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Find Your Vulnerabilities with a Security Risk Assessment

Uncover the gaps that slow growth and increase costs, then get a practical path toward compliance and security maturity for your business.

Does Your Business Need a Security Risk Assessment?

Unmanaged risk can slow growth, increase costs, and expose your business to compliance issues. Risk assessments are becoming the standard for businesses with customer requirements, insurance mandates, or industry regulations.

If you handle sensitive customer, employee, or financial data, or need to meet cyber insurance and customer security requirements, an assessment is a smart place to start. It's also essential for many audits, certifications, and compliance frameworks.

A security risk assessment shows where you stand and what to fix first, so you can invest in what matters most.

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What a Security Risk Assessment Includes

A thorough review of your technology, processes, and policies, delivered with clear findings you can act on.

Asset Inventory

Document the hardware, software, and data in your environment so nothing important goes unprotected.

Configuration & Network Review

Review system and network configurations to find weaknesses and misconfigurations.

Vulnerability Scanning

Inspect your environment for known vulnerabilities that attackers could exploit.

Threat Identification

Identify the threats most likely to negatively impact your business operations.

Process & Policy Gap Review

Uncover gaps by comparing your current processes and policies to framework requirements.

Prioritized Risk Findings

Receive an executive summary that ranks findings by risk, so you know what to address first.

Layer Up with a Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M)

Go beyond the assessment with add-on services that put your findings to work. Our three-tier approach scales as your compliance and audit needs grow, and moving up a tier never means starting over.

DeliverablesEssentials (Tier 1)Professional (Tier 2)Comprehensive (Tier 3)
Executive Summary with Prioritized Risk Findings
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Framework Gap Analysis with Controls Mapped and Scored by Domain
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Finding Presentation & Live Stakeholder Walkthrough with Q&A
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Missing or Inadequate Policy Identification
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Evidence Mapping for Controls (required for external audits)
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Vendor & Third-Party Risk Evaluation
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Audit-ready Submission Format
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Assessor Coordination (Support During External Audit)
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System Security Plan (SSP) Development Support
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How a Security Risk Assessment Benefits Your Business

Clear findings and a practical plan help you reduce risk and move forward with a more compliant business.

Know Where You Stand

Get a clear, honest picture of your current security and compliance posture.

A Practical Roadmap

Get a clear, honest picture of your current security and compliance posture.

Meet Insurance Requirements

Document the controls your cyber insurance carrier expects to see.

Meet Customer Requests

Respond to security questionnaires and customer requirements with confidence.

Prepare for Audits

Map controls and evidence to framework requirements before the auditor arrives.

Rest Easy

Avoid the stress of scrambling before an audit.

Have Questions About Vulnerability Management Services?

Here are answers to common questions businesses ask about a security risk assessment.

What is a security risk assessment?

A security risk assessment (SRA) evaluates your business’s technology, processes, and policies to identify vulnerabilities, threats, and compliance gaps. The 3rd party provider will give you organization a prioritized list of findings and a practical path toward compliance and security maturity.

What’s included in a security risk assessment?

Every security risk assessment or SRA includes an asset inventory, configuration and network review, vulnerability scanning, threat identification, and a process and policy gap review, along with an executive summary of prioritized risk findings.

What is a Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M)?

A POA&M is a structured plan that outlines how and when identified gaps will be addressed by your managed service provider. At LayerCake Technologies, we offer a tiered add-on service that helps you put your assessment findings to work; from framework gap analysis to auditor-ready documentation and system security plan (SSP) development support.

Which frameworks can you assess against?

At LayerCake Technologies, we support common frameworks including NIST CSF, CIS Controls, NIST SP 800-171, CMMC, SOC 2, ISO 27001, and PCI DSS, among others. We work with you to identify which framework or frameworks provides the most value for your business.

Will a risk assessment help us pass an external audit?

A risk assessment helps you find and fix gaps before an audit. Our Professional and Comprehensive tiers add evidence mapping for controls, and Comprehensive adds an auditor-ready submission format and support during your external audit.

What happens after the security risk assessment is complete?

We walk you through the findings and help you plan next steps to achieve compliance. Many businesses continue with GRC as a Service to keep their compliance program current, and audit-ready year-round.

Ready to Identify Your Risk Gaps?

Schedule your complimentary GRC consultation and take the first step toward a stronger, audit-ready security program.