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Security Risk Assessment

A defensible view of your enterprise risk.

A structured, framework-aligned assessment of your organization's security posture across people, process, and technology. The deliverable is a prioritized risk register plus a phased remediation roadmap your board can approve — grounded in NIST SP 800-30 and ISO 27005 risk methodology, not a consultant's gut feel.

Outcomes

  • +Enterprise-wide risk register with likelihood × impact scoring
  • +Gap analysis against your chosen framework (NIST CSF, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI)
  • +18-month remediation roadmap with effort × cost estimates
  • +Board-ready summary and engineer-ready detail

01Scope

What we cover

In scope

  • +Governance, policies, and organizational structure
  • +Asset inventory + data-classification review
  • +Access control + IAM + privileged access management
  • +Vulnerability management + change management processes
  • +Incident response + business continuity + disaster recovery
  • +Third-party risk management
  • +Physical + environmental controls (interview-based)

Out of scope

  • Deep technical testing (see Vulnerability Assessment, Pen Testing)
  • On-site physical inspection (available as add-on)

02Approach

How the engagement runs

01

Framework selection

NIST CSF? ISO 27001? HIPAA? PCI DSS? A hybrid? We help you pick the one that matches your regulators and industry.

02

Evidence gathering

Interviews, policy review, control-configuration review, sample-based testing. Two-week window, typically.

03

Gap analysis

Every control mapped, evidenced, and scored — organized by control family and business function.

04

Risk quantification

Each gap translated to a risk statement with likelihood, impact, and inherent-vs-residual scoring (NIST SP 800-30 method).

05

Roadmap

Phased remediation: quick wins, medium-term projects, strategic initiatives — each sized.

03Deliverables

What you receive

Every artifact is defensible under external audit and actionable for engineering.

  • 01Enterprise Risk Register (spreadsheet + PDF summary)
  • 02Framework Gap Analysis matrix
  • 03Executive board deck (10–15 slides)
  • 04Remediation Roadmap with quarterly milestones
  • 05Optional annual reassessment engagement

04Frameworks

Regulator-defensible mapping

NIST
CSF 2.0SP 800-30 (Risk)SP 800-53 rev. 5
ISO/IEC
27001:202227005:2022 (Risk)27701:2019 (Privacy)
COBIT
2019 — where governance is the driver
HIPAA
Security Rule 45 CFR § 164.308(a)(1)(ii)(A)

05Timeline

Typical engagement pace

Phase 01

Scoping

1 week

Phase 02

Evidence gathering

2–3 weeks

Phase 03

Analysis + scoring

1–2 weeks

Phase 04

Roadmap + delivery

1 week

06FAQ

Common questions

Different question? Raise it on a scoping call — we'd rather flag surprises early.

Is this the same as an audit?+

No. An SRA is a gap-analysis + risk-quantification exercise designed to feed remediation planning. An audit is an independent-attestation exercise. Many organizations run an SRA to prepare for audit.

How is this different from a Vulnerability Assessment?+

A VA is technical — which vulnerabilities exist. An SRA is holistic — which risks exist across people, process, and technology, and how they should be prioritized.

Can we use this to inform ISO 27001 certification?+

Yes. The output is designed to feed your ISO 27001 Statement of Applicability inputs and risk-treatment plan directly.

Ship a defensible risk story.

Board-ready output, auditor-defensible methodology, engineer-executable roadmap. Typical delivery: 6–8 weeks.

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