A security risk assessment can help you understand the vulnerabilities and defects within defined security controls. Our comprehensive security risk assessment framework identifies risks in your information technology assets and applications.
By carrying out a comprehensive risk assessment exercise, an organization can holistically assess vulnerabilities in its information technology controls, practices, and applications. Information technology leaders can utilize the risk assessment information to make investments in technology, resource allocations, and additional controls to eliminate the identified vulnerabilities. Risk assessments are an integral part of a comprehensive security risk management program.
Security Risk assessment is specific for each organization due to its unique structure and needs. Factors such as the organization’s size, the number of locations, type of technologies they work on, network infrastructure scale, and other information assets they utilize influence the level and depth of risk assessment. While organizations can carry out personnel and general risk assessment from time to time, focused and in-depth security risk assessments will help them keep their information assets secure.
Anvaya’s Security Risk Assessment Model
Anvaya utilizes the following four steps to conduct security risk assessments.
Asset Identification and Risk ProfilingIn this step, we enumerate the critical IT infrastructure assets of the organization and document the type of information that each asset creates, stores, or transmits. Then, we earmark all essential assets of the technology infrastructure. Next, diagnose sensitive data created, stored, or transmitted by these assets. Create a risk profile for each. |
Risk AssessmentWe develop an approach to assess the identified risks for each asset and a correlation between the threats, vulnerabilities, and mitigating controls to eliminate the risk. We also estimate the investment and resources needed to mitigate the risk. |
Risk MitigationWith due approvals from the organization’s leadership, we develop a mitigation plan and enforce the security controls for each vulnerability and risk. |
Monitoring and PreventionWe implement the tools to monitor and automatically report potential threats, where possible. We also create scalable internal audits, security ambassador programs, and other process-based controls to prevent personnel risks. |
Benefits of Anvaya’s Security Assessment Services
By conducting a comprehensive security assessment, we
- Identify all IT infrastructure assets (servers, desktops, laptops, software applications, data centers, third-party infrastructure, etc.) operating within the organization.
- Develop a risk profile for each information asset with a clear picture of data at rest, in transmission or development within each asset
- Rate all assets in terms of criticality to business operations.
- Define the vulnerabilities and apply controls based on the risks.
Organizations must recognize that security risk assessment is not a point-in-time project but an ongoing activity. They must conduct assessments periodically to get an up-to-date snapshot of the organization’s threats and risks.
