Home Office Security

The home office is where two networks that were never meant to meet share a router. Payroll runs on the laptop the kids' tablet sits next to. A client contract lives on a machine the doorbell camera can reach. Nobody set it up that way on purpose; it is simply what happens when work moves home.

We separate the two properly — work devices on their own segment, remote access configured the way an IT department would insist on, and the accounts that matter locked down — without making the setup so brittle that it gets switched off the first time it is inconvenient.

If you are an employee, you leave with a short written summary describing what was done, suitable for showing whoever asks. If you run the business, it is the start of the security posture you will need the first time a customer or an insurer asks about it.

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. What lives where

   Which devices carry work, which carry home, which carry both, and what each one can reach. This is usually where the surprises are.

2. Separate and secure

   Network segmentation, remote access, device configuration, and the accounts that hold the work — done with you present so nothing is a mystery afterwards.

3. Written summary

   What was configured and why, in language an employer or an insurer will understand.

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.

• Staff briefing

  $225

  Thirty to forty-five minutes with your people at the end of a visit: what changed, what they need to do differently, and the scams aimed at businesses like yours.

The full list of add-ons