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Sample security
assessment report.

See what a small business owner receives: clear findings, their business impact and what to ask an IT provider to do next.

Fictional example, not a customer result. Northstar Family Dental and all findings below are illustrative. Your report would reflect only your authorized assets and observed evidence.

Northstar Family Dental

Illustrative business-owner report · Selected example findings

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Two early priorities

Start here.
Then work through the list.

In this example, possible remote access and email-domain protections need attention. Some website protections are already in place.

Your next step

Ask your IT provider to review the first two items and agree an action plan this week.

This check cannot tell you whether a breach has occurred.

1
Review promptly / IT provider

A possible remote-access opening needs review.

Why this matters

An unnecessary connection point could give someone another place to attempt access. The check identifies an opening, not a successful break-in.

What to ask your provider

“What is using this connection? Does it need to be reachable by the public? If it is remote access, can we restrict it safely?”

Who: IT providerWhen: Review within 7 days in this example
Technical details for your IT provider

Illustrative observation: a TCP connection was accepted at 203.0.113.25:3389. This is the default RDP port, but a connect-only check does not confirm the application, its authentication requirements, a vulnerability or compromise. No login or exploit was attempted.

Confirm the service and business need using authorized internal evidence. If it is remote administration, restrict direct exposure through an appropriate access design. Validate both the public result and legitimate staff access after any change.

2
Begin promptly / Email provider

Your exact email domain needs stronger impersonation protections.

Why this matters

The example business is missing a public email policy. Other email services have less guidance for handling fake messages that use its company domain—the part after @ in its email addresses. This can put customer trust at risk.

What to ask your provider

“Can you check all the services that send email for us, then set up and test the right domain policy without disrupting legitimate messages?”

Who: Email administratorWhen: Start review within 7 days
Technical details for your email provider

Illustrative observation: no valid DMARC record at _dmarc.northstar-dental.example. Inventory legitimate senders and validate SPF/DKIM alignment before progressing from monitoring to an enforcement policy. A published monitoring policy alone does not request rejection. Check policy syntax and reporting as part of validation.

DMARC does not prevent lookalike-domain scams, every phishing message, or misuse of a genuinely compromised account. The checkup does not inspect mailbox contents.

3
Plan next / Website provider

Your website could use another browser protection.

Why this matters

A browser rule can help limit where a site loads certain content. Its absence alone does not prove the website is vulnerable or compromised.

What to ask your provider

“Can you review whether this protection suits our site, test it, and introduce it without breaking our forms or other features?”

Who: Website providerWhen: Plan within 30 days
Technical details for your website provider

Illustrative observation: the root HTTPS response lacked a Content-Security-Policy header. This is a limited observation, not proof that all routes lack protection. Review the application context and any other delivery mechanism before treating it as a confirmed gap. If appropriate, test a report-only policy and resolve legitimate-resource violations before enforcement.

What is already working?

In this example, the website supports encrypted connections and redirects visitors to the encrypted version. These are useful protections to preserve; they do not prove the entire site is secure.

Your handoff checklist

A plan with clear ownership.

WhenBusiness decisionAsk this person
First 7 daysConfirm the purpose of the exposed connection and restrict it if unnecessary.IT provider
First 7 daysBegin reviewing the services that send company email and the appropriate domain policy.Email administrator
Within 30 daysDecide and test the appropriate additional website protection.Website provider
After changesRequest the included limited retest within 30 days of the original report.Business owner + Wolex
What this example does—and does not—show

This sample presents selected fictional observations, not a real assessment. It does not describe findings from a scan of a real business. The sample uses one documentation-only domain and IP address.

The paid service is limited to agreed public assets. It does not investigate a breach, test stolen credentials, inspect internal devices or cloud accounts, perform a penetration test, repair findings or certify compliance. Example priorities and timing are not universal deadlines.

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