We understand your organization's profile
We assess your threats, assets, strengths, weaknesses, partners, regulatory obligations, and investments, through our own research and conversations with your team.
See where your security posture stands
Cyber risk is business risk. But assessing and communicating that risk in business terms is hard. At SideChannel, we identify the gaps in your security posture and align your security strategy with financial impact, so you can give stakeholders a clear picture and protect the bottom line. A SideChannel vCISO owns the plan, from assessment through execution. Our team measures your controls and translates cyber risk into business terms your leaders can act on.
Assess, communicate, and manage cyber risk
Make cyber risk a business priority
Get an assessment that ties risk to reputation and bottom line, so the work earns leadership buy-in.
Cyber risk gets more attention every year, but it's still hard to communicate its impact in terms business leaders will act on. Our risk assessment tells the whole story, showing how cyber risk affects your organization's reputation and bottom line. Drawing on decades of experience, our security leaders help your team build a program to assess, communicate, and manage risk, so you can defend investments and meet business objectives.
How your organization benefits
Know exactly where your current security posture stands.
Get data-driven progress reports that show how well your program is working.
Get an actionable, strategic security plan tailored to your organization.
Our approach
Our approach has three steps, so we understand your organization's specific challenges and address them in the right order:
We measure your organization's controls
We test operational and program effectiveness through scenario analysis and walkthroughs, building a clear picture of where your organization is and where it needs to get.
We provide an actionable plan
Built to bring your organization to its target profile. Your vCISO owns the plan and drives it from assessment through execution. It may include:
- Program, policy, and procedure documentation.
- Strategy development.
- Procurement and vendor negotiation.
- Identification, implementation, and management of tools and managed service providers.
When an assessment surfaces a gap, Enclave closes it
The strategy and the infrastructure come from the same team. When a risk assessment surfaces a gap, such as an unsegmented network, an unmanaged certificate, or an asset-inventory blind spot, Enclave, our zero-trust platform, closes it.
An unsegmented network
closed by Enclave
An unmanaged certificate
closed by Enclave
An asset-inventory blind spot
closed by Enclave
Frequently asked questions
What is a cybersecurity risