Cybersecurity Assessments

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Cybersecurity Assessments

Comprehensive Cybersecurity Program Assessment and Development

Strategize and develop a resilient cybersecurity program that offers a set of policies, practices and procedures designed to assist in overall protection from cyber threats without compromising operational goals and core organizational values.

Stronger Cyber Defense
Up-to-Date Security Policies
Improved Disaster Readiness
Better Incident Response
Reduced Vendor Risk
Boosted Security Awareness

Cybersecurity Assessments Services

Plans and Policies Assessment and Development

Organizations continuously evolve due to employee turnover, technology, culture, and regulatory or legal changes, thus making policies and procedures living documents. Policies and plans should be just as flexible, requiring regular review and editing of company policies as needed.

Network Security Assessment and Development

Utility Services looks within your organization’s plan to find security vulnerabilities  that are at risk of being exploited, could cause harm to business operations, or could expose sensitive information.  This assessment will expose any vulnerabilities within your plan and offer mitigation tactics.

Physical Security Plan Assessment and Development

Utility Services has expertise across a broad range of physical environments and threat types. From public gatherings to schools, businesses, and houses of worship, there are a vast number of physical locations that must be protected. These locations are vulnerable and this assessment searches for preventative and protective strategies within physical security plans to ensure that the organization is using the most up-to-date methodology set forth from a governance perspective.

Business Continuity Plan Assessment and Development

The Utility Services Assessment will assess an organization’s disaster preparedness and ability to continue with critical priority operations during a disruption and get back to business as usual afterward. It also addresses emergency readiness assurance, including communications and evacuation.

Disaster Response Plan Assessment and Development

This assessment consists of collecting and evaluating information about an organization’s information systems, procedures, practices, operations, and governance. After collecting the information, or evidence, the data is evaluated to determine whether the information systems are adequately protecting assets, maintaining data integrity, and operating effectively and efficiently to ensure that the organization achieves its goals and objectives.

Incident Response Plan Assessment and Development

The overall assessment is designed to measure an organization’s Incident Response Plan enabling the client to identify and rectify any plan shortcomings before an actual incident occurs. The process includes the organization’s overall security incident management program, as well as its subsections,  such as detection and analysis, containment, response and recovery, and post-incident activity.

Vendor Security Assessment and Development

It is estimated that 74% of companies who have experienced a breach say it resulted from offering too much sensitive information to third parties. This assessment will help your organization understand the risk associated with using a certain third or fourth-party vendor’s product or service. This service will assist an organization in identifying weaknesses within their Vendor Management Plans for potential vulnerabilities while giving you a complete scope of an overall vendor security posture.

Security Awareness and Training Plan Assessment and Development

This service assesses an organization’s security awareness plan to identify weaknesses within its design, development, and implementation, as well as ensuring it maintains an IT security awareness and training program as a part of its IT security program.

Ransomware Plan Assessment and Development

The financial and reputational impacts of ransomware have proven challenging and costly for organizations of all sizes. This Assessment dives into an organization’s plan to ensure that all foundational information, practical guidance, and approaches to preparing for and recovering from a ransomware-related incident address areas such as governance, information protection processes and procedures, technical safeguards, and human safeguards are met.

Frequently Asked Questions

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Assessments evaluate whether your written plans and policies are comprehensive and current, identifying gaps before any testing occurs. Testing puts those plans into action through simulated scenarios. Think of assessment as reviewing the blueprint, while testing checks if the building actually works as designed.
Plans become outdated quickly due to technology changes, new regulations, evolving threats, and staff turnover. What worked two years ago may leave you vulnerable today. Regular assessments ensure your plans address current threats, meet today’s compliance requirements, and reflect your actual operations and capabilities.
Most utilities benefit from starting with either an Incident Response Plan Assessment (since you’ll need this for any security event) or a Network Security Assessment (to understand your current vulnerabilities). However, if you’re facing specific compliance deadlines or have experienced recent security concerns, we can help prioritize based on your immediate needs.
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