Security readiness is not about fear. It is about being ready.
Most small businesses do not have a security problem until a bigger customer, a vendor risk assessment, a SOC 2 questionnaire, or a partner contract asks them to prove something. By that point the deal is already at risk because nobody can find a security policy, the website has issues that look careless on a quick scan, and the team has no shared answer for "how do you handle data?"
We help you fix that quietly, before it becomes a deal-blocker. Real policies, real reviews, real answers, written in plain language. Productized where possible, custom where the work demands it.
What we offer.
Five productized services. You can buy one as a standalone engagement, or stack them as you grow.
Productized
Website and app security readiness review
$500 to $1,500 (one-time, flat fee)
A focused review of your website or app from a security and trust perspective. Login flows, exposed pages, HTTPS and security headers, form handling, outdated plugins or dependencies, risky public data, privacy basics, and the general "does this site look careful or careless to a security-aware visitor" check. You receive a plain-English findings document with prioritized fixes and a recommended remediation order.
Productized
Security policy starter pack
$500 to $1,200 (one-time, flat fee)
Professional, plain-English starter policies covering data handling, incident response, access control, password and MFA, vendor risk, privacy, and acceptable use. Tailored to your actual business, not a copy-paste template. The result is a policy folder you can hand to a prospect, attach to a contract, or paste into a vendor questionnaire without scrambling.
Custom
Vendor and SaaS security questionnaire prep
$1,500 to $5,000 per questionnaire (custom-scoped)
Closing your first enterprise customer? Renewing an MSA with a Fortune 500? Filling out a Vanta-driven security questionnaire? We interpret the questions, organize the evidence you already have, write the responses, identify the small gaps that need real fixes before answering, and prepare you for the follow-up call. Built for small SaaS teams and service businesses trying to sell up-market.
Custom
AppSec advisory for startups
$1,500 to $5,000 per engagement (advisory only)
You ran a scan and got 200 findings you do not understand. You have a pen-test report and no idea what to fix first. You need to communicate your security posture to a board, an investor, or a customer, and you want it to sound credible without bluffing. We help you read the scans, prioritize the real issues, write the remediation plan, and translate the security story for non-technical stakeholders. This is advisory work. We do not do active incident triage during a live breach.
Retainer
Monthly security readiness retainer
$200 to $1,500 per month (depending on team size and scope)
Light ongoing support so security stays current instead of getting stale. Quarterly checkups, vulnerability and dependency review, policy updates, light employee awareness, vendor security follow-up, and a single shared point of contact for the "should we be worried about this?" questions that come up between projects.
Every engagement ends with a plain-English action plan, prioritized by business risk, urgency, and what a customer or partner is most likely to notice.
Who this is for.
- Small businesses with websites or apps that want to look careful, not careless, to security-aware customers and partners.
- SaaS startups trying to land their first enterprise customer and getting blocked by security questionnaires.
- Agencies and online service providers who handle customer data and want clear policies in place.
- Healthcare-adjacent and finance-adjacent businesses that need to look the part for vendors and partners.
- Companies preparing for vendor onboarding, MSA renewal, or SOC 2 readiness who need help organizing the answer before paying for a full audit.
Who this is not for.
- Active incident response. If your environment is being breached right now, you need an incident response firm and your insurance carrier, not us.
- Full SOC 2 Type II audit delivery. We help you get ready and answer questionnaires. A licensed CPA firm completes the audit itself.
- Penetration testing engagements that need active exploitation. We can read a pentest report and help you act on it.
- Enterprise security architecture for companies above 100 employees. The work fits, the price band does not.
Why Afia Labs.
Most small-business security consulting is sold by either huge firms (priced for enterprises) or generalists with no actual security background. Afia Labs is neither. The studio adds two things most security consultancies do not: small-business empathy from running the studio, and the ability to write security findings the way a real customer reads them, in plain language with prioritized next steps.
You get someone who understands customers, support, escalation, and business trust, not just scan output.
Pairs with the website service.
Many readiness reviews start as an add-on to a website build. The sequence is natural: we build or rebuild the website, we secure the website, we prepare your business for bigger opportunities. If you are already a website client, the readiness review price is offered at a paired-engagement rate. Ask about it on the kickoff call.
Studio hours and how we communicate.
Project inquiries are reviewed during studio hours: Monday to Thursday 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM, Friday 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Saturday 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM. Sunday is closed.
Most communication is async via email and Zoom. Calls happen on Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, or WhatsApp, whichever method suits you. Phone calls are welcome during studio hours.
Need to look ready before the next customer asks?
Tell us what you are preparing for (a website, a vendor questionnaire, a contract clause, a board question). We will follow up with a scoped proposal.
Start a Readiness Review
Security Readiness is advisory support. It is not emergency breach response, forensic investigation, legal advice, penetration testing, or formal compliance certification.
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