Industry Overview

Cybersecurity for small business

Small businesses deal with the same attacks as enterprise organisations, but with tighter budgets and less time to react. Threats stack up faster than your team can clear them. CloudGuard steps in with cybersecurity for small business that cuts noise, strengthens visibility and keeps risks under control without adding workload.

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Cybersecurity for Small Business

Why are small businesses a target for cyber attacks?

Attackers see small businesses as easier to breach because of limited staff, fragmented tools and high workloads. These weaknesses create opportunities for phishing, ransomware and account compromise.

Common risks include:

  • Limited visibility across devices and cloud services
  • Security settings that no longer fit how the business operates
  • Threats being spotted and handled too late
  • Small IT teams stretched across too many priorities
Key challenges

Threats continue to grow, and small IT teams rarely get the time or headcount they need to stay ahead. Those gaps turn into opportunities for attackers. CloudGuard closes them with automation, clear guidance and cybersecurity for small business that scales with your workload.

High alert volumes

Small teams drown in alert noise and lose time separating real threats from background chatter. Critical issues fall through the cracks, and response slows.

How we help:
We unify your security data and use our virtual AI analyst, Ansel, to process low-level alerts at speed. This reduces noise and gives your team space to focus on genuine threats.

Skills shortages

Hiring dedicated security staff is costly and often unrealistic for small businesses.

How we help:
We provide access to a UK-based Security Operations Centre (SOC), offering 24/7 monitoring, analysis and escalation without adding headcount.

Complex and fragmented tooling

Managing multiple platforms slows investigations and increases the risk of blind spots.

How we help:
Our Managed XDR platform consolidates tools, correlations and reports into a single view that simplifies operations for your team.

Slow response to threats

Attackers act fast, making slow detection and delayed response one of the biggest risks for small businesses.

How we help:
Automation accelerates detection and resolution. Any incident that cannot be fully handled by Ansel is escalated to a CloudGuard analyst who validates and responds in real time.

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Why small businesses choose CloudGuard

CloudGuard supports small businesses with cybersecurity solutions that reduce effort, improve visibility and accelerate response. We help you strengthen your security posture without adding complexity or cost.

Proactive protection

24/7 threat monitoring and incident response

Small businesses rely on their systems every day to operate, serve customers and generate revenue, but rarely have the resources to monitor security around the clock.

Our Managed eXtended Detection and Response (Managed XDR) service provides continuous protection for your endpoints, cloud services and business-critical systems, without the cost or complexity of building in-house security capability.

Automated analysis reduces alert noise, while our UK-based SOC investigates and responds to genuine threats. This helps prevent downtime, data loss and disruption, even outside normal business hours.

  • Predictable monthly pricing with no surprise costs
  • No need to hire or manage specialist security staff
  • Designed to support UK GDPR and Cyber Essentials requirements
  • Protection that fits your existing systems and ways of working
  • We focus on preventing incidents that could stop your business operating
  • You get 24/7 security coverage without expanding your IT team
  • Threats are handled by UK-based experts, not just automated alerts
  • You get clear reporting that shows risk, actions taken and next steps 
  • Security grows with your business, without unnecessary complexity
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Find your blind spots

Security Posture Assessment

Understanding your risks is the foundation of strong protection. Our Security Posture Assessment highlights vulnerabilities across your systems and delivers clear actions to improve your resilience. Using industry frameworks, we identify blind spots, misconfigurations and weak controls to support your decision-making and planning.

Expert advice

Microsoft Sentinel Health Check 

For small businesses, Microsoft Sentinel can become expensive and difficult to manage without specialist security resources.

Our Microsoft Sentinel Health Check helps ensure Sentinel is configured correctly and delivering value. We assess log ingestion, alert quality and connector health, then provide clear, practical recommendations to reduce costs, improve detection and simplify ongoing management.

You get confidence that Sentinel is monitoring the right activity, producing meaningful alerts and supporting your overall security posture, without added complexity or internal workload.

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Get in touch

Speak to us today

Cyber threats can overwhelm small teams, but you do not have to manage them alone. We offer 24/7 monitoring, rapid incident response, clear assessments and strategic guidance to strengthen your security posture. If you want to protect your business with support that fits your size and budget, fill out the form and a member of our team will be in touch.