The Challenge
Why Security Risk Is Hard to See
Systems, users and suppliers change constantly. Without a structured assessment, the biggest exposures can go unnoticed.
Is This Relevant?
Is This Use Case Relevant to Your Organization?
The people, moments and signals that usually bring this need to the surface.
Relevant Teams
- Security and IT leaders
- Risk and compliance teams
- Executive leadership
Common Triggers
- A security incident or near miss
- An audit, insurance or customer questionnaire
- A major change such as cloud adoption
Warning Signs
- No recent security assessment
- Long lists of unaddressed findings
- Leaders unsure of the main risks
Typical Environments
- On-premises, cloud and hybrid environments
- Endpoints, networks, applications and identities
Benefits
What Better Looks Like
Intended benefits. Actual results depend on your environment and starting point.
Our Approach
A Practical Approach
A continuous cycle, because risk changes as systems and threats change. Each stage is tailored to your environment.
Assess
Review controls, vulnerabilities, cloud configuration and current reporting.
Prioritize
Rank what you find by business impact, effort and risk, and agree where to start.
Design
Agree priorities, risk owners and the reporting that will track progress.
Implement
Set up scanning, posture checks and remediation workflows.
Validate and Optimize
Confirm fixes are in place and that risks have reduced.
Solutions
Solutions That Can Help
The solutions that address this use case, starting with the primary one.
Services
How Signisys Can Support You
The services that deliver the approach, from the first assessment to ongoing improvement.
Technology
Technology Options
Where technology fits in the approach. Specific platforms and partner status are confirmed for each engagement.
Before You Start
What to Consider Before Getting Started
A little preparation makes the first assessment faster and its findings more reliable.
- Scope: systems, cloud, sites and suppliers
- Frameworks or standards to measure against
- Access to systems and security tools
- Capacity to act on findings
- Who will own the work and act on recommendations
- Engagement model and ongoing support
Measuring Success
How to Measure Success
Illustrative measures. Agree a baseline first, and keep targets separate from measured results.
High-Risk Findings
The number of open high and critical risks.
Time to Remediate
How long it takes to address each risk.
Control Coverage
The share of systems meeting agreed baselines.
Risks with Owners
The share of risks assigned to an owner.
Our Approach
How We Deliver Results
How Signisys works, from the first assessment to handover and beyond.
FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about this use case.
How often should we assess cybersecurity risk?
At least yearly, and after major changes such as cloud adoption, acquisitions or incidents. Continuous monitoring keeps the picture current in between.
Will an assessment disrupt our systems?
Assessments are planned with your teams; most work is review and interviews, and any testing is scheduled and agreed in advance.
What information is needed to get started?
The scope of systems and sites, current security tools and policies, recent audit findings and the contacts for each area.
Which environments does this apply to?
On-premises, cloud and hybrid environments, including endpoints, networks, applications and identities.
How is progress measured?
Agree a baseline for measures such as high-Risk findings, time to remediate, control coverage and risks with owners, then track them over time.
Related Content
Related Outcomes, Use Cases and Guides
Where to go next: the outcome this use case supports, nearby scenarios, technology partners and practical guides.
Business Outcome
Strengthen Cybersecurity and Reduce Business Risk
Technology Partner
Fortinet Solutions and Services
Technology Partner
Palo Alto Networks Solutions and Services
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