Security Assessment
Systematic evaluation of an organization's security posture
What is a Security Assessment?
A security assessment is a systematic evaluation of an organization's security posture to identify vulnerabilities, weaknesses, and risks in its information technology (IT) systems, networks, applications, and processes.
The primary goal of a security assessment is to proactively identify and mitigate potential security threats and vulnerabilities before they can be exploited by malicious actors.
A security assessment is a critical component of an organization's cybersecurity strategy, providing valuable insights into its security posture and helping mitigate risks to protect against potential cyber threats and attacks.
How Does Cyber Security Assessment Work?
Future State
Compliance Imperatives
Goals
Report & Roadmap
Security Diagnostics
Security Management & Execution
Record & Measure
Improve & Adjust
Report & Roadmap
Audit &
Train
A
Understanding the policies and governance processes
B
Understanding the software and IT ecosystem
C
Understanding the security practices and controls in place
D
Understanding the organization and processes related to security
E
Identifying the security maturity state
F
Identifying gaps, risks, and improvement opportunities
G
Creating an action plan for improvement and remediation
Typical Scope of the Information Security Assessment
How & What is Assessed?
Based on the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, a widely used framework in the industry that provides a baseline and set of best practices.
Methodical review of every aspect of a business, presenting findings in a consolidated and understandable manner for business leaders and investors.
Approach ensures accessible findings for business leaders, and reports are also highly useful for technology and security professionals.
Policies & Governance
Policies, governance methodologies, and processes
Data
Controls and monitoring of internal and external data sources, inputs, outputs, and storage
Compliance Review
Compliance standards, audit frequency, findings, mitigation actions, roadmap, and business operation procedures
Tools & Software
Tools, software architecture, information transport, sensitive data handling, database security, customer data encryption, and secure development policies
Physical & Privileges
Privilege management and individual access policies
Training & Education
Employee training programs, email security, phishing guidelines, continuous improvement, and awareness
Monitoring & Response
Monitoring and detection processes, event monitoring, incident handling, communication guidelines, and procedures
Operational
Infrastructure, physical access, employee access policies, firewalling, intrusion detection, penetration testing, ransomware readiness, and vulnerability scanning approach
