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Managed IT and cybersecurity audits in Muscat

The retainer covers monitoring and patching, a security review with findings ranked by risk, and email and phishing hardening for everyone on your domain.

What the retainer covers

Someone owns it when it breaks, and before.

A monthly retainer, a security review with findings ranked by risk, and email and phishing hardening for the whole company.

  • Monthly retainer

    Monitoring and patching handled for you, with a rolling security review and a reachable person at any hour.

  • Security review

    We look at accounts, devices, backups, email and cloud settings, then give you findings ranked by risk so you fix the important ones first.

  • Email and phishing hardening

    Sender authentication and filtering set up for everyone on your domain, plus short guidance for staff on what a phishing message looks like.

What a review looks like

Findings ranked by risk, so you fix the right ones first.

Security review — Illustrative

Findings by risk

  • Critical1
  • High2
  • Medium2
  • Low1
  • 6
  1. Critical

    One shared admin password

    Area AccountsFix Named admin accounts and a password manager

  2. High

    No second sign-in step on admin accounts

    Area AccountsFix Turn on multi-factor sign-in for admins first

  3. High

    No DMARC record on the company domain

    Area EmailFix Publish DMARC, then tighten to reject

  4. Medium

    Firewall firmware is out of date

    Area NetworkFix Schedule an update in a quiet window

  5. Medium

    Backups never test-restored

    Area BackupsFix Run a restore test and repeat each quarter

  6. Low

    Staff phishing test: 1 in 7 clicked

    Area PeopleFix Short training, then re-test

Email hardening

Status before and after the fix

  • SPF

    Before: MissingAfter: Enforced
  • DKIM

    Before: Not signingAfter: Signing
  • DMARC

    Before: No policyAfter: Reject

Example report layout. Findings and figures are illustrative, not from a real client.

Reachable 24/7

Illustrative findings. A real review is written for your own setup.

How it works

How the retainer runs.

  1. Review

    We review accounts, devices, backups, email and cloud settings, and rank the findings by risk.

  2. Agree the order

    We agree a fix order with you and what the retainer will cover.

  3. Harden

    We harden email and accounts first, where most attacks begin.

  4. Monitor and report

    We monitor, patch and report every month.

Working with you

Alongside your team, at any hour.

  • Alongside your IT team or vendor

    We are vendor neutral and used to fitting into someone else's environment, with documentation handed over so nobody is locked to us.

  • 24/7 by call or WhatsApp

    Systems fail at inconvenient times. We are reachable on the same number you used to hire us.

  • On site across Oman

    We are based in Muscat and come to you when it matters: migrations, training days and go-lives.

  • One person from scope to build

    The person who scopes your project is the person who builds it. Nothing is passed to an account manager you have never met.

Where it fits

For teams without a security department.

  • Clinics & healthcare

    Patient-related files stay protected

    Protect patient-related files and mail with backups and access control.

  • Professional services

    Client confidentiality starts with accounts

    Client confidentiality starts with accounts and email.

  • Retail & F&B

    Shared devices, non-technical staff

    Patching and phishing awareness for non-technical teams on shared devices.

What you get

What you get

  • A written security review, ranked by risk
  • A fix plan in the order that matters
  • Email and phishing hardening for your domain
  • Monthly monitoring and patching under the retainer
  • 24/7 reachability by call or WhatsApp

Review findings stay with you. We tell you in writing what access we need and remove it when the work ends.

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What does a monthly managed IT retainer include?

Monitoring, patching and a rolling security review, with 24/7 reachability by call or WhatsApp.

What do I get from a cybersecurity review?

A security review with findings ranked by risk, so the most serious issues get fixed first.

How do you protect us from phishing emails?

We harden email and phishing protections for everyone on your company domain, and give staff short guidance on spotting a phishing message.

Can you work with our existing IT team or vendor?

Yes. We are vendor neutral and used to fitting into someone else's environment, and we hand over documentation so nobody is locked to us.

Is support really available outside office hours?

Yes. We are reachable 24/7 by call or WhatsApp, on the same number you used to hire us.

Do you come on site?

We are based in Muscat and work on site with clients across the Sultanate when it matters, for migrations, training days and go-lives.

Next step

Thirty minutes on a call is usually enough to know.

If we cannot help, we will tell you who can.

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