Senior IT and security expertise, without hiring a full-time IT team.
If you don't have an IT department, or yours is stretched thin, I can help you find your security gaps and decide what to fix first. You work with me directly from the first call through the written roadmap.
How I Can Help
I offer three kinds of engagement. Each one is scoped up front, so you know what you're getting and what it will cost before any work starts.
Security assessments and hardening
I review how your Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace, email and user accounts are set up, then show you where you're exposed and how to close the gaps. I can make the fixes myself or walk your team through them.
- Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace configuration
- Email security: SPF, DKIM, DMARC and phishing protection
- Identity: MFA, admin access and sign-in policies
IT strategy and roadmap
I look at your infrastructure, network and cloud services and write a plan for what to change and in what order. This is advisory and planning work. I don't provide day-to-day IT support.
- Infrastructure and network review
- Cloud and SaaS planning
- A prioritized roadmap with rough costs that any provider can work from
Fractional IT lead and project work
When you have a specific project and nobody senior to run it, I can lead it for you. Each engagement has an agreed scope and a set start and end date.
- Cloud migrations, new office setups and system rollouts
- Choosing and overseeing vendors or an MSP
- Fixed scope with no long-term contract
How It Works
Every engagement starts the same way, and there's no long-term commitment.
- 1
Free call
I'll ask about your current setup and what you'd like to get done. The call is free and there's no obligation to continue.
- 2
Assessment
I review your environment, using read-only access wherever possible, and talk with the people who use it every day.
- 3
Written roadmap
You get a written report in plain language. It ranks each finding by risk and effort and sets out what to do next. You can act on it with your own team or another provider, or I can do the implementation for you.
Want to see where you stand first?
Run a free security scan of your Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace. Aegis is my read-only assessment tool. You sign in with your admin account, it checks your settings without changing anything, and it shows you what to fix first. You can work through the results yourself or go over them with me on a call.
About Shirktech
Rudy El-Khoury
Founder and Principal Consultant | CISSP
I have more than 15 years of hands-on IT and cybersecurity experience, running infrastructure and security programs in several industries. When you work with Shirktech, you work with me.
Shirktech comes from the Arabic word for "Your Company." I chose the name because it describes how I want to work with clients. I look after your systems as if they were my own, and I give you the advice I would want for my own business.
You work with me directly. The person you speak to on the first call is the person who does the work.
Security is part of every recommendation. As a CISSP, I look at the security side of every project, including the ones that aren't labeled as security work.
Small businesses are my focus. I size my recommendations to your budget and to how your business actually runs.
Engagements have a defined end. Each one is scoped up front, and there's no long-term contract.
Local and remote. I'm based in Southern California and work remotely with clients across the US and the Middle East.
Industry-recognized security credential
Hands-on experience across several industries
I reply to every message the same business day
One point of contact from start to finish
Let's Talk
Tell me what's going on and I'll reply the same business day. You'll hear from me directly, and I'll tell you honestly whether I'm the right fit and how I'd approach it.
Email me
info@shirktech.com
Call me
+1 (909) 817-8030
Service area
Southern California, and remotely across the US and the Middle East
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