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Cyber Risk and Maturity
Post-Incident Assessment and Root Cause Analysis
Independent post-incident review of root cause, control failures, and response performance, with findings suitable for boards, regulators, and insurers.
What it covers
The engagement in detail
Independent examination following an incident, establishing root cause and contributing factors, assessing the control failures that permitted the event and the response performance that followed, and producing findings suitable for boards, regulators, insurers, and counterparties.
Who it is for
Organizations of every size and stage, including growth-stage companies, established enterprises, and law firms and legal departments acting for their clients.
What you receive
Deliverables from this engagement
- Root cause findings
- Control failure analysis
- Response performance assessment
- Lessons learned
- Recommendation set
Terms
How an engagement works
Every engagement is scoped individually and conducted under a nondisclosure agreement and a master services agreement, beginning with a scoping conversation and a written statement of work that defines scope, deliverables, and sequence. The four steps this practice follows are set out in full on the Cyber Risk and Maturity page.
- Measure and reduce risk
- Prepare for an incident or outage
- Growth-Stage & Startup Companies
- Established Enterprises
- Law Firms and Legal Departments
- Software and SaaS Companies
Cyber Risk and Maturity
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- Control Testing and AssuranceIndependent testing of control design and operating effectiveness, producing evidence that supports management assertions, filings, and audit efficiency.Risk and maturity
- Security Metrics and Reporting ProgramDesign the security measurement layer: key performance and risk indicators, data sources, thresholds, and reporting for operators, executives, and boards.Risk and maturity
Start with a confidential conversation
Thirty minutes on whether this is the right engagement for the question you have been asked, and what it would take to answer it.