# StrongKeep > StrongKeep is a self-serve cybersecurity and compliance platform for small and medium businesses in Singapore: clinics, law firms, accounting and other professional services firms, and charities. It combines device protection, email and web security scans, staff training, and evidence for certifications such as CSA Cyber Essentials, in one subscription with no IT team or consultant retainer needed. Key facts (generated from the live site at build time, 2026-10-02): - Pricing: Protection plan US$39 (S$49) a month for 5 devices, billed annually; Compliance plan US$159 (S$199) a month for 5 devices, billed annually; each extra device US$5.50 (S$6.90) a month. Monthly billing and full detail: https://www.strongkeep.com/pricing/ - Health Information Act (HIA): StrongKeep helps clinics become HIA-ready. The Act takes effect from early 2027; MOH deadlines run by batch: Batch 1 by September 2027 (Outpatient Medical Service (GP), Acute Hospital, Community Hospital, Clinical Laboratory, Radiology Laboratory, Nuclear Medicine Service); Batch 2 by September 2028 (Outpatient Medical Service (Specialist), Nursing Home, Contingency Care Service, Outpatient Renal Dialysis); Batch 3 by March 2030 (Outpatient Dental, Ambulatory Surgical Centre, Assisted Reproduction, Retail Pharmacy). The HIA itself is not a certification; the certifiable mark is CSA's Cyber Essentials (HIA). Source: MOH, Implementation Timelines, https://www.healthinfo.gov.sg/implementation-timelines/ - Founder and CEO: Gaurav Keerthi, former Deputy Commissioner of Cybersecurity and Chief Executive of Singapore's Cyber Security Agency (CSA), former CIO of the Republic of Singapore Air Force, former Executive Vice President at Ensign InfoSecurity. - Full text of every page in one file: https://www.strongkeep.com/llms-full.txt ## Product - [Frequently Asked Questions](https://www.strongkeep.com/faq/): Discover how StrongKeep empowers small businesses to stay safe online. Our FAQ explains how we make cybersecurity simple, effective, and affordable. - [Features](https://www.strongkeep.com/features/): Everything you need to stay secure, bundled into one dashboard. - [Cybersecurity for Small Businesses](https://www.strongkeep.com/): StrongKeep offers simple, affordable, and comprehensive cybersecurity solutions tailored for small and medium-sized businesses. With AI-driven analytics and a suite of advanced cyber tools, the platform simplifies compliance, enhances threat protection, and empowers your team to control cyber risks with confidence. - [Pricing](https://www.strongkeep.com/pricing/): StrongKeep pricing: Protection from US$39 (S$49) a month and Compliance from US$159 (S$199) a month for 5 devices, billed annually. Resilience is coming soon. ## Solutions - [Charities](https://www.strongkeep.com/solutions/charities/): Simple cybersecurity for small charities without an IT team. Protect staff laptops, block scam links, train your team, and show your Board what is in place. - [Compliance Readiness](https://www.strongkeep.com/solutions/compliance-readiness/): Get compliant without consultants or complexity. StrongKeep guides SMBs through policies, evidence, and submissions: fast and stress-free. - [Healthcare Clinics](https://www.strongkeep.com/solutions/healthcare-clinics/): Get your clinic HIA-ready without consultants or complexity. StrongKeep helps small clinics prepare for Singapore's Health Information Act quickly and confidently. - [Law Firms](https://www.strongkeep.com/solutions/law-firms/): Cybersecurity for small law firms without an IT team. Protect laptops, block phishing, secure passwords and gather compliance evidence as you go. - [Professional Services](https://www.strongkeep.com/solutions/professional-services/): Practical cybersecurity for professional services firms without IT teams. StrongKeep delivers essential protection, training, and control, without complexity. - [Protection Assurance](https://www.strongkeep.com/solutions/protection-assurance/): Get confidence that your business is protected. StrongKeep brings device protection, phishing defence, training, and