Rapid Risk Assessment

A holistic view of your company: How secure are you against hacker attacks?

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IT security assessment: Comprehensive overview of your company's IT security situation

What is the status of IT security in your company?

Many companies are already implementing measures to strengthen their IT security – but only a few take a holistic approach. In addition to technical aspects, many coordinated procedures and processes are necessary for the secure operation of systems and infrastructures. These cannot usually be verified directly through penetration tests or similar methods.

Interview-based assessment

Rapid Risk Assessment takes a holistic view of all aspects relevant to IT security – in particular, relevant processes such as backup and emergency concepts. We rely on an interview-based assessment together with the technical contact persons on site. Our experts do not simply tick off checklists, but think technically from an attacker's perspective and look for ways to attack the company.

Advantages of the holistic approach

Find out where your company stands!

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We usually find at least one significant weakness, which often arises from the interaction of different topics and would otherwise have remained undetected. Thanks to this "aha moment," we usually receive feedback at the end of the assessment that the two days were definitely worthwhile.

Rapid Risk Assessment Procedure

Requirements
⁠We just need a room and, ideally, a screen, and then we can get started right away. We can talk to the relevant people in your company on site and also take a look at different configurations.

Procedure
The assessment usually takes two days. We come by and go through the different topics together with your experts. During the interviews with the relevant departments, we go through the relevant processes together on screen and look at configurations on a random basis. Where appropriate, we also check the measures implemented to minimize risk technically by means of short random checks.

We usually examine the following topics:

Network segmentation
Operating systems (servers and clients)
General and technical guidelines
Availability/security monitoring

Virtualization, patch management
Disaster recovery plans, backup and recovery
Vulnerability management
Operation and administration

Result
⁠At the end, you will receive a detailed report of the vulnerabilities found. We also add an assessment of the criticality from a technical perspective so that you can prioritize appropriate measures directly.

Of course, we also recommend appropriate, standard countermeasures for each vulnerability found. We are happy to support you beyond the assessment in implementing the measures. In the next step, we can then also verify the successful mitigation of the risk.

FAQ: Frequently asked questions about Rapid Risk Assessment

What is a Rapid Risk Assessment?

We define rapid risk assessment as an interview-based assessment conducted on site, in which we evaluate relevant processes from a technical perspective and attempt to identify vulnerabilities from an attacker's perspective.

How comprehensive is the Rapid Risk Assessment?

We usually send two people to your premises for two days. We then need another two days to write the report, so we generally estimate six person-days of work. Depending on the size of your company or any special requirements, this can of course vary by arrangement.

What is the difference between this and a gap analysis?

A gap analysis usually refers to rigid specifications in compliance checklists. Rapid risk assessment, however, attempts to dynamically identify attack vectors from a technical perspective that pose a real risk to the company, rather than just uncovering theoretical risks on paper.

We're ready – are you?

Let's analyze your IT security situation together and systematically improve it!