ShopShieldCyber

Practical cybersecurity for automotive businesses

Keep the shop open when cyber problems hit.

Independent shops run on email, payment tools, vendor portals, shop software, Wi-Fi, and a few critical computers. We help owners find the gaps most likely to create downtime or fraud—without turning it into a corporate IT project.

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The real question

What actually stops the shop?

Security matters when it affects cars, customers, cash flow, or tomorrow morning’s schedule.

01

Front desk locked

Ransomware or a compromised device takes scheduling, estimates, or customer records offline.

02

Email hijacked

A criminal uses a trusted mailbox to redirect a payment or scam a customer or vendor.

03

Recovery guessed

Backups technically exist, but nobody knows whether they restore or how long recovery takes.

04

Insurance surprise

The owner discovers security requirements only when applying for coverage or filing a claim.

Focused pilot offer

The Shop Cyber Checkup

A practical owner-level review of the systems, accounts, and recovery assumptions that keep the business operating.

  • ✓Email, MFA, shared accounts, and admin access
  • ✓Backup and recovery confidence
  • ✓Shop software, payments, and vendor dependencies
  • ✓Five prioritized fixes and a 30-day action plan

Free owner scorecard

Could your shop keep operating?

Answer ten owner-level questions. Your responses stay in this browser and are never automatically sent anywhere.

Question 1 of 10
01Is multi-factor authentication enabled on every owner, admin, billing, and business email account?
02Does each employee use a unique account instead of sharing passwords for critical systems?
03Are former employee and vendor accounts removed promptly from email, shop software, and portals?
04Has the shop successfully restored important data from backup within the last 12 months?
05Could the shop operate manually for a full business day if its management software or internet were unavailable?
06Are payment or bank-detail changes verified using a known phone number or separate channel?
07Does the owner control recovery access and at least one administrator account for every critical service?
08Are all remote-access tools known, approved, and protected with multi-factor authentication?
09Does the shop have an offline contact list for IT, software vendors, its bank, insurer, and decision-makers?
10Can the shop confidently answer current insurance questions about MFA, backups, endpoint protection, and response planning?

Choose the answer that best matches the shop today.

Why ShopShield

Cyber experience without the corporate theater.

ShopShield Cyber brings cybersecurity experience informed by automotive enthusiasm, military service, and work as an Air National Guard cyber officer. The goal is straightforward: help automotive owners make sound security decisions without burying them in frameworks, scare tactics, or a hundred-page report.

ShopShield is an independent business. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the U.S. Government, Department of Defense, Air National Guard, or any employer.

Keep tomorrow moving

Find the five fixes that matter most.

The pilot checkup is available to the first three Colorado automotive businesses for $299.

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