Practical cybersecurity for UK businesses

Know where your security stands.

BootState Labs helps small businesses understand their current security position, identify the gaps that matter and turn them into clear, realistic next steps.

Start with evidence

Cybersecurity shouldn’t begin with guesswork.

Small businesses often know they should improve security but are unsure where to start, which warnings matter or what should be fixed first. BootState Labs is being built around a simple idea: establish the current state, separate meaningful risk from noise, and make the next action clear.

Initial services

A simple path from visibility to action.

Free · launching soon

CyberCheck

An automated external check of publicly visible security configuration, including HTTPS, email protection and common security-hygiene indicators.

What CyberCheck will cover

Professional review · preparing for launch

Security Snapshot

A structured assessment combining external evidence, information about your existing controls and professional human review.

See the planned assessment

How it works

Understand. Prioritise. Improve.

01

Understand

Establish your current security position using evidence that is proportionate to the service.

02

Prioritise

Separate important risks and verification gaps from lower-value technical noise.

03

Improve

Turn findings into practical actions that a small business can realistically implement.

Who it is for

Built for UK small businesses.

BootState Labs is focused on SMEs that depend on websites, e-commerce, email and cloud services but do not need an enterprise-scale security programme just to understand their immediate priorities.

E-commerce

Businesses that depend on online sales, payment providers and customer trust.

Website-led SMEs

Organisations where WordPress, hosting, DNS and email are central to day-to-day operations.

Small teams

Businesses that need proportionate controls rather than unnecessary complexity.

Growing firms

Teams that want a clearer baseline before investing in deeper security work.

Start with your external security baseline.

See what can be learned from the public internet without passwords, intrusive scanning or access to your internal systems.

Explore CyberCheck