SecureMint for Small Business Owners
How SMB owners use SecureMint to answer 'what security do you have?' from clients, run an IPA-based self-assessment, and adopt a PPAP alternative without hiring IT staff.
Who this is for
Small business owners (under ~100 employees), solo entrepreneurs, and office managers who need practical security without a dedicated IT team.
The typical pain
A major client asks 'What security measures do you have in place?' and you freeze. You know you need encryption, a PPAP alternative, and a security baseline — but you don't know where to start, and consultants cost too much.
How SecureMint solves it
Start with SecureMint's IPA-based 25-question self-assessment. It produces a PDF you can show to clients as a baseline report. Then adopt the free tools — encryption, secure send, metadata removal, and password generator — to cover the most common operational risks. Total cost: free, or $7.99/month for Pro business features.
Workflow
1. Run the security self-assessment
Open /assessment and answer the 25 IPA-based questions honestly. Takes about 10 minutes. Output a PDF snapshot of your current posture.
2. Fix the easy wins first
Replace PPAP with /send, generate strong passwords with /password, remove metadata from outgoing photos and PDFs with /metadata. All free, all browser-only, nothing to install.
3. Check passwords for past breaches
Use /breach-check to test whether any of your staff's passwords appear in published breach datasets. Uses k-anonymity so the actual password never leaves the browser.
4. Share the assessment PDF with clients
When a client asks about your security posture, send them the assessment PDF. It signals that you've actually done the work — a huge step up from a vague verbal answer.