Hexterika Cyberlab Services
Remote tech support, SaaS operations?, and practical cybersecurity — with the adaptability of an MMA fighter and the calm focus of a scuba diver under pressure.
Small, well-scoped, deliverable-based services for individuals and small businesses. Every service is delivered remotely, documented in plain language, and never started without your written go-ahead. Not sure which one fits? Start with a free chat.
1. Vulnerability Assessment
What it covers / In scope:
- A non-intrusive review of one external-facing website, or up to 5 public IP addresses, to find known security weaknesses before an attacker does
- Automated scanning using industry-standard tools, plus manual verification to rule out false positives
- Identification and clear explanation of vulnerabilities found, ranked by severity
- Plain-language report of what was found, what it means, and what to fix first
- Practical remediation guidance you or your team can act on
Out of scope:
- Active exploitation or penetration testing (this is assessment, not attack)
- Internal network assessment, large IP ranges, or multiple websites (quoted separately after your free chat)
- Fixing the vulnerabilities for you (the report tells you what and how; implementation is separate)
- Ongoing or continuous monitoring
- Physical security or social engineering testing
Revisions: Up to 2 rounds of minor revisions to the report within 7 days. Fixing anything that wasn't done as scoped is not a revision — that's always covered. Adding something outside the original scope is new work, quoted separately.
Price: $200 Launch price: $120 — starting price for a small single-target assessment (one website or up to 5 public IPs); larger scopes quoted during your free chat.
2. AWS IAM Foundation Setup (Tier 1 — New / Clean Accounts)
Who this is for: You're starting fresh with AWS. Either you don't have an account yet, or you have one but nothing is running in it yet — no live servers, websites, databases, or existing team logins set up. If that's you, this service gets your account secure and organized from day one.
What it covers / In scope:
- Guidance to help you sign up for your own AWS account (you create and own it — I guide, you click)
- Root account locked down and protected with MFA
- Users, groups, and roles created following least-privilege principles
- Billing access isolated so charges stay controlled and visible only to who needs it
- Billing alerts set up so you're warned early if costs ever start to rise — no surprise bills
- Password and access key policies configured
- A plain-language guide so you can safely add new users later
- One free follow-up security check-up included — about a month after handoff, I do a short read-only review to catch anything that has drifted since setup (a new over-permissioned user, a forgotten access key, MFA switched off somewhere). You see exactly what a check-up does, at no cost.
Out of scope:
- Existing accounts that already have things running in them, or already have users/permissions set up (that's Tier 3 — review & hardening)
- Multi-account / AWS Organizations setup
- Single sign-on (SSO) or federated access
- Anything beyond identity, access, and billing protection (server setup, databases, etc.)
Keeping it clean afterward: Accounts drift over time as people and services get added. After your included check-up, ongoing periodic reviews are available as a separate service (Tier 2 — Security Check-Up), so your secure baseline stays that way. Optional, never required.
How access works for this service: You sign up and own the account (I guide you). You'll set up multi-factor authentication on your main "root" login yourself — for your security, I never take your root credentials. You then create a temporary admin user for me to do the setup work, which you can revoke as soon as I'm done. For the included check-up later, I only need temporary read-only access — enough to review, never to change — which you also remove afterward. This keeps your most powerful login private while I get the access I need — and setting it up this way is itself part of the secure foundation you're paying for. Access is granted only after you've given written permission to start, and payment is on delivery.
Cost note: A fresh AWS account with nothing running in it does not incur AWS charges beyond a small temporary card-verification hold (normally refunded) and minimal test amounts. You'll need your own credit card to sign up — that's AWS's requirement, not mine, and the card details stay between you and AWS. I'll set up billing alerts as part of this service so you stay protected.
Revisions: Up to 1 round of minor revisions to the guide within 7 days. Configuration that doesn't work as promised is a defect I fix regardless — that's not counted as a revision. New scope is quoted separately.
