$1,500–$2,500 / month — Scope-dependent. Minimum 3-month initial term.
Monthly Protection Retainer
Ongoing monthly control checks, quarterly reviews, staff refreshers, and a security contact your team can actually reach.
Who it is for
Businesses that have completed a health check or sprint and want the basics to stay fixed as staff, tools, and threats change.
The problem it solves
Security decays. New staff skip MFA, suppliers change bank details, settings drift, and nobody notices until something goes wrong.
What is included
- Monthly control check against your agreed baseline
- Quarterly security review and updated roadmap
- Staff awareness refreshers (short, practical)
- Email and domain monitoring checklist run
- Policy and process tuning as your business changes
- Light advisory support for staff security questions
What is not included
- 24/7 monitoring or a security operations centre
- Guaranteed incident response (incident readiness pack available separately)
- Unlimited project work
What you provide
- A nominated contact
- Continued access arrangements for agreed checks
Deliverables
- Monthly one-page status report
- Quarterly review report and roadmap update
Timeline
Ongoing monthly cycle; quarterly in-depth review.
Boundaries
Advisory and review retainer, not a managed security service. Urgent incident work is scoped and agreed separately.