related documents: network security policy, asset inventory and access rules for exposed equipment.
Email & identity
Related documents: access management, password policy, periodic review of accounts and privileges.
Backup & continuity
Related documents: backup and recovery policy, recovery objectives and restore test evidence.
Monitoring & detection
Related documents: cyber incident response plan, escalation instructions and alert logging.
Governance & evidence
Related documents: Basic cybersecurity policy, asset inventory, action plan and internal validation.
Cyber packs on request
Readable packs to start.
This V1.1 captures commercial intent: the client selects a need, ITSelect qualifies the context and proposes a suitable recommendation.
Endpoint protection
Antivirus / EDR, basic hardening, deployment and coverage evidence.
Request this packSME firewall
Firewall, VPN, rule review, basic segmentation and documentation.
Request this packBackup & Restore
Backup, restore testing, continuity evidence and RTO / RPO objectives.
Request this packMicrosoft 365 Security
MFA, email protection, access review, configuration and executive summary.
Request this packExecutive awareness
Board training, cyber risks, responsibilities and executive best practices.
Request this packNIS2 / GDPR governance
Evidence plan, RACI, incident register, action tracking and executive report.
Request this packRecommendation / quote
Receive an SME cyber recommendation
Share your company context. ITSelect will come back with a simple view: priorities, recommended pack, support options and next steps.
Partners
Suggest a partnershipAn open space for technology partners
ITSelect can integrate partner solutions in an advisory approach: endpoint protection, firewall, backup, email security, MFA, monitoring, continuity and related services.