Locked down by design
Deadbolt is a security and IT consultancy for small businesses, healthcare practices, and transport companies across Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas. Assessments, compliance documentation, and ongoing coverage — practical work, explained in language your staff can actually follow.
What I do
Most clients come in through a fixed-price assessment, then move to ongoing coverage once they can see what's actually going on in their environment.
Monitoring, testing, and response for teams without a security department.
The documentation and evidence an auditor, insurer, or client actually asks for.
Day-to-day IT coverage for businesses too small to justify a full-time hire.
Who I work with
Client names are kept private by default — the work speaks without them.
A DFW-based carrier — fractional IT, email infrastructure, endpoint coverage.
A therapy practice — HIPAA documentation, access control, and staff training.
Teams of 5–50 with no in-house IT and no one owning security.
How I work
Every engagement ends with something you can actually use: a written report, a prioritized remediation list, and a walkthrough call where I explain what I found in language your staff can follow. No 60-page PDF export from a scanner with a logo dropped on the cover.
Everything I deploy for a client gets built and tested in my own lab environment first — detection rules, endpoint monitoring, directory and access changes. Your business isn't where I find out whether something works.
Most engagements start with a short call to figure out where the actual risk is. No pitch deck, no pressure — if a fixed-price assessment isn't the right move, I'll say so.