1-800-917-5719 SERVICES SOLUTIONS CAREERS MEDIA ABOUT CONTACT Security Risk Assessments Security risk assessments that add value. If you’re looking for a security risk assessment, our comprehensive approach ensures you have a complete list of security risks that are easy to understand. Our Approach Our approach to assessing risk follows industry frameworks accepted by common compliance bodies such as Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) HIPAA Office of Civil Rights (OCR), Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council (SSC), and the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Our approach is outlined below: Security Assessment Preparation The first step is always preparing. This step ensures context for the security risk assessment. Our preparation usually begins very early in our relationship and includes: Purpose of the assessment Scope of the assessment Uncovers any assumptions or constraints Any potential inputs or factors to consider while conducting the assessment Identify the analytic approach Conducting Security Risk Assessments The outcome of this step is to provide you with a list of security risks that can be prioritized and used to inform a meaningful risk response. Completing a risk assessment has many steps and tasks. Those tasks in summary are: Identify security threat sources that are relevant to your organization or industry Identify threat events that might come from the threat sources Identify security vulnerabilities in your organization that could be exploited by threat sources Determination likelihood that threat sources would initiate specific threat events Determination of impact to the organization resulting from the exploitation of security vulnerabilities Determination of actual security risk as a combination of likelihood of vulnerability exploitation and impact of exploitation Security Risk Assessment Reporting At the conclusion of the security risk assessment we report on the results of the risk assessment and ensure that you can understand the results. Our goal is to ensure that decision makers have the appropriate risk-related information needed to inform and guide risk decisions. In addition to preparing a report, based on the organizational communication style we can also prepare executive briefings, prepare risk memos, or risk dashboards. Assessment & Advisory Incident Response Planning Security Program Reviews Security Risk Assessments Recent Blog Posts What to Consider When Budgeting for Cybersecurity 2021 was an action-packed year for cybersecurity, from ransomware to phishing, attacks were on the rise. With the new year approaching, it is important to start planning for defenses ahead of time based on what is already known about the current state of the industry.... Cyber Safety: Prevention, Protection and Everything in Between What is Cyber Safety? Being online exposes us to criminals and individuals with ill intent. Cyber safety is the practice of being safe online. It is a complex set of ideas and practices that culminate to achieve a common goal. This goal is to protect users while... Don’t Get Hooked! How to Identify Common Types of Phishing Attacks Phishing attacks can affect individuals and organizations and are among the most common methods hackers use to attack accounts and networks. Over the years, they have become more sophisticated and challenging to detect. According to Verizon, in 2020, 22% of data... Privacy Policy | © 2014-2021 NuHarbor Security Inc. All rights reserved. | info@nuharborsecurity.com | 1-800-917-5719