Enterprise-Grade Security: A 2026 Baseline for Every Website
Security is no longer optional for small businesses. We walk through the modern baseline every professional site should meet.
The threat landscape has changed
Automated attacks account for over 80% of malicious web traffic in 2026. Small business sites are not too small to target — they're the preferred target, precisely because their defences are typically weakest.
The average cost of a data breach for a UK SME now exceeds £25,000 once regulatory reporting, remediation and reputational impact are accounted for.
The baseline we ship by default
Strict Content Security Policies with nonce-based script control. HTTP Strict Transport Security with preloading. Signed cookies with the SameSite=Strict flag. Rate-limited authentication endpoints with credential-stuffing detection.
Every form is protected against CSRF and injection attacks at the framework level. Secrets are held in encrypted vaults and rotated on a defined schedule, never committed to source control.
GDPR and beyond
We build with data minimisation as a default: collect what you need, retain it only as long as you must, and give users clear tools to exercise their rights. Every client receives a documented data flow diagram and retention schedule.