Cybersecurity Assessment

Assessment Overview
G’Stato’s Cybersecurity Assessment, establishes your organization’s security and risk profile, identifying areas that can compromise your business.  Our assessment will review your exposure to email phishing attacks, the security of your document management platform, the current protection safeguarding your networks, desktop and mobile devices, and employee security awareness maturity. Recommendations are made based on issues uncovered, gaps in the technology used to protect your organization, and best practices successfully adopted by the G’Stato team with other clients.

G’Stato’s project team will guide you through the process. Our efforts will be translated into a written Report of Findings and Recommendations. This report will include the threats to your organization, the most apparent internal and external vulnerabilities, and recommendations for mitigating these risks. 

Why Do I Need a Cybersecurity Assessment?
Given the growing frequency of cyber attacks on companies around the globe and the increasing level of sophistication used by malicious actors, it’s imperative organizations assess and correct their cybersecurity posture. According to the Wall Street Journal, as of May 28, 2020, the FBI had received around 320,000 complaints of internet crime, nearly double the rate for the prior year. And in 2019, the average breach of U.S. companies cost $73,000, ransomware averages $133,000.

What does a Cybersecurity Assessment Include?
An assessment explores several key areas of your security posture. A few are noted below. 

Different size organizations cope with different problems. We start by understanding your organization, the roles of key employees and vendors, how they collaborate with each other, the outside world, and the devices they use to conduct your business. These discussions enable us to draft a report and recommendations which is specific to your business.

Security Policies and Procedures
In these sessions, we will discuss the ownership and protection of Domain Names, Identity and Password Management, Remote & On-Premise User Access Controls, Employee Exit, and Onboarding Procedures, along with a  review of your Security Policy document.

Cloud Computing Cybersecurity Policies
Here we explore the current Advanced Threat Protection measures deployed with your email provider, your configuration and change management process, the presence of strong encryption on documents, WiFi, video conferencing, and database records, as well as the frequency of evaluating outside threats.

Network Defense 
Our efforts focus on Security Update Patching cycles, Desktop and Digital asset protection, and Network Admin access controls. Operationally, who built and manages your technology environments, are firewalls properly maintained, are proper data retention and restore procedures followed, and are all devices and environments properly patched and upgraded. Are service accounts used to manage your network environment, and strong passwords used on these accounts?

Incident Response
How prepared is your team to Detect, Respond, and implement your Crisis Management Policy? Are you prepared to conduct a Damage Assessment and Remediation Review after a breach? These are a few of the questions that we’ll be asking your team, to assess their readiness responding to and remediating a crisis.

Employee Security Awareness Training
According to a study by IBM, human error is the main cause of 95% of cybersecurity breaches. By properly training your employees, we make security everyone’s business. We explore your current programs that raise awareness and train users on the techniques malicious actors use to obtain their identity, exploit your environment, or demand ransom payments.

Report of Findings and Recommendations
The Report will have several sections including an Executive Overview, The Purpose of this Initiative, Scope of the Effort, an Overview of your Current Security Profile, Issues & Risks, and lastly Recommendations and Conclusions.

I’ve received my Assessment, What are my Next Steps?
Your assessment provides a view of your current cybersecurity maturity. In our Recommendations and Conclusions section, we outline areas that should be addressed, those that place your business at risk. Together we prioritize the work to align with the severity of the risk and your budget until these risks are mitigated.

Give us a call or email us today and start mitigating risks and making smarter security decisions every day.