Cyber Readiness · Cisco Duo MFA Services · AI Governance
Turn Cyber Risk Into Practical Action.
MDHG helps South African SMEs assess cyber risk, strengthen identity controls with Cisco Duo MFA services, govern AI use, and reduce exposure through clear, practical advisory.
Increasingly targeted through identity, email, cloud, and supplier exposure
POPIA
Personal information risk requires practical controls, documentation, and accountability
Duo MFA
Cisco Duo MFA services to strengthen access control and reduce account takeover risk
Zero Trust
Access decisions based on user, device, and risk context
Free Cyber Risk Assessment
Start with a free cyber risk assessment.
Use Tethara™, MDHG’s digital cyber risk assessment platform, to answer 15 practical questions and get a clearer view of your cyber readiness. The assessment helps identify gaps across MFA, access security, backups, email risk, governance, and incident readiness.
Tethara™ by MDHG
15-question cyber risk assessment
Takes a few minutes. Built for SMEs. No jargon.
Answer practical questions across MFA, access security, backups, email risk, governance, and incident readiness
Get a clearer first view of your business cyber readiness
Use the results to prioritise practical improvements with MDHG if support is needed
Tethara™ helps surface the gaps. MDHG helps you interpret the findings, prioritise the right controls, and turn the results into a practical cybersecurity roadmap.
Cyber Readiness. Identity. AI Governance. Exposure.
We help South African SMEs understand cyber risk, prioritise what matters, and take practical action across identity, AI governance, exposure management, and remediation planning.
Tethara™ is MDHG’s digital cyber risk assessment platform, built to help SMEs identify security gaps, understand cyber readiness, and take practical steps toward stronger protection.
What Tethara™ Helps With
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Identify cyber gaps across practical SME controls
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Understand your current cyber readiness signal
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Prepare for client, supplier, and insurance-aligned conversations
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Start a roadmap for stronger cyber resilience
How MDHG Helps Afterward
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Interpret the assessment results in business-risk language
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Prioritise remediation, MFA, access security, governance, and resilience work
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Support implementation, remediation, retainers, and vCISO-style guidance
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Move from assessment to action without unnecessary complexity
Modern attacks target identity first. MFA adds an essential verification layer between stolen credentials and business systems, and stronger phishing-resistant methods materially reduce the chance of unauthorised access. MDHG partners with Cisco Duo to support practical MFA planning and rollout for SMEs.
Why It Matters
The Value of MFA
Reduces the risk of account takeover when passwords are stolen or reused
Helps defend against phishing, malware, and ransomware-driven access attempts
Supports zero trust and stronger access control across cloud and on-prem systems
Improves compliance posture and helps satisfy insurer and audit expectations
Business Impact
The Risk of Not Having MFA
A single compromised password can expose email, finance, HR, and operational systems
Attackers can exploit weak login flows through phishing, SIM swapping, or MFA fatigue tactics
Recovery after an identity-led breach is costly, disruptive, and reputationally damaging
Organisations without strong authentication are easier targets for repeat compromise
From Assessment to Action
Practical Support After the Gaps Are Clear
Once Tethara™ or a Cyber Health Check highlights the gaps, MDHG helps SMEs prioritise and reduce risk through advisory, implementation, remediation, and governance support.
Cyber Readiness
Remediation & Implementation Advisory
Prioritise what matters and fix it in the right order.
Translate assessment results into a practical security roadmap
Strengthen MFA, admin access, email, backup, and incident-readiness controls
Support implementation decisions without forcing unnecessary enterprise complexity
Prepare for client, supplier, and cyber-insurance readiness conversations
Any business holding customer or employee personal data — names, emails, IDs, financial records — needs practical controls, clear accountability, and usable documentation. MDHG helps SMEs understand where personal information risk sits and what to prioritise first.
Personal information risk and accountability review
Security compromise readiness and notification planning
ISO 27001, NIST, and CIS compliance gap mapping included
What Our Compliance Assessment Covers
A structured review of your data environment, technical controls, and documentation posture — delivered in plain language your legal team, board, and insurer can use immediately.
Personal information mapping and data flow analysis
Access controls and data minimisation review
Incident response procedure assessment
Third-party processor agreement review
Employee awareness and training gap analysis
Remediation roadmap: immediate, 30-day, and 90-day actions
Your Staff Are Using AI. Do You Have Control?
