For small businesses
Cyber Baseline
A focused review of the everyday controls that prevent the most avoidable problems.
- Identity and MFA review
- Device, patching, and backup checklist
- Priority action roadmap
- Practical staff guidance
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Cybersecurity / Information Assurance
Cybersecurity services that start with practical prevention.
Widescale helps small businesses, commercial organizations, government agencies, and prime contractors reduce avoidable exposure from weak accounts, unsafe AI use, phishing, data leakage, and unclear security processes.
WIDESCALE SECURITY VIEWILLUSTRATIVE VIEW
Baseline protection / current focus
Reduce avoidable exposure.
IdentityStrong
DevicesReview
Data & AIPriority
Priority signalPublic AI tools, exposed credentials, and impersonation attempts need clear guardrails.
Start SmallPreventive controls for lean teams.
Use AI SafelyReduce data leakage and impersonation risk.
Contract ReadyOrganize evidence and security answers.
Scale SmartCoordinate specialists when needed.
Choose your starting point
One clear next step for every kind of buyer.
Start with the problem you can name today. Widescale can help define what comes next without forcing a large program before it is needed.
For teams adopting AI
AI Use & Data Protection
Rules and guardrails for using AI tools without exposing sensitive business, customer, or contract information.
- AI use and data-handling review
- Approved-use guidance
- Impersonation and phishing awareness
- Vendor and tool questions
For agencies and primes
Contract Readiness
Organized support for security questionnaires, requirements, evidence, risk coordination, and specialist delivery.
- Requirement and questionnaire review
- Security documentation support
- NIST-aligned and CMMC readiness discussions
- Qualified partner coordination
Government BuyersReview the capability statement and service alignment.
Prime ContractorsSee partner support for subcontracting and teaming needs.
Service CategoriesReview NAICS and contracting information.
Security support that meets the organization where it is.
A small business may need a focused baseline review and safer AI-use rules. A federal program or prime contractor may need risk coordination, evidence organization, and specialized technical partners. The first step is matching the security response to the actual exposure.
Capability map
From basic protection to program support.
Clear lanes make it easier to start with the immediate need and expand only when the requirement demands it.
01Preventive Baseline02AI & Data Safety03Security Documentation04Risk Coordination05Compliance Preparation06Specialist Delivery
Cybersecurity Readiness
Organize priorities, responsibilities, systems, and documentation around a defined contract or security objective.
Security Policies & Procedures
Support policies, control documentation, asset inventories, access records, and incident response planning.
Risk & Vulnerability Coordination
Identify risks, organize remediation priorities, coordinate technical providers, and track actions to completion.
Compliance Preparation
Prepare for questionnaires, supplier reviews, NIST-aligned discussions, and CMMC readiness activities.
Security Awareness
Support role-based procedures, account reviews, device tracking, reporting workflows, and staff awareness.
Business & Technical Alignment
Help owners, program teams, and technical partners work from a shared security plan.
The AI exposure is real
Adopt useful tools without handing over your sensitive information.
AI-enabled phishing, voice and video impersonation, insecure AI applications, and sensitive information entered into public tools create risks for organizations of every size. Good AI security starts with practical rules and visible ownership.
01 / IMPERSONATION
AI-enhanced social engineering
Help teams recognize convincing messages, voice clones, deepfakes, and urgent requests designed to bypass normal approval habits.
02 / DATA HANDLING
Sensitive information in AI tools
Set clear boundaries for using customer, contract, employee, and proprietary information with public or third-party AI systems.
03 / GOVERNANCE
Shadow AI and vendor risk
Document approved uses, review new tools, assign responsibility, and give leadership a practical view of AI-related exposure.
Widescale provides readiness, documentation, awareness, and coordination support. Specialized testing, monitoring, or incident-response services can be scoped separately through qualified technical partners.
A practical first layer
Small-business protection without the enterprise theater.
Many organizations do not need a massive security program on day one. They need the basics configured, understood, and maintained. Widescale can help define a focused preventive starting point and turn it into a prioritized action plan.
01IdentityMFA, password practices, account ownership, and access reviews.
02DevicesPatch routines, endpoint protection, inventory, and secure configurations.
03RecoveryBackups, recovery expectations, incident contacts, and reporting steps.
04People & AIPhishing awareness, safe AI-use rules, and data-handling guidance.
Scalable delivery
Start focused. Bring in the right depth.
Widescale can scope the initial need and coordinate qualified specialists or subcontractors when a requirement calls for deeper technical delivery.
Understand
Review the contract clause, questionnaire, business concern, or security objective.
Prioritize
Separate urgent preventive actions from longer-term governance and technical work.
Coordinate
Keep ownership clear while bringing in specialized partners when appropriate.
How accountability works: Widescale remains the primary business contact, defines the scope, coordinates the work, and clearly identifies when a qualified technical partner is performing a specialized service.
Common questions
Before you reach out.
Clear answers reduce uncertainty and help the right buyers take the next step.
Do you work with small businesses?
Yes. The starting point can be a focused preventive review of identity, devices, backups, email, staff awareness, and AI use.
Can you help us use AI more safely?
Yes. Support can include AI-use guidance, data-handling rules, approved-tool questions, and awareness around impersonation and phishing.
Do you provide CMMC certification?
No. Widescale can support readiness discussions and documentation. Formal assessment or certification services must be performed by the appropriate authorized party.
Do you perform penetration testing or monitoring?
Those services can be scoped through qualified technical partners when the requirement calls for specialized testing, monitoring, or response.
What should I send for a government requirement?
Send the solicitation or questionnaire, NAICS code, deadline, performance location, and any security clause or framework reference.
What happens after I inquire?
Widescale reviews the request, identifies the likely starting point, and responds with the appropriate scope or partner-delivery path.
Ready to identify the right first step?
Share the requirement, framework, questionnaire, or security objective. Widescale will help turn it into a practical next conversation.