What is a cyber risk survey?

A cyber risk survey is a process of identifying, analyzing and assessing risks. A cyber risk survey helps ensure that the cyber security control measures you have chosen are appropriate for the risks facing your organization.

Without a risk assessment that will allow you to choose your cyber security in the most appropriate way for the organization, you may waste time, effort and resources. There is no point in implementing measures to defend against events that are unlikely to occur or will not affect your organization.

Also, without a cyber risk survey, you may underestimate or ignore risks that could cause significant damage. This is why so many best practice frameworks, standards and laws – including the GDPR (Privacy Protection Regulation) – require a cyber risk survey to be conducted.

Protection of information assets in the organization

The organization’s information assets can be business processes, trade secrets, patents, sensitive information about the organization’s customers, interfaces between software programs, and more. CYBERSAFE’s team of experts together with the key people in the organization will identify those assets and classify how critical and important they are to the organization.

After this classification, we will conduct a cyber risk survey in which we will examine the level of risk of the organizational information assets. Based on the value of the property, its exposure, the threats to it and the likelihood that we will be met. Information security risk surveys are tailored to each organization according to its size, geographic distribution, type of industry, compliance with regulatory requirements and more.

Robustness and exposure tests will be performed by the information security experts (Ethical Hackers) of CYBERSAFE based on a unique methodology that we have developed.

What does a cyber security risk assessment include?

A typical risk assessment includes identifying the various information assets that may be affected by a cyber attack (such as hardware, systems, laptops, customer data, intellectual property, etc.), and then identifying the various risks that may affect those assets. A risk assessment and evaluation is usually performed, followed by a selection of controls needed to address the identified risks. It is important to constantly monitor and review the risk environment to identify changes in the organization’s context, and to maintain an overview of the complete risk management process.

Who is the cyber risk assessment service for?

Consulting for risk assessment can be carried out in organizations of any size – small, medium and large organizations – when the IT infrastructure includes a combination of complex legacy systems and newer operating systems whose interoperability is not always smooth.

Cyber risk management is particularly useful for public sector organizations that provide multiple services in different channels to diverse groups of users – exchanging personal data across different platforms requires greater vigilance and protection methods.

The purpose of a cyber risk survey

Protection of information assets in the organization against cyber attacks. A cyber risk survey is an initial and essential process in the quest to protect the organization’s information assets.

A high-quality cyber risk survey will comprehensively analyze all systems, processes and infrastructure in the business and will identify the level of risk at which each organizational information asset is located. This information will allow us to define the mitigation actions required for each risk in order to bring it to a situation where the level of risk is acceptable to the organization. This process will focus the information security resources on organizing the handling of the relevant information assets in a more efficient manner and will save unnecessary expenses on technological solutions that are not relevant to the risks.

How to conduct an information security risk survey

• Mapping relevant assets and processes in the organization and examining them – physical and digital.
• The classification of the assets according to their level of criticality in the business processes and their impact on the business.
• Comprehensive risk assessment based on exposure, probability of an event, penetration tests, vulnerability survey, review of procedures and more…
• Production of a comprehensive risk report in the organization, including those that do not require treatment, while those that do require mitigation in order to reach an acceptable level of risk for the organization.
• Providing recommendations for implementation in the technological, process and human aspects.
• Providing recommendations for the establishment and implementation of a property classification policy.
• Identifying processes that require refreshing or changing, including updating work agreements, hiring procedures, termination procedures, and more…
• Implementation of technological solutions and controls, including information security solutions, monitoring employee activity, training and raising awareness among employees and managers.
• The information asset classification process and periodic cyber risk survey will dramatically increase your organization’s preparedness for cyber incidents.

Comprehensive cyber risk survey

A high-quality cyber risk survey based on the identification and classification of all the organization’s information assets is the basis for any information security activity.

The organization’s information assets can be business processes, trade secrets, patents, sensitive information about the organization’s customers, interfaces between software programs, and more. CyberSafe’s team of experts, together with the key people in the organization, will identify those assets and determine how critical and important they are to the organization.

After this classification, we will perform an in-depth risk survey in which we will examine the level of risk of the corporate information assets, based on the value of the asset, its exposure, the threats to it and the likelihood that we will be met.

CyberSafe performs information security risk surveys tailored to each organization according to its size, geographic distribution, type of industry, compliance with regulatory requirements, and more.

CyberSafe provides a broad umbrella of solutions in the cyber field.