5 Steps to a Cybersecurity Risk Assessment at a Professional Level
The steps of a cyber security risk assessment, at a professional level, include:
- Automated Security Scanning: this includes commercial scanning tools that are used to identify potential vulnerabilities
- Report Development and Interpretation: in this step, results will be analyzed, and false positives will be removed
- Network Architecture Review: network security design will be reviewed, and weaknesses will be identified
- Manual Exploit Testing: in this step, we will perform manual in-depth testing techniques to validate weaknesses in a sample list of devices
- Security Policy Review: we will review up to 5 security policies for gaps in procedures
3 Important Steps to a Cybersecurity Risk Assessment at an Enterprise Level
At an enterprise level, the cyber security risk assessment also includes additional steps:
- Remediation Validation: After 6 months mini assessments will be performed to validate remediation steps that have been implemented
- Policy Creation: We will create or modify up to 5 policies to meet gaps in the security procedures
- Compliance Needs Assessment: in this step, we will review business operations and determine regulatory requirement applicability