Find the holes before someone else does.
A security assessment here means a plain-English look at where your business is exposed — weak accounts, missing multi-factor, unpatched software, risky sharing settings — scored against established benchmarks and handed back as a short report you can actually act on. Ghostly Gadgets runs it from Hamilton, NJ for accounting, medical, legal, and trade firms across Mercer County, backed by a local engineer with sixteen years in cybersecurity. Not a raw scanner dump — findings that matter, in order, with the fix for each one.
How it works
The 15-minute exposure check
We start from the outside, the way an attacker would — a passive read of what your domain shows the whole internet: email spoofing protection, website encryption, DNS hardening. Run it right here, free, before anything else.
The full assessment
Then we look from the inside: every computer and cloud account inventoried, checked for missing updates, weak settings, and stale access against commercial benchmarks. You get one prioritized report — what's exposed, what it means in plain English, and the exact steps to close each gap.
Ongoing coverage, if you want it
Security isn't a one-time snapshot — new gaps open as software updates, accounts change, and staff come and go. For businesses that want to stay ahead of it, we keep re-checking on a rhythm that fits you and report each round as a plain Night Log: what's new, what changed, what to fix next. Problems surface on a page, not during an incident.
Run the free exposure check
Type your business domain. See what an attacker sees.
A passive look at your public surface only — your domain's DNS records and the front page of your website. No logins, no scans of anything inside your walls, nothing an attacker couldn't already pull up. You get a plain-English read in a few seconds, and the whole thing is free.
Passive, public-information check — not a full assessment. We only read what your domain already publishes.
What's included
- An outside-in exposure check — internet-facing weak spots plus leaked-credential lookup for your team
- A full asset inventory: every computer and cloud account, its operating system, and what needs updating
- Checks against established commercial security benchmarks — the same discipline enterprises use, sized to a small shop
- Multi-factor, backup, and endpoint-protection review — the things insurers and questionnaires actually ask about
- Readable fix-actions written for a business owner, not a security engineer — in priority order
- Optional ongoing coverage: repeat checks on a cadence that fits you, each as a one-page Night Log of what changed
Who this is for
If you have to answer a security question, we help you answer it honestly.
Accounting and tax firms working under the FTC Safeguards Rule. Medical and dental offices handling patient records. Anyone whose cyber-insurance renewal now asks about multi-factor, backups, and endpoint protection. Law offices, and any small business that would have a very bad week if the wrong account got taken over. We assess against commercial benchmarks and hand you readable findings — we're a local security shop, not a law firm or a certifying body, so final compliance sign-off stays with you and your advisors.
FAQ
What is a security assessment, exactly?
It's a plain-English look at where your business is exposed — the accounts, devices, and settings an attacker would go after first. We scan your systems against established commercial benchmarks, then hand you a short report: what we found, what actually matters, and the exact steps to close each gap. It is an assessment, not a certification — we tell you where you stand and how to fix it.
I already have antivirus and an IT person. Do I still need this?
Antivirus and day-to-day IT keep the lights on; they rarely answer the question an insurer or a breach lawyer asks: where are you actually exposed? An assessment is an independent second set of eyes that checks the things everyday support tends to skip — stale accounts, missing multi-factor, unpatched software, risky sharing settings — and puts them in one prioritized list.
I'm a small firm. Isn't this overkill?
Small firms are the target precisely because attackers assume no one's watching. The assessment is sized to your shop — a handful of computers and a few cloud accounts, not an enterprise. Most of the risk in a small business comes down to a short list of fixable things, and the point is to find that list before someone else does.
My cyber-insurance renewal is asking security questions I can't answer. Can you help?
Yes — that's one of the most common reasons people call. We assess what you have, help you put the missing pieces in place (multi-factor, backups, endpoint protection), and give you plain answers you can put on the questionnaire honestly. Better answers often mean a better premium.
I'm an accountant or tax preparer. Does this cover the WISP the FTC requires?
We assess your setup against the safeguards a Written Information Security Plan is built on and hand you readable findings and fix-actions you can act on. We help you get ready and document where you stand — we're not a law firm and don't provide legal or certification services, so your final WISP and any compliance sign-off stay with you and your advisors.
Do you fix what you find, or just hand me a list?
Both are on the table. Every assessment ends with readable fix-actions written so a non-engineer can follow them. If you'd rather we handle the fixes, we can — and with optional ongoing coverage we re-check on a cadence that fits you, so new gaps surface on a report instead of during an incident.
When did you last check where you're exposed?
Most owners can't remember — and that's the honest answer an attacker is counting on. Start with a plain conversation: what you run, what you're worried about, and whether an assessment would catch something worth catching. Local, real engineer, no scare tactics.