Most small and mid-sized businesses in metro Atlanta carry real security risk and no one who owns it. We are the senior security leader you do not have on staff: a vCISO for small business in Georgia who starts with a fast, scored Security Readiness Check, fixes the gaps that matter, and stays on as ongoing leadership. Plain English, fixed fee, and an honest read on what actually needs to happen first.
This is built for the Atlanta-area business owner, office manager, or operations lead who carries security risk without a security title: a 10-to-150-person firm in Suwanee, Duluth, Lawrenceville, Alpharetta, or anywhere in metro Atlanta, where one tested backup, one missing multi-factor login, or one over-permissioned vendor is the difference between a normal week and a very bad one. You do not need a full-time CISO. You need a senior one for a few hours a month, starting with a clear picture of where you stand.
We are based in metro Atlanta and work with small and mid-sized businesses across Georgia, including Alpharetta, Sandy Springs, Marietta, Buford, and Warner Robins. Most of the work is remote, so a 60-person firm in Warner Robins gets the same scope and the same senior people as one in Alpharetta, with on-site sessions in metro Atlanta when they help. The Security Readiness Check, the Security Foundations Assessment, and ongoing fractional CISO leadership follow the same written-fee approach wherever you are in the state.
A fast, scored read on where your business stands, with a prioritized 30-day list of quick wins you can act on immediately. The lowest-friction way to find out what actually needs attention.
One entity and one site. Advisory review; technical testing, remediation and physical security are excluded. Scope and final fee confirmed in writing.
Book the check →A cyber assessment of your environment with a prioritized remediation roadmap. Physical-security delivery is in development and is outside this scope.
Recurring training on phishing, password hygiene, and safe AI use, so a small mistake by one employee does not become an expensive incident. Fixed monthly pricing by headcount.
Physical access and information risk can affect the same business. We are developing a partner-enabled physical-security approach to complement our cyber and governance work. Physical delivery is not currently available through DSE's website. Any future engagement would require a confirmed provider, clear scope and agreed delivery responsibilities. Explore integrated security planning and our developing physical-security approach.
The wider service scopes, including the vCISO Core and Regulated tiers, Security Awareness Training, and the Private AI tiers, is on the security engagement scopes page. Every engagement receives a private proposal with scope and fee confirmed in writing.
Choose this Atlanta offer when you want a local small-business readiness check and the local readiness scope above. If your growing or regulated organization needs broader program-wide leadership across the risk register, policy upkeep, vendor risk, incident planning, and board reporting, compare the National Fractional CISO & Security Program Leadership service.
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Delivered by Data Science & Engineering Experts, Inc., a senior-only firm established in 2026 and based in metro Atlanta. Our security background runs through regulated financial services and federal environments, where controls are not optional and an audit clock is always running: NIST Risk Management Framework documentation, CMMC-aware delivery, cloud security, identity and access architecture, and AI red-teaming. DSE uses documented in-house expertise or qualified specialists from our expert network for the technologies and risks in scope, while remaining accountable for delivery. We prepare you for audit and insurer review; we do not certify and do not guarantee an examination outcome.
A scored Security Readiness Check tells you in one to two days where the risk sits and what to fix first, with a price next to each move. No pitch, just a clear picture and a 30-day list.