passwords together for SMBs. - [Starting Your Cybersecurity Journey](https://www.strongkeep.com/solutions/starting-your-cybersecurity-journey/): Don't know where to start with cybersecurity? StrongKeep helps small businesses take the first right steps clearly, calmly, and without overcomplicating things. ## Free Tools and Guides - [An IT Manager's Cybersecurity Guide to Cover Your Ass](https://www.strongkeep.com/free-tools/it-managers-guide/): When you're the lone IT manager also stuck with the cyber stuff, the trick is to own the role with confidence. By using the Cyber Essentials, having a solid paper trail, and adding on cyber insurance, you're building the ultimate 'Cover Your Ass' strategy. - [Do small businesses need a hardware firewall? We think not.](https://www.strongkeep.com/free-tools/hardware-firewall/): If you run a small business, a shiny new firewall box in the office can feel like progress. Here is the uncomfortable truth. For most SMBs in 2025, that box is the wrong bet. - [8 Cybersecurity and Compliance Myths Singapore Clinics Get Wrong](https://www.strongkeep.com/free-tools/clinic-cybersecurity-compliance-myths/): Eight cybersecurity and compliance myths Singapore clinics get wrong, corrected with primary sources from CSA, PDPC, and MOH: PDPA, the Health Information Act, CS/DS Essentials, antivirus, and consultants. - [Can a Singapore GP Clinic Meet CS/DS Essentials Without an IT Team?](https://www.strongkeep.com/free-tools/csds-essentials-without-it-team-singapore-clinics/): A small Singapore GP clinic can work towards MOH's CS/DS Essentials without a dedicated IT team. Here is the practical do-it-yourself path, what a practice manager does, and the StrongKeep vs CISOaaS-consultant trade-off. - [HIA Readiness Checklist for Singapore GP Clinics: All 13 CS/DS Essentials Measures](https://www.strongkeep.com/free-tools/hia-readiness-checklist-singapore-gp-clinics/): All 13 measures in MOH's CS/DS Essentials, as a readiness checklist for Singapore GP clinics, with the HIA incident reporting thresholds and timelines. - [PDPA Compliance for Singapore Law, Accounting and Corporate Secretarial Firms](https://www.strongkeep.com/free-tools/pdpa-compliance-singapore-professional-services/): What the PDPA asks of a small Singapore law, accounting or corporate secretarial firm: the obligations in plain English, appointing a Data Protection Officer, and the 30-day and 3-day breach notification clocks. ## Case Studies - [AZAntz Case Study](https://www.strongkeep.com/case-studies/azantz/): A new cybersecurity requirement landed after this firm had already won the contract. See how StrongKeep turned an unfamiliar certification into a clear, step-by-step path to completion, helping them get certified in just 8 days! - [Neumark Surgery Case Study](https://www.strongkeep.com/case-studies/neumark/): When Singapore passed the Health Information Act, Dr Harish knew basic antivirus wasn't enough. See how StrongKeep gave his clinic enterprise-grade protection for US$39 (S$49) a month, billed annually, without disrupting a single day of operations. - [Integra Partners Case Study](https://www.strongkeep.com/case-studies/integra/): When Integra Partners spun out as an independent venture capital firm, COO Ling knew that protecting confidential investor data was non-negotiable. See how she found StrongKeep and secured her 10-person team without needing IT staff or consultants. - [IHRP Case Study](https://www.strongkeep.com/case-studies/ihrp/): For IHRP, cybersecurity was not being overlooked. The challenge was gaining sufficient visibility into the organisation's cybersecurity posture to prioritise action, support internal reporting, and evidence its controls for external assessment under the CSA Cyber Essentials Mark (CEM). - [Case Study: Stopping a "ClickFix" Infostealer Before It Could Steal](https://www.strongkeep.com/case-studies/clickfix-infostealer-case-study/): A ClickFix infostealer landed on one device at a Singapore SME. StrongKeep's DNS filtering blocked thousands of call-home attempts while EDR reconstructed the attack, with no evidence of data