As AI tools become easier to access, employees may use them without clear business oversight. Under POPIA, your business still needs to manage personal information, acceptable use, and vendor risk. The risk is real, but the fix should be practical.
AI tool use can create hidden data handling and governance risk
Finance staff pasting client data into public AI can create POPIA exposure
HR teams drafting contracts in AI tools may expose employee personal information
Banning AI is not the answer — governing it is
SA has no AI-specific legislation yet, but POPIA applies fully
The AI Governance Readiness Program — What You Get
A practical AI governance implementation: from tool audit to policy to training and control design — delivered in 2–4 weeks with clear business and compliance outcomes.
Full AI tools audit across all departments
Written AI Acceptable Use Policy (branded to your business)
Enterprise AI tool selection and governance guidance
Data handling, approval, and usage control framework
Board-ready AI risk and governance reporting
How It Works
Our 4-Step Approach
No lengthy discovery phases. No enterprise red tape. We move fast, assess thoroughly, and deliver findings you can act on immediately.
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Engage
Scope & Context
A focused scoping call to define environment boundaries, priorities, and your specific business context. We understand your threat landscape before we assess it.
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Assess
Rapid Assessment
Assessment across all agreed focus areas using proven frameworks — delivered without delay. No weeks of information gathering. We move at business speed.
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Analyse
Cross-Domain Findings
We correlate findings across all domains to surface real exposure and critical gaps that matter most to your business — not just a checklist of technical issues.
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Deliver
Clear Roadmap
A findings report and prioritised remediation plan in plain language — no jargon, no fluff. Immediate wins, short-term fixes, and long-term strategic horizons.
Why MDHG
Built for Results
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Fast Clarity
Rapid, thorough assessment. No lengthy discovery phases or enterprise red tape. You get answers fast.
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Cyber Insurance Ready
Satisfy insurer requirements and reduce premiums with a documented risk posture that meets underwriting standards.
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Identity-Centric Defence
Strengthen the control plane attackers target most: accounts, access, MFA coverage, and risky sign-in exposure.
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Expert Guidance
Governance, architecture, and deep technical expertise combined in one rapid engagement. No switching between vendors.
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Prevention & Mitigation
Proactive strategies plus thorough containment and recovery roadmaps — before and after an incident.
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SA-Native Context
South Africa-focused. POPIA-specialist. We understand the local threat landscape, cost constraints, and compliance environment that generic global firms miss.
What You Receive
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Executive Summary with risk overview and business context
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Technical findings report with severity ratings
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Prioritised remediation roadmap — immediate, short & long-term
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Risk scoring and exposure heatmap
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Compliance gap indicators — ISO 27001, NIST, CIS
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Actionable next steps your team can implement immediately
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POPIA compliance documentation package
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Cyber insurance-ready risk posture report
Founder-Led Advisory
Cybersecurity Guidance With Business Context
MDHG is led by Moezelle Harvey, a cybersecurity specialist focused on IT, OT, identity security, AI governance, and practical risk reduction for South African organisations.
What This Means for Clients
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Clear guidance instead of unnecessary complexity
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Business-risk language leadership teams can understand
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Practical cyber readiness, Cisco Duo MFA services, AI governance, and remediation support
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South African SME context with POPIA-aware advisory
Pricing
Cybersecurity Packages for Growing Businesses
Practical cybersecurity support for SMEs that need clarity, protection, and guidance — without hiring a full-time security team.
All pricing is excluding VAT where applicable. Third-party software, licensing, and vendor costs are quoted separately based on your environment and requirements.
Best for: risk clarity
Cyber Health Check
From R6,500
once-off
A practical entry-level assessment to identify your biggest cybersecurity gaps and give you a clear improvement roadmap.
A more hands-on monthly partnership for businesses with growing cyber risk, client data, remote teams, compliance pressure, or supplier security requirements.
Executive-level cybersecurity guidance for organisations that need governance, risk oversight, board-ready reporting, and long-term security direction.
Prices are starting points and may vary depending on business size, number of users, systems, locations, risk profile, and required support level. Third-party licensing, including MFA platforms such as Cisco Duo, is quoted separately.
Not sure which package fits your business?
Start with the free Tethara™ cyber risk assessment or book a Cyber Health Check with MDHG to understand your current risk and prioritise the right next steps.