Every industry we serve has a different risk profile — different systems, different data, different attackers, different compliance pressure. The recommendations on this page reflect what we actually see when we walk into these businesses.
Restaurants depend on point-of-sale systems, vendor accounts, employee systems, and internet-connected ordering tools. Common vulnerabilities include shared networks, weak passwords, and payment-system exposure. Potential consequences include ordering downtime, payroll issues, and payment-data compromise.
What we focus on: POS / network separation, online-ordering tablet isolation, employee account practices, and backup readiness.
These businesses store booking data, payment transactions, and customer contact information. Common vulnerabilities include unsecured guest WiFi, shared passwords, and point-of-sale exposure. Potential consequences include payment compromise, booking disruption, and immediate revenue interruption.
What we focus on: booking-system access (Booksy, Square, Vagaro, GlossGenius), shared logins, customer contact-list protection, and payment-app security.
These businesses store service histories, customer records, invoices, and payment data. Common vulnerabilities include outdated computers, unsafe USB use, weak backups, and insecure systems. Potential consequences include ransomware, lost service records, invoice disruption, and full business shutdown.
What we focus on: outdated systems (Windows 7/8 retirement), customer-record backups, invoice/payment access control, and ransomware exposure.
Retail relies on customer payment systems, inventory systems, and employee access. Common vulnerabilities include point-of-sale exposure, public WiFi issues, and weak account security. Potential consequences include card-data theft, lost sales, and system outages.
What we focus on: POS isolation from guest WiFi, role-based inventory access, and never storing card numbers outside the payment terminal.
Real estate offices store contracts, financial information, transaction documents, and wire instructions. Common vulnerabilities include email compromise and weak verification controls. Potential consequences include wire fraud, lost funds, and reputational damage.
What we focus on: wire-fraud prevention, business-email compromise (BEC) defenses, secure document handling, and MFA on transaction systems.
Dental and medical offices store sensitive patient and insurance data. Common vulnerabilities include weak device security, outdated systems, poor access control, and limited compliance practices. Potential consequences include data breaches, legal risk, fines, and service disruption.
What we focus on: patient-data handling (HIPAA-aware practices), access controls and audit logging, segregating older imaging/operatory PCs, and tested backups.
Small offices rely heavily on email, files, contracts, and client data. Common vulnerabilities include phishing, account compromise, weak passwords, and no endpoint visibility. Potential consequences include fraud, lost files, downtime, and reputational harm.
What we focus on: business-grade email (Google Workspace / M365), business-cloud document storage, phishing simulation, and endpoint protection.
Contractor and government-adjacent businesses handle controlled data, documentation, and access requirements that flow down from prime contracts. Common vulnerabilities include informal control documentation, missing access reviews, and gaps against NIST 800-171 or CMMC. Potential consequences include lost contract eligibility, compliance enforcement, and reputational harm with the prime.
What we focus on: CUI / CDI handling, NIST 800-171 / CMMC readiness, written policies, quarterly access reviews, and SAM.gov/DSBS posture for VOSB / SDVOSB / DVBE businesses.
Property management, fitness studios, professional services, non-profits, and other San Diego small businesses with 1–50 employees — if you have email, payment systems, customer records, or WiFi, we can help.