leaving the network. - [Cybersecurity for Charities Case Study](https://www.strongkeep.com/case-studies/cybersecurity-for-charities/): A Singapore IPC charity with fewer than 10 staff and no dedicated IT person set out to strengthen its cybersecurity. A half-day workshop showed where the gaps were, and one subscription its own team could manage covered several of them. - [Incident 408: The Most Honest Malware We've Blocked All Year](https://www.strongkeep.com/case-studies/incident-408-pdf-crack/): A licence cracking tool bundled with a pirated PDF editor landed on a staff device at a Singapore SME. The filename asked the user to disable their antivirus first. StrongKeep blocked it before it ran. ## Comparisons - [Antivirus vs EDR: what business-grade protection actually means](https://www.strongkeep.com/compare/antivirus-edr/): Consumer antivirus catches yesterday's malware. Business-grade EDR contains today's incidents before they spread. Compare StrongKeep Cortex, Norton, Bitdefender, Trend Micro, and Microsoft Defender. - [Cybersecurity compliance frameworks: which one applies to you](https://www.strongkeep.com/compare/compliance-frameworks/): A plain-English map of the Singapore frameworks (PDPA, CSA Cyber Essentials, Trust Marks and the Health Information Act) plus the international standards coming next (UK Cyber Essentials, EU NIS2 + CyFun, Australia Essential 8), and what StrongKeep automates for each. - [Cyber training that staff actually finish: bite-sized, real-world, and gamified](https://www.strongkeep.com/compare/cyber-training/): Annual cybersecurity training stops working by February. Compare StrongKeep's bite-sized, case-study-driven, gamified training with KnowBe4, Proofpoint, and ad-hoc HR-led training. - [DNS filtering vs perimeter firewall: where each one stops the attack](https://www.strongkeep.com/compare/dns-filtering/): A FortiGate in your office cannot see a staff laptop on home Wi-Fi or hotel networks. Compare DNS filtering and perimeter firewall coverage for SG SMEs. - [MFA vs password manager: different problems, both required](https://www.strongkeep.com/compare/password-manager/): Multi-factor authentication blocks attackers who already have the password. A password manager stops staff reusing the same password on 12 sites that are not yours. Compare team password managers for SG SMEs. - [Already running CrowdStrike or Sophos? Don't switch. Layer.](https://www.strongkeep.com/compare/strongkeep-vs-crowdstrike-sophos/): Mid-contract EDR replacements are rarely worth it. Keep your existing agent and add the compliance, training, password, and DNS-filtering pieces your EDR was never meant to cover. - [StrongKeep compared to Microsoft Defender and M365 Business Premium](https://www.strongkeep.com/compare/strongkeep-vs-microsoft-defender/): Your vendor quoted you Microsoft 365 Business Premium. Here is what it buys, what it still needs a consultant for, and what the same money buys from StrongKeep. ## Media Coverage - [Straits Times: Should S'pore Compel Insurers to Report Ransomware Incidents?](https://www.strongkeep.com/news/ransomware-reporting/): Our CEO Gaurav Keerthi explained to Krist Boo from The Straits Times that when a ransomware attack hits their company, many SMEs turn to the authorities hoping that they have a 'magic key' to save them. Unfortunately, the harsh reality hits them. - [Straits Times: As Cyber Piranhas Circle, Uncomfortable Alliances Must Hold the Line](https://www.strongkeep.com/news/cyber-piranhas/): Our CEO Gaurav Keerthi explained to Bhavan Jaipragas from The Straits Times the uncomfortable but necessary bit: this duality is manageable with clear rules of engagement: transparent expectations, measurable responsibilities, mutual accountability. - [Bank InfoSecurity: The Great Cyber Divide](https://www.strongkeep.com/news/cyber-divide/): Gaurav Keerthi, CEO and founder of security start-up StrongKeep, said this threat landscape has led to what the World Economic Forum calls 'cyber inequity,' in which large enterprises remain well protected, while smaller ones lag behind in cyber readiness. - [Spotlight: A startup trying to IKEA-ify cybersecurity for SMEs](https://www.strongkeep.com/news/techinasia-ikeafy/): While shaping cybersecurity policy at Singapore's Cyber Security Agency, Gaurav Keerthi saw a persistent gap. Regulations were designed to raise security standards, but the market failed to produce practical tools for small businesses. - [Singapore Business Cyber Readiness Exercise](https://www.strongkeep.com/news/singapore-business-readiness/): StrongKeep was given the immense responsibility of facilitating the national cyber crisis exercise for small businesses as part of Ministry of Defence of Singapore's Exercise SG Ready for Total Defence Day, together with Singapore Business Federation. - [CNA: Leaked documents suggest 255 Singapore firms linked to critical infrastructure hit](https://www.strongkeep.com/news/leaked-documents-singapore-cna/): 'Smaller companies are being more targeted by hackers and yet remain less protected.' StrongKeep CEO Gaurav Keerthi shared his views with Channel News Asia how the cyber landscape is changing rapidly for SMBs due to increasing compliance requirements. - [Addressing the Supply Chain Risk](https://www.strongkeep.com/news/addressing-supply-chain-risk/): CEO Gaurav explains why protecting smaller companies is the key to keeping big enterprises secure, in this article on Dark Reading. - [Straits Times: Think You're Safe from Cyber Crooks? Why 99% of Companies Are Exposed](https://www.strongkeep.com/news/99-percent-companies-exposed/): StrongKeep CEO Gaurav Keerthi, former Deputy Commissioner of the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore, explains to The Straits Times why 99% of companies are exposed, and how SMEs can build real cyber resilience without complexity or high cost. - [Black Hat Stories: Why Doesn't Cybersecurity Expertise Reach Small Businesses?](https://www.strongkeep.com/news/black-hat-stories-gaurav-keerthi/): The deepest security expertise gathers where the budgets are. StrongKeep CEO Gaurav Keerthi makes the point on Black Hat Stories, the conference's own interview series. - [CRN Asia: Why Do the Smallest Businesses Get the Least Cybersecurity?](https://www.strongkeep.com/news/crn-asia-cyber-inequity/): StrongKeep CEO Gaurav Keerthi tells CRN Asia why the smallest businesses hold the least cybersecurity, and what has to be re-engineered before that changes. - [e27: Why Don't Smaller Businesses Have Cybersecurity?](https://www.strongkeep.com/news/e27-smb-cybersecurity-supply-gap/): StrongKeep CEO Gaurav Keerthi writes in e27 that demand for small-business cybersecurity is already settled, and that the supply side is what was never built. - [BFM 89.9: What Does the 'IKEA of Cyber Security' Mean for a Smaller Business?](https://www.strongkeep.com/news/bfm-ikea-of-cyber-security/): StrongKeep CEO Gaurav Keerthi on BFM 89.9's Open For Business: what an IKEA model looks like in cybersecurity, and why smaller businesses have never been sold one. - [Hospital Management Asia: Why Is Cyber Security Hard for a Small Clinic?](https://www.strongkeep.com/news/hma-cyber-resilient-healthcare/): Hospital Management Asia reports on a HealthTechX Asia 2026 panel moderated by StrongKeep CEO Gaurav Keerthi, where hospital IT leaders named staffing, not awareness, as the constraint on healthcare cyber resilience. - [CyberSG Voices: Who Is Watching When an AI Agent Acts on Its Own?](https://www.strongkeep.com/news/cybersg-voices-agentic-ai/): StrongKeep CEO Gaurav Keerthi joins Nestria's Prity Jha and A*STAR's Dr Dinil Mon Divakaran on the CyberSG Voices vodcast, on autonomy, accountability, and what oversight should mean for a business with no security team. ## Company - [About Us](https://www.strongkeep.com/about/): We believe that all organisations should be able to afford cybersecurity solutions to safeguard their businesses from cyberattacks. - [Contact Us](https://www.strongkeep.com/contact-form/): Get in touch with StrongKeep for cybersecurity solutions. - [Partners](https://www.strongkeep.com/partners/): Partner with StrongKeep to expand your offerings and drive business growth.