Price: $150 Launch price: $100
2. AWS IAM Foundation Setup (Tier 1 — New / Clean Accounts)
Who this is for: You're starting fresh with AWS. Either you don't have an account yet, or you have one but nothing is running in it yet — no live servers, websites, databases, or existing team logins set up. If that's you, this service gets your account secure and organized from day one.
What it covers / In scope:
- Guidance to help you sign up for your own AWS account (you create and own it — I guide, you click)
- Root account locked down and protected with MFA
- Users, groups, and roles created following least-privilege principles
- Billing access isolated so charges stay controlled and visible only to who needs it
- Billing alerts set up so you're warned early if costs ever start to rise — no surprise bills
- Password and access key policies configured
- A plain-language guide so you can safely add new users later
Out of scope:
- Existing accounts that already have things running in them, or already have users/permissions set up (that's Tier 2 — review & hardening)
- Multi-account / AWS Organizations setup
- Single sign-on (SSO) or federated access
- Anything beyond identity, access, and billing protection (server setup, databases, etc.)
How access works for this service: You sign up and own the account (I guide you). You'll set up multi-factor authentication on your main "root" login yourself — for your security, I never take your root credentials. You then create a temporary admin user for me to do the setup work, which you can revoke as soon as I'm done. This keeps your most powerful login private while I get the access I need — and setting it up this way is itself part of the secure foundation you're paying for. Access is granted only after you've given written permission to start, and payment is on delivery.
Cost note: A fresh AWS account with nothing running in it does not incur AWS charges beyond a small temporary card-verification hold (normally refunded) and minimal test amounts. You'll need your own credit card to sign up — that's AWS's requirement, not mine, and the card details stay between you and AWS. I'll set up billing alerts as part of this service so you stay protected.
Revisions: Up to 1 round of minor revisions to the guide within 7 days. Configuration that doesn't work as promised is a defect I fix regardless — that's not counted as a revision. New scope is quoted separately.
Price: $150 Launch price: $90
3. Backup & Recovery Setup
What it covers / In scope:
- Setup of a reliable, tested backup so your business files can't vanish overnight
- I first ask where your files live, then set up the right kind of backup for your situation:
- Files on your computer → backed up to a cloud or a drive you provide
- Files already in a cloud (Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive) → a second, separate copy kept safe in another cloud, or on a drive you provide
- Business running on AWS → protected copies set up using AWS's own backup tools
- A test restore to prove the backup actually works
- A plain-language one-page recovery guide your team can follow
Out of scope:
- Ongoing monitoring or management of your backups (setup and verification only)
- Sourcing or supplying hardware (any drive/NAS must already be yours and connected)
- Me hosting or storing your data on my own infrastructure
- Enterprise disaster-recovery planning or full system images
Data location: If your business needs backups stored in a specific region (for example, EU data centers for GDPR), let me know — or I'll ask — and I'll set the backup destination accordingly. I configure to your stated requirement.
Cost note: You pay my service fee only. Any cloud storage usage fee is billed to you directly by the provider (e.g. AWS, Google) — I never mark it up or hide it.
Revisions: Up to 1 round of minor revisions to the recovery guide within 7 days. A backup that doesn't work as promised is a defect I fix regardless — not counted as a revision. New scope is quoted separately.
Price: $150 Launch price: $90
AWS IAM Foundation + Backup & Recovery, taken together
$300 Launch price: $160
Not sure which one fits you?
You don't need to know. Book a free 30-minute chat and tell me your situation. I'll ask a few questions, and:
- If it fits one of my services, I'll point you to the right one.
- If your situation needs something custom, I'll scope a custom package and price with you.
- If it's something I honestly can't do well, I'll tell you straight — I won't sell you something I can't deliver.
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How I Work
Clear, predictable, and low-risk. It starts with a free screening chat and a written scope you can revise as many times as you need — or walk away from at no cost. No work is ever started without your written go-ahead, and payment is on delivery.
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