A free, plain-English check of your website and email settings, with a friendly to-do list of exactly what to fix, mapped to the government-backed Cyber Essentials themes.
Free, about 30 seconds, no email needed. See a sample report (PDF).
The free check works for any domain. To unlock the full report, we give you a unique code for your domain and you add it as a TXT record named _tidycyber-verify in your DNS settings (where you bought the domain). We then look that record up over public DNS: only someone who controls the domain can add it, and nothing is installed on your website or computers.
From a sample report for a fictional business. See a sample report
Enter your domain. We look only at what it already shows the world: email settings, website padlock and browser protections.
Your high risks first, a tidiness score and your top 3 things to fix. No jargon, no scare tactics.
Verify you own the domain with one DNS record, then get every finding with step-by-step fixes as a PDF for £29.
Here's what the free result looks like for a fictional bakery: the high risks first, in plain English, then the top things to fix.
SPF, DKIM and DMARC: the settings that stop criminals sending fake invoices that look like they came from you.
Is your certificate valid, up to date and using modern encryption? Is HTTPS switched on everywhere?
Simple settings that make your site harder to copy, frame or tamper with.
Mail servers, DNSSEC, and software version numbers you're giving away.
Your high-risk count in plain English, your tidiness score and your top 3 things to fix.
Free checkOne-off, step 1. A PDF with every finding, step-by-step fixes and the Cyber Essentials theme each one relates to.
See a sample report (PDF)
Coming soon — get notifiedAdd-on, available after your first full report. A fresh full PDF report every month for 1 domain, plus alerts if your risks change or your certificate is about to expire, and your dashboard.
Buy straight away. Up to 5 domains, a full report for each every month, plus alerts and dashboard. Great for accountants, IT support and agencies.
Your full report includes the complete step-by-step fix guide. Monitoring keeps it up to date every month.
Reports under your own brand, ready to resell to your clients. Interested? Leave your email and we'll be in touch when it's ready.
Get in touchPrices in GBP. Start with the £29 full report, then keep it tidy with monitoring. Cancel monitoring any time.
Chris Kirby is an engineering technician based in Brighton, specialising in cyber security for small businesses. His background is in specialist engineering systems, where getting the basics right every time really matters.
He's also studying for a Computer Science degree, and built Tidy Cyber to give small businesses the same careful, practical checks in plain English.
"Most small businesses I meet have never been told that one missing DNS setting lets anyone send email pretending to be them. Tidy Cyber finds those gaps automatically and explains them in plain English, with no jargon and no scare tactics."
Chris Kirby, founder
Paid reports are coming soon. Leave your email and we'll tell you when they launch. You'll also get our free monthly security tips: one plain-English email a month, unsubscribe any time.
Tidy Cyber is an external, automated check of publicly visible settings. It is not Cyber Essentials certification (only IASME-licensed certification bodies can certify), an audit or a penetration test. It can't see your devices, accounts or internal network.