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Website Security Hardening

For United States teams, the approved NIST CSF-aligned readiness context keeps Website Security Hardening focused on documented priority gaps and written remediation direction. It applies customer-approved website configuration changes, including relevant TLS and security-header settings, and records written verification of agreed controls. The work stays within agreed scope and does not certify compliance, issue approval, or guarantee an outcome.

From $3,900.00 USD

Informational

Final scope, any applicable taxes, third-party costs, and commercial terms are confirmed in a written proposal. Checkout and payment are not available.

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How We Deliver

Delivered through a senior-led website hardening workflow with confirmed scope, documented configuration changes and written verification of agreed applied controls. This service does not provide certification, continuous monitoring, full penetration testing, guaranteed security outcomes or open-ended remediation.

Good fit if

  • ✓You have production-facing web or mobile assets that need documented security observations
  • ✓You need prioritised findings to support customer, procurement, or governance discussions
  • ✓You're preparing for deeper testing, hardening, or compliance readiness work
  • ✓You want a written baseline before deciding on next security steps

Not a fit if

  • –You need immediate remediation implementation rather than assessment
  • –You require 24/7 monitoring, SOC, or MDR services
  • –You need certification, compliance approval, or formal audit opinion
  • –You expect guaranteed elimination of all security issues

Ideal for

  • Businesses with a public-facing website that needs agreed security-configuration improvements before launch, campaign activity or customer review
  • Teams that need clearer SSL/TLS, security-header or website configuration posture
  • Organisations that can provide authorised access for confirmed changes and need a written change record
  • Customers seeking bounded implementation support rather than a general assessment, monitoring service or full penetration test

What you'll receive

Confirmed website hardening scope and access requirements summary
Agreed website security-configuration change plan
Implemented approved configuration changes within confirmed scope
Before/after change record for applied settings
SSL/TLS and security-header observations appropriate to the agreed environment
Written validation of agreed applied controls
Handoff summary with remaining recommendations and excluded items

After You Request This Service

When you select a package tier, you submit a request. We review scope in writing before any later commercial step. This page does not take payment, open intake, or start work.

Informational scope prices

Starter

$3,900.00 USD

Informational

One agreed website. Review and implementation of confirmed security-configuration improvements such as agreed SSL/TLS and security-header settings, followed by written verification of the applied changes.

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Most Popular

Standard

$8,900.00 USD

Informational

Up to three agreed websites or one broader website scope. Expanded security-configuration hardening, change documentation, scheduled handoff and one validation review of agreed applied controls.

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Premium

$16,900.00 USD

Informational

Complex or multi-site agreed scope. Higher-touch configuration hardening, coordinated change planning, extended documentation and validation review within the confirmed implementation boundary.

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Custom Scope Available

Need deeper testing, broader infrastructure changes or scheduled advisory guidance? Contact us to confirm the appropriate separate scope. Website Security Hardening does not include full penetration testing, monitoring, incident-response coverage or certification.

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Included

  • Agreed website or website set within the selected tier
  • Website security-configuration review
  • Authorised implementation of agreed configuration changes
  • Agreed SSL/TLS configuration improvements where technically supported
  • Agreed security-header configuration improvements where technically supported
  • Written before/after change record
  • Validation review of agreed applied controls
  • Scheduled clarification during the implementation period

Excluded

  • Full penetration testing or exploit-based testing
  • Application code remediation or feature development
  • Open-ended vulnerability remediation
  • Server, cloud or infrastructure administration beyond confirmed website-hardening changes
  • CDN, WAF, DNS, hosting or third-party platform reconfiguration unless explicitly agreed in scope and technically accepted
  • Continuous monitoring, SOC, MDR or 24/7 detection
  • Incident-response coverage or response SLA
  • Certification, compliance approval or legal advice
  • Guaranteed security outcome, guaranteed uptime or guaranteed removal of all weaknesses

Available Add-ons

  • +Additional agreed website coverage
  • +Expanded configuration-hardening scope after technical review
  • +Follow-up validation after agreed customer or BilgeQor changes
  • +Website & Checkout Security Review or Web & App Security Review under separate scope where deeper assessment is required
  • +Monthly Security Advisory for scheduled advisory guidance only

How it works

1

Scope & Access Confirmation

Confirm website scope, authorised access, technical environment, requested hardening priorities and any required change-window or rollback conditions.

2

Configuration Review & Change Plan

Review agreed security-configuration areas and document the changes proposed within scope.

3

Approved Hardening Implementation

Apply only customer-authorised and technically accepted configuration changes within the confirmed scope.

4

Validation & Handoff

Document before/after changes, review agreed applied controls and provide remaining recommendations.

Timeline: Confirmed during intake based on scope and package tier. Typical delivery timeframes provided after intake completion.

Completed engagement & redacted deliverable

A confidentiality-safe summary from a real completed client engagement, paired with a redacted extract of the website security-configuration change record, documented before-and-after changes and validation notes. Client identity and identifying operational details are withheld.

E-commerce platform, AustraliaWebsite Security Hardening — completed client engagementConfirmed engagementSmall in-house marketing and operations team
Challenge

A public-facing storefront had website security-configuration gaps affecting agreed SSL/TLS and security-header settings. The team required a controlled change plan, authorised implementation and written validation notes before campaign activity.

Scope applied
  • One agreed website within confirmed technical scope
  • Review of agreed SSL/TLS and security-header configuration areas
  • Customer-authorised implementation of accepted configuration changes
  • Before/after change record for applied settings
  • Validation notes for agreed applied controls
Result

Agreed configuration changes were documented and applied within the confirmed scope. Validation notes recorded the reviewed state of the applied controls and any remaining recommendations. This completed engagement does not represent certification, full vulnerability clearance or guaranteed security outcomes.

Deliverable preview

Website Security Hardening — Configuration Change Record and Validation Notes

  • Confirmed scope and approved change plan
  • Before/after configuration record
  • Agreed SSL/TLS and security-header observations
  • Validation notes for applied controls
  • Remaining recommendations and exclusions
  • Step 01 HSTS configured within agreed scope — recorded
  • Step 02 CSP policy applied within agreed scope — recorded
  • Step 03 X-Frame-Options applied within agreed scope — recorded
  • Step 04 TLS configuration updated within agreed scope — recorded
  • Validation notes: reviewed state of agreed applied controls recorded; not a certification of security

Redacted deliverable extract. PDF change record with validation notes. Delivered via secure file share.

Security File context

How this deliverable fits into the Security File

This representative deliverable shows the kind of evidence, priorities and follow-through notes that can sit inside a practical BilgeQor Security File after handoff.

The Security File is a decision aid, not a certification, compliance verdict, guarantee of perfect security, or per-company loss estimate.

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Note:Real completed client engagement. Client identity and identifying operational details are withheld for confidentiality. The deliverable extract is redacted and scope-limited. Implemented changes, validation observations and outcomes depend on confirmed scope, authorised access and technical feasibility. It does not provide certification or guarantee complete security.

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