Home Security Assessment

Most households have never been shown what an attacker would actually look at. The assessment answers that: which of your accounts have turned up in breaches, which devices are running software that stopped getting security updates, what your home network exposes to the internet, and how much of your family life is publicly searchable.

You get a written report you can keep — findings ranked by what would genuinely hurt most, each with a plain-English explanation of why it matters and what to do about it. No vulnerability scanner output, no severity scores you would need a background in security to interpret.

There is nothing to buy at the end. If a fix needs a product, we will say so, and we will tell you the free option too where one exists.

Prices reflect the time these engagements normally take. Where a service is priced by size, pick the tier matching whichever part of the description is larger for you — a small house with a great many devices belongs in the higher tier. If what we find on the day goes beyond the tier you picked, we will tell you before starting and agree any additional time with you first. We never bill for extra time you have not agreed to.

How it works

1. A conversation first

   We talk through how your household actually uses technology — who is on the network, what devices exist, what worries you. Most of what matters comes out here.

2. The review

   We check account exposure, device and software state, your network and Wi-Fi configuration, and your family public online footprint.

3. Your report

   Findings written up in order of what would hurt most, each with a specific next step. Yours to keep and work through at your own pace.

Often added to this

When we confirm the details by email, mention any of these — or we will suggest one if it fits — and it goes on the same invoice as the main work.

• Extra time

  $150/hour

  When what we find goes past what was booked. Always agreed with you before it starts, never billed afterwards as a surprise.

• Password manager setup

  $150

  Choosing one, setting it up on every device, moving existing passwords into it, and a short lesson so it actually gets used.

• Backups that have been tested

  $225

  A backup for the machines that matter, and a restore of something real to prove it works. A backup nobody has restored from is a hope, not a backup.

• Router or firewall replacement

  $150 plus hardware

  When what you have cannot be made safe. We recommend one, you buy it, we install and configure it while we are there.

• Follow-up check

  $150

  A remote session a month or two later to confirm what was set up is still in place, updates are landing, and nothing new has crept in.

The full list of add-ons