Evaluating Your Security Posture
Understanding your current security posture is the first step to improvement. Regular assessment helps identify gaps, prioritize investments, and demonstrate progress.
Assessment Approaches
Vulnerability Assessments
Identify technical weaknesses:
- Network vulnerability scanning
- Application security testing
- Configuration reviews
- Endpoint assessments
- External penetration testing
- Internal penetration testing
- Social engineering tests
- Red team exercises
- Asset identification
- Threat analysis
- Vulnerability identification
- Risk prioritization
- Gap analysis vs. frameworks
- Control testing
- Documentation review
- Remediation planning
- Identify
- Protect
- Detect
- Respond
- Recover
- Basic Controls (1-6)
- Foundational Controls (7-16)
- Organizational Controls (17-20)
- HIPAA for healthcare
- PCI-DSS for payment card
- CMMC for defense contractors
- Continuous vulnerability scanning
- Ongoing compliance monitoring
- Regular penetration testing
- Automated security assessments
Penetration Testing
Test defenses against realistic attacks:
Risk Assessments
Evaluate business risk:
Compliance Assessments
Measure against requirements:
Framework-Based Assessment
NIST Cybersecurity Framework
Evaluate across five functions:
CIS Controls
Assess implementation of prioritized controls:
Industry Frameworks
Continuous Assessment
Move beyond point-in-time:
Contact our team for security assessments.