LockIt
A 10-minute cybersecurity health check that gives a small business owner a plain-English grade and a prioritized fix-it list.
Owners of dental offices, law firms, accounting practices and local retailers with no in-house IT
- One-click scan of email, web and backup posture — no installer required on staff laptops
- Plain-English grade (A-F) with the three actions that will move it the most
- Vendor-vetted recommendations (MFA provider, backup tool, password manager) at SMB price points
- Re-scan monthly and a printable certificate to show insurance carriers and clients
Tools like the trending shellcode loader exist because attackers automate; most SMB owners have no idea their Microsoft 365 or QuickBooks setup is one click away from being compromised, and the current wave of AI-assisted attacks is raising the floor for everyone.
Multiple sources show 94% of SMBs were attacked in 2024 (up from 73% prior year) and ~48% of SMEs still underestimate their risk, with dental/legal/accounting explicitly called out as high-value targets — strong, evidenced pull from non-technical SMB owners.94% of SMBs attacked: Cybersecurity for Small Businesses in 2024 ↗Canadian small businesses are underprepared for cyber attacks, survey shows ↗
Market is already crowded with near-identical 2–5 minute free SMB cyber risk scorecards (Amsome, SimpleEngineers, BizDefender, CyberAnix, SecurityStudio-style tools), so a basic version is not wide-open whitespace.Free Cyber Risk Scorecard | Security Assessment Tool | Amsome ↗CyberAnix - Free & Instant Cybersecurity Assessment ↗Business Cybersecurity Assessment | Biz Defender ↗
Clear B2B willingness to pay for remediation/MSSP upsell and per-assessment fees exist (industry pricing calculators and hourly rates from Canadian/IT firms), but many direct scorecard competitors are free, capping top-of-funnel ARPU and forcing a service-heavy monetization model.Average Cost of Cybersecurity Services in 2025 ↗Cost of Cybersecurity for Small Businesses in 2026 ↗
Attack prevalence is structurally rising year-over-year, target verticals (dental HIPAA, legal privileged data, accounting PII) carry regulatory and reputational risk, and AI-assisted offense only raises the floor — a long-lived, durable need.Cyberattacks on Small Businesses: Current Stats and How to Prevent Them ↗Cybersecurity in 2024: 27 Essential Stats Every Small Business Should Know ↗
Proven buildable — multiple existing startups ship a multi-minute SMB cyber assessment today, leaning on public breach corpora, lightweight questionnaires, and SaaS dashboards; a v1 is well within reach of a small team.Free Cyber Risk Scorecard | Security Assessment Tool | Amsome ↗Small Business Cybersecurity Scorecard Tool ↗