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Perform Security Audits & Assessments

Validate the enterprise's security stance through internal and external auditing.

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Your Challenge

  • The organization needs to validate its security stance for either personal or regulatory reasons.
  • Many different types of tests are available from a variety sources. Knowing which tests to select and how to perform them can sometimes be confusing.
  • This solution set will help the enterprise understand the difference between the various types of tests, how to select a provider, and how to get usable results from an analysis.

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Hypothesis
  • Enterprises invest considerable time, money, and effort to provide an appropriate security capability; however, without proper testing, the effectiveness of the security investment cannot be determined.
  • A number of different testing types exist, which provide various insights into the overall security stance of the enterprise.
  • Organizations need to build a comprehensive testing program that serves the dual role of proving security and discovering shortfalls.

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Validate the enterprise's security stance through internal and external auditing.

Solution Road Map

Other Solution Sets in Security Policy & Process

  1. Develop & Deploy a Security Policy
    The enterprise can't be secure if it doesn't know how; documents need to get everyone on the same page.
  2. Build a Security Architecture & Roadmap
    Architecture and planning; the map to security Shangri-La.
  3. Build an Enterprise IT Security Training Program
    More than 101 – training employees to close your biggest security gap.
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