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For Irish SMEs

Two 48-hour audits. One page of answers each. No consultant fluff.

Most Irish small businesses are told to "adopt AI" or "take security seriously" — with no map for either. We built two productised audits that give you a clear next step in the time it takes a consultant to send their first invoice.

Irish grant-eligible for SMEs 48-hour turnaround Fixed price · no scope creep
Top pick 2026

AI Implementation Audit

Show us how you spend a working week. We show you the five workflows worth automating first — with the specific tool for each, the time you'll save every month, and how hard each one is to set up.

  • 20-minute workflow questionnaire — not a two-hour discovery call
  • One-page AI Opportunity Map delivered as a PDF in 48 hours
  • Top 5 workflows ranked by hours-saved, implementation effort, and monthly cost
  • Specific tool named for each (ChatGPT / Zapier / Notion AI / Make / Perplexity)
  • Irish grants may fund all or part of the audit — LEO Grow Digital, EI Digital Discovery, NCC-IE Cyber
€399 one-off audit · voucher eligible
Prefer we build it for you? Implementation retainer from €249/month — we set up the top 3 tools, wire them together, and keep them running. Cancel anytime, no contract.
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Fixed same day if compromised

WordPress Security Audit

Most small business owners find out they've been hacked when Google flags their site or a customer emails them a screenshot. We check the plumbing before that happens — admin accounts, hidden files, outdated plugins, session leaks, DNS.

  • Full audit of admin accounts, user roles, and dormant logins
  • File-system scan for planted PHP shells and modified core files
  • Plugin + theme vulnerability check against the current CVE database
  • Two-factor auth, session-key rotation, and firewall installed if missing
  • One-page report with what we found and what we did about it
€399 one-off audit · fix included if compromised
Monthly monitoring retainer from €79/month — Wordfence Premium license included, monthly deep scan, alerts if anything changes, weekly off-site backup. For businesses that can't afford to be down for a day.
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What you actually receive

One A4 page. That's the whole deliverable.

Your five automatable workflows, ranked by hours saved per month against effort to set up, each with the specific tool named and the first step written out. No deck, no jargon, nothing you'll need a second meeting to decode.

A redacted sample from a real engagement is available on request — email us and we'll send it over.

48 hours, not four weeks

Consulting firms scope, quote, kick off, then schedule you into the calendar. We scope you into next week and deliver a written report by Friday. Small businesses can't afford six-week engagements.

A page, not a slide deck

Every audit we've ever seen has ended with a 40-slide deck no-one opens twice. Our deliverable is one page of clear next steps, ranked, with the specific tools or fixes named. Nothing else.

Fixed price, up front

€399 each. Irish government grants may cover most or all of the fee for eligible SMEs (LEO Grow Digital, EI Digital Discovery). If the security audit finds a compromise we can clean same-day, the cleanup is included in the same €399.

Three Irish grants can fund the audit

For most small businesses, the LEO Grow Digital Voucher is the best route — up to €5,000 at 50% funding, 1-50 employees, most sectors qualify. Larger EI-client businesses may use Access Advice: Digital and AI Discovery (up to €5,000 at 80%). Real security remediation may qualify for the NCC-IE Cyber Security Grant (up to €60,000 at 80%). See the full grant breakdown, eligibility, and honest caveats →

A recent case · AOS Attic Ladders, Dublin

We caught an attacker one day before they came back to plant more.

AOS Attic Ladders — a Dublin trade business we work with — had their WordPress site hacked in July 2026. An outdated Astra theme let an automated attacker in. Over nine days the attacker created five hidden administrator accounts, installed a remote code execution shell, and was returning weekly to top up their access.

Arran, the owner, had no idea. His pages loaded, his phone rang, his booking form worked. He only noticed something was wrong when the site briefly crashed — and that's when he called us.

Within eight hours we had found every attacker account, deleted every planted file, restored the modified core files, rotated every credential, installed Wordfence, and turned on two-factor authentication. The site is back up, hardened, and Arran has a written report he can hand to his accountant if the tax office ever asks.

"I hadn't a clue anything was wrong — phone was still ringing, booking form was working, everything looked normal. Wayne had the whole thing cleaned out and locked down by dinner time, and I wouldn't run a business without that peace of mind now." — Arran O'Sullivan, AOS Attic Ladders

The audit that would have caught it in day one costs €399. That's why we built it.

Frequently asked

Answers to what people actually ask.

Do you need access to my systems?+

AI Implementation Audit: No system access needed. It's a structured questionnaire about how you spend a working week. We can do the whole thing without touching your logins.

WordPress Security Audit: Yes — we need a WordPress admin account (temporary, revoked at the end) and, ideally, hosting-panel access for the file-system scan. If you'd rather run our checklist yourself we can do a lighter "guided" version instead — email and ask.

What if the audit finds nothing wrong?+

You still get the written report — the "what we looked at, what we found, what to keep watching" one-pager. For the security audit that's genuinely good news you can hand to your accountant or your insurer.

For the AI audit, "nothing wrong" is very rare — almost every business has 3-5 workflows worth automating. If somehow we can't identify any real opportunities, you get a €399 refund. We've never issued one.

Can I claim an Irish grant retroactively?+

No — every Irish digitalisation grant we know of requires approval before the work starts. That's true for the LEO Grow Digital Voucher, EI Access Advice: Digital and AI Discovery, and the NCC-IE cyber grant. We'll help you assemble the application first, then start the audit once approval-in-principle is in your inbox. If the grant is declined for any reason, the €399 audit price stands and you can proceed or pull out — no obligation. Full grant breakdown at /grants/.

Do you work outside Ireland?+

Yes — the AI audit and the WordPress security audit work anywhere. The Irish grants covered on our grants page only apply to Irish SMEs. Buyers in the UK, the EU, and further afield pay the €399 fee directly.

Reports are written in English; we're comfortable working with businesses in Ireland, the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, and Nordic Europe. Beyond that, email us first and we'll flag anything (timezones, VAT invoicing) upfront.

Is the security audit a substitute for a penetration test?+

No, and we're honest about it. A pen-test is an active attempt to break in, usually by a CREST/OSCP-certified team, priced from €5k. Our WordPress security audit is a configuration and integrity review — the checklist that catches ~95% of what actually happens to small business sites (compromised plugins, planted admin accounts, weak configuration, outdated cores). If your business genuinely needs a pen-test, we'll say so and point you at people who do them.

How does the 48-hour turnaround actually work?+

Clock starts when we have either your completed questionnaire (AI audit) or admin access (security audit). Usually we scope + schedule within one business day of first email, then deliver the written report within 48 working hours of clock-start. If we can't hit that on a particular week — Christmas, illness, whatever — we say so before you pay, and we don't take on more than we can deliver.

Book either audit — or both.

Reply with 3 lines: your business, roughly what you do, and which audit you want. We'll come back in a working day with a scoping questionnaire and the first available slot.

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