Cyber Security Posture Review (CSPR)
Understand your current maturity, identify risks and provide recommendations
The Cyber Security Posture Review (CSPR) helps organisations understand their current maturity, identifying risks and providing recommendations mapped to the National Cyber Security Centre's 10 Steps to Cyber Security, which ensures they are operating an effective cyber security framework against the ever-evolving threat landscape.
Through a combination of questionnaires, face-to-face interviews, and follow-ups we examine the organisation's maturity against each of these steps, identifying risks and providing contextualised, actionable recommendations. This approach ensures organisations have the foundations to defend against cyber security risks and to protect information relating to customers, employees, and business operations.
Why is it important to know your Cyber Security Posture?
Understanding your cyber security posture should be essential to any organisation because it helps you understand the level of security you have in place to protect against cyber threats. By knowing your cyber security posture, you can identify potential weaknesses or vulnerabilities that attackers could exploit and take steps to address them before an attack occurs.
Having a strong cyber security posture also helps build confidence among customers, partners, and stakeholders that you are taking their data privacy and security seriously. This can help protect your reputation and reduce the risk of costly data breaches or legal liabilities. In addition, knowing your cyber security posture can help you comply with industry regulations and standards, such as GDPR or HIPAA, that require organisations to have appropriate security measures in place to protect sensitive data.
Overall, understanding your cyber security posture is critical for protecting your organisation against cyber threats, maintaining customer trust, and complying with regulatory requirements.
The CCS Approach
At CCS, our approach to conducting a Cyber Security Posture Review (CSPR) involves a thorough understanding of your business services, assets, and key interactions with customers and third parties. We guide you through the National Cyber Security Centre's (NCSC) 10 Steps to Cyber Security, ensuring clarity on each step's scope and identifying the relevant stakeholders for initial questionnaires and interviews.
During this phase, we collaborate with you to determine the necessary artifacts that will support the review process. By analyzing completed questionnaires, reviewing artifacts, and conducting stakeholder interviews, we assess your organization's capability against the 10 Steps to Cyber Security. To gauge your maturity level, we utilize a Capability Maturity Model (CMM) based on industry-standard methodologies. This model provides a maturity score ranging from 0 to 5, where 0 represents non-existent and 5 denotes optimization.
Once the assessment is complete, our findings are consolidated into a comprehensive written report. The report includes your CMM score, detailed recommendations aligned with the 10 Steps to Cyber Security, and a prioritized list of recommendations to accelerate your maturity journey. Additionally, you have the option to include a Cyber Security Roadmap (CSR), which outlines the delivery timeline and prioritizes actions based on the identified risks from the CSPR.
By following our structured approach to the CSPR, we ensure a thorough analysis of your cyber security posture, provide actionable insights, and offer the opportunity to develop a clear roadmap for enhancing your organization's resilience against cyber threats. Through this collaborative process, we help you strengthen your cyber security defenses, prioritize investments, and proactively mitigate risks to safeguard your valuable assets and maintain the trust of your stakeholders
Benefits of the Cyber Security Posture Review
Our Cyber Security Posture Review (CSPR) provides you with a comprehensive assessment of your cyber maturity, tailored to your specific business needs. We begin by gaining a deep understanding of your organization, encompassing your corporate strategy, regulatory requirements, operating model, technology infrastructure, and cyber capabilities.
Through a combination of questionnaires, stakeholder interviews, and artefact analysis, we gather the necessary information to develop a pragmatic, top-down view of your cyber maturity. Here's how our CSPR benefits your organization:
Identifies your current cyber maturity position:
Our review enables us to accurately assess your organization's current cyber maturity level. We evaluate your existing cybersecurity practices and capabilities, identifying strengths and weaknesses in your cyber defence.
Maps your cyber capabilities against National Cyber Security Centre's (NCSC) 10 Steps to Cyber Security:
We compare your cyber capabilities against the established best practices outlined in the NCSC's 10 Steps to Cyber Security framework. This mapping helps you understand how well your organization aligns with industry standards and identifies areas for improvement.
Highlights any gaps and associated risks:
Our CSPR identifies any gaps or vulnerabilities in your cyber defences that may pose risks to your organization's security. By pinpointing these areas, we enable you to prioritize your resources and take targeted actions to mitigate potential threats.
Provides contextualized and actionable recommendations:
We go beyond simply identifying gaps by providing you with practical and actionable recommendations. Our recommendations are tailored to your organization's unique context and consider factors such as your industry, regulatory environment, and business objectives. This ensures that the suggested measures align with your specific needs and can be effectively implemented.
Includes a platform to measure future maturity improvements:
Our CSPR not only assesses your current cyber maturity but also provides a platform to measure your progress over time. We establish key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to track your future maturity improvements. This allows you to monitor your cybersecurity initiatives, measure the effectiveness of implemented measures, and demonstrate continuous improvement to stakeholders.
Our Cyber Security Posture Review (CSPR) delivers a comprehensive assessment of your organization's cyber maturity. We identify your current cyber maturity position, map your capabilities against industry standards, highlight gaps and associated risks, provide actionable recommendations, and establish a platform for measuring future maturity improvements. By leveraging our CSPR, you can strengthen your cybersecurity defences, mitigate risks, and safeguard your organization's valuable assets