Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Service

Risk and Vulnerability Assessment

A risk and vulnerability assessment reveals security lapses and oversights businesses miss.  Small business organizations who implement best practices, schedule a vulnerability assessment on a recurring basis for clear visibility into their Information Technology (IT) health.

In general terms, a risk assessment determines the likelihood of a potential loss.  With technology involved, vulnerabilities exist within any business environment that can lead to the loss of assets.

Once you know the risks within your business, informed decisions can be made on how to avoid, transfer, accept or reduce the discovered risks.  The risk equation is as follows:

Risk = Threat x Vulnerability x Asset

 

Technology Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Process

We assess your IT health environment by scanning your external attack surface.  Then we analyze your network resources within your organization and finish with an internal vulnerability scan.  The highlights of our risk assessment service are detailed below:

  • Network Review
  • External Security Review
  • Internal Security Review
  • Cloud infrastructure Review
  • Policy & Procedure Review

 

Risk Management Service Deliverable

We put together a comprehensive report that shows your current risks and vulnerabilities.

Then meet with you to discuss options to avoid, transfer, accept or reduce the discovered risks.

Service Benefits

  • An independent review from an outside perspective
  • Agentless probe so no cleanup required once the assessment completes
  • Uncover hard to detect issues, measure risk, and provide recommendations
  • Security Risk score quantifies issues into measurable values that can be tracked over time.
FAQ Technology Risk Assessment
FAQ Technology Risk Assessment

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a technology risk and vulnerability assessment?

  • The processes in identifying and analyzing information on an organizations assets, threats, vulnerabilities and incident impact to create a strategic security (cybersecurity) strategy.

What is the first step in performing a technology risk assessment?

  • Discover and evaluate technology assets within the organization.  Review all key policies and procedures related to your technology assets.  An asset is anything within an organization that should be protected.  Can include:  a computer file, network service, system resource, a process, a program, a product an IT infrastructure, database, hardware device, furniture, product recipes/formulas, intellectual property, personnel, software and so on…

What is the final step in a technology risk assessment?

The final step in the process documents the results to support the data gathered.  The technology risk assessment report describes each threat and vulnerability found with an assigned risk score and possible remediation steps.

Can your technology risk assessment be setup on a recurring basis?

  • Yes – Actually, we recommend conducting a quarterly or semi-annual assessment based on the size and complexity of your organization.  New vulnerabilities are discovered everyday.