Security Assessments
A framework tells you what's missing. We tell you what to do about it.
A clear-eyed look at your program against the standards that matter, with a roadmap you can actually act on.
Security assessments provide a cooperative evaluation of your organization’s security posture through expert analysis of controls, policies, and technical implementations. Unlike adversarial testing, we work alongside your team to understand what’s in place and how well it works.
Our CREST-certified consultants evaluate your security architecture, review existing controls against industry frameworks, and identify gaps that could leave you exposed during audits or real-world attacks. This collaborative approach reveals your current strengths and potential weaknesses in your current security program.
Whether you’re preparing for compliance certification, validating new architecture before deployment, or simply need an objective evaluation of your security maturity, our assessments give you a clear picture of where you stand and what needs improvement.
Fill out the form to schedule a security assessment for your organization.
Let’s Talk Frameworks
Cyber Security Team Lead
Retail
We offer a variety of advisory services tailored to your organization’s needs. Our three most popular offerings are:
Foundational Gap Analysis
A gap analysis is a process of looking at an organization’s current state, comparing that against the desired future state, and identifying the specific goals and steps needed to close any gaps between the two. Performing a foundational gap analysis allows an organization to obtain a more thorough understanding of the environment’s current state, and the gaps that must be addressed to reach your desired future state.
Unlike penetration testing, which tends to be adversarial and invasive, a gap analysis is a cooperative exercise in which Secure Ideas works with clients to review each component of the environment, evaluating the architectural design and controls that encompass the overall security posture.
A gap analysis is an exercise that can benefit an organization of any size that is looking for ways to improve their security posture. The gap analysis could be for an initial assessment, investigating employee turnover, or addressing worries that a security breach is imminent. Whatever the motivation, a gap analysis will help identify weaknesses and vulnerabilities, and allow your organization to identify ways to address these concerns, and more effectively manage your security program.
Comprehensive Framework Analysis
1 Credit = Up to 1 Full Day of Expert Work
Purchase credits ahead of time, and arrange testing as you need it. Partnership-based security testing on your schedule. One credit gets you up to one full day of expert work from consultants who understand your business. Engage our team as needed with complete flexibility.
Ongoing advisory services included for no extra charge. No rigid scopes, real-time collaboration, and engagement tailored to your priorities.
Exclusively from Secure Ideas.
Architecture Reviews
An organization’s Information Technology architecture is a complex, bespoke set of components and technologies, which have shifted and developed over time as needs change and new systems and services have been added to the stack. As the tech stack has evolved, vulnerabilities or security gaps can form that security testing may struggle to identify.
We recommend performing an architecture review to ensure that your organization has a clear picture of any security weaknesses or vulnerabilities that arise from the way the IT architecture has been designed Unlike penetration testing, this is a cooperative process where we work with your team to review each component and evaluate your organization’s security posture.
Architecture reviews can focus on single implementations, like an in-house developed application, or overarching topics like ransomware preparedness. This methodology identifies issues that may not be evident during penetration testing, whether process-related or technology-based.
Through discussions and reviews of existing documentation, we cover a wide-ranging variety of topics, and compare your architecture to best practices for secure design. Each interview consists of at least one Secure Ideas staff member interviewing the appropriate group for 60-90 minutes via phone or in person.
Common themes include:
An evaluation of your security program against the PCI Data Security Standard, covering PCI security assessments, self-assessment support, and advising on scope, applicability, and controls. You get direct access to a Qualified Security Assessor who speaks plainly and knows the standard inside and out.
Led by the “PCI Guy” himself – Jeff Man.
Cloud Configuration Reviews
With many organizations today using infrastructure and operations that reside in the cloud, ensuring your cloud-based environment is well-configured and secure is more important than ever.
We collaborate with your team to review your current cloud instance configurations, and assess them for potential security weaknesses and vulnerabilities. Using automated tools combined with manual expert analysis, we evaluate and prioritize findings aligned with current industry standards, then provide analysis and recommendations to improve your cloud security posture.
We analyze technical architecture by reviewing documentation and conducting interviews focused on understanding your design and the reasons for various design decisions. Each interview consists of one Secure Ideas staff member interviewing relevant personnel for 60-90 minutes.
Topics commonly include:
Unlike traditional networks, cloud system identities are always exposed to the Internet. We ensure that they’re well protected, and are following the Principle of Least Privilege and cloud-native best practices to maintain data security.
With the increasing importance of data sovereignty, encryption and key management policies and procedures are critical for compliance and access control. We review your approach to ensure comprehensive encryption and key rotation without compromising security.
Adequate policies and enforcement are essential, whether your data is kept on-premise or cloud-based. We assess risk management, security baselines, and enforcement technologies to ensure data meets security standards throughout its lifecycle.
Cloud secrets are often short-lived and dynamic. We review secrets storage and management, ensuring complexity guidelines, Two-Factor Authentication (2FA), and appropriate lifecycle management to reduce breach risk from compromised credentials.
SIEM tools offer ongoing activity audits, allowing organizations to monitor system integrity and behavior. We uncover weaknesses in detecting anomalous activities and help implement comprehensive event logging for faster incident resolution.
Cloud solutions offer extremely granular, out-of-the-box policies. We ensure that your cloud instance is leveraging modern firewall best practices effectively, including identity-based policies that allow precise resource access control.
We highlight automation opportunities for a robust, secure cloud environment. Tools like AWS Config and Defender for Cloud constantly evaluate configurations against baselines, and we review how you leverage these capabilities.
Recognized authority and trusted guidance built on years of uncovering risks for organizations like yours.
Australia’s ASD:
The Essential Eight
