Overview
What Is Cybersecurity Risk Assessment and Security Posture Management?
A structured way to understand security risk across systems, data and cloud, and to reduce it in priority order.
The Need
- An unclear picture of where the organization is most exposed
- Vulnerabilities found faster than they can be fixed
- Audits and customers asking for evidence of control
The Approach
- Assess controls, vulnerabilities and exposures
- Prioritize risks by business impact
- Track remediation and posture over time
Assumptions and Dependencies
- Access to systems, cloud accounts and security tools
- Business owners who can accept or act on risks
- Agreed frameworks or standards to measure against
Challenges
Challenges This Solution Helps Address
The problems that most often lead organizations to look at security posture management.
Solution Fit
Is This Solution Right for Your Organization?
Signs that security posture management is likely to help, and what to check before you start.
Business Owners
- Security and IT leaders
- Risk, compliance and audit teams
- Business owners of critical systems
Typical Triggers
- An audit, certification or customer questionnaire
- A security incident or near miss
- A move to cloud or a major system change
Environment
- On-premises, cloud and hybrid environments
- Endpoints, networks, applications and identities
Fit and Dependencies
- Works best with executive support for acting on findings
- Results depend on remediation capacity and clear risk owners
What It Includes
What the Solution Includes
The main elements and the role each plays. The exact scope is agreed for each engagement.
How It Works
How It Works
A continuous cycle, because risk changes as systems and threats change.
Assess
Review controls, vulnerabilities, cloud configuration and current reporting.
Design
Agree priorities, risk owners and the reporting that will track progress.
Deploy and Integrate
Set up scanning, posture checks and remediation workflows.
Validate
Confirm fixes are in place and that risks have reduced.
Operate and Improve
Reassess regularly and report trends, where ongoing support is agreed.
Use Cases
Use Cases This Solution Supports
The scenarios this solution addresses. Start with the one closest to your situation.
Services
Services to Help You Implement and Operate It
The Signisys services that deliver this solution.
Technology
Platforms and Technologies
The technology areas involved. Specific platforms and partner status are confirmed per engagement.
Implementation
Planning a Successful Implementation
Points to review early, so the work is scoped accurately.
- The frameworks or standards that apply
- Scope: systems, cloud accounts, applications and sites
- Who owns each risk, and who can approve exceptions
- Capacity to remediate what is found
- Change windows for fixes to critical systems
- Engagement model and ongoing support
Measuring Success
How to Measure Success
Example measures, not results achieved by Signisys. Agree a baseline, and keep targets separate from measured results.
Critical Vulnerabilities
The number of open critical and high vulnerabilities.
Time to Remediate
How long it takes to fix vulnerabilities by severity.
Control Coverage
The share of systems meeting agreed security baselines.
Open Audit Findings
The number of security audit findings still open.
Our Approach
How We Deliver This Solution
How Signisys works, from the first assessment to handover and beyond.
FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about security posture management.
What business problem does this solution address?
An unclear view of security risk, a growing vulnerability backlog and difficulty showing auditors and customers that controls work.
How does the solution work?
It assesses controls and exposures, prioritizes risks by impact, tracks remediation and reports posture over time.
Which environments can it support?
On-premises, cloud and hybrid environments, including endpoints, networks, applications and identities.
What prerequisites should we assess?
The standards that apply, the scope of systems and cloud accounts, risk owners and remediation capacity.
Which services are available to implement it?
Cybersecurity and Digital Trust and Consulting and Managed Services, covering assessment, implementation and ongoing improvement where agreed.
How do we know it is working?
Agree a baseline for measures such as critical vulnerabilities, time to remediate, control coverage and open audit findings, and track them over time.
Know Your Security Risks
Share your objectives and current environment with Signisys to discuss the approach, requirements and next steps.