Cybersecurity Audit for Mid-Market Companies

Name: HIFENCE
Address: 1216 Broadway, Floor 2, New York, NY, 10001, US
Telephone: +1 (332) 241-6493

You find out exactly where you are exposed, what is urgent, and what can wait. A written report and a prioritized action plan, presented in business language - not a generic PDF.

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Why HIFENCE?

breaches across active HIFENCE clients

€70k

in annual savings identified in a single audit

2,000+

vulnerabilities identified and fixed

years of industry experience

The audit is performed by specialists who are also certified in offensive security - people who know how an attacker thinks, not just what a checklist looks like.

Who this audit is for

Usually, an audit becomes urgent for a concrete reason: a security questionnaire from a large client, a requirement from your cyber insurer, a compliance deadline, or an incident at a partner.

If that sounds familiar, you probably also have the questions this audit exists to answer:

Who has full access to company systems? Do all of those people still work here?
Has the backup ever been tested with an actual restore?
If the security questionnaire lands on your desk tomorrow, what do you answer?
What would stop working in the company if a single person in IT were no longer available?

How the audit works

1. Initial call (30 minutes, free)

We define what the audit covers, which systems are in scope, what access is needed, and how long it takes. This is also where we tell you honestly whether an audit is what you actually need. Sometimes the answer is something else.

2. Analysis

We work with your IT team, not over their heads: interviews, reviewing configurations, system access, backups, and internet exposure. No business disruption - the analysis does not take a single system offline.

3. Report and plan

You receive the written report and we present it in two sessions: one for management, in business language, and a technical one with the IT team, covering the concrete steps.

Total duration: 2–3 weeks from receiving access, depending on complexity.

The first step is a 30-minute call.

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What you actually get

Written report - what we checked, what we found, and how serious each item is. One part for management, a technical annex for IT.
Prioritized action plan - what is urgent, what can wait, and what is not worth the money. With effort estimates, so you can budget.
Presentation session - we answer your questions, we do not just send over a document.
Some of the measures can be implemented by your own IT team. We tell you exactly which ones - we do not tie the report to future services.

“A large client sent us a security questionnaire of about 40 pages, and we realized we could not seriously answer half of the questions. That is how we ended up at HIFENCE, for an audit. Beyond the answers, they also found subscriptions and licenses we had been paying for nothing for years - those alone paid back the audit several times over. I was able to present the report to the board without calling anyone in to translate it for me. A serious partnership.”

— CFO, distribution company, 90 employees

What this audit is not

On the market, “security audit” covers almost anything from a report auto-generated by a scanner to consulting projects that run for months.

So you know exactly what you are buying, we are just as clear about what you do not get:

It is not an auto-generated report.

Vulnerability scanners produce lists; an audit produces priorities. The difference is that a list of 400 vulnerabilities does not tell you which 5 matter.

It is not a sales pretext.

We do not sell licenses, hardware, or products. Our recommendations do not depend on any vendor.

It is not an evaluation of your IT team.

We work with your team, we do not judge them. The report describes the state of your systems; it does not assign blame.

“I was not thrilled when management decided to bring in outside consultants, I admit. In the end it was a good decision - they took over the documentation and the NIS2 side, things I would never have had time to do on my own anyway. They worked with us, they did not lecture us. And they still answer now, after the project ended, which says a lot.”

— IT Manager, logistics company, 150 employees

Frequently asked questions

Do we have to give full access to all our systems?

No. Scope and access level are agreed together during the initial call, and access is limited to what the analysis requires. Everything happens under a non-disclosure agreement signed before the start.

Does anything go down during the audit?

No. The audit is an analysis, not an attack simulation - it does not interrupt operations. If you also want your defenses actually tested, that is a pentest - a separate service.

What role does our IT team play?

A central one. They know your systems better than anyone from the outside; the audit organizes and verifies, it does not replace them. Many of the companies we work with have 1-3 people in IT; the audit gives them the documentation and prioritization they never had time to build.

How much does it cost?

It depends on scope and on the complexity of your infrastructure - which is why the 30-minute call exists: at the end of it you receive a proposal with a fixed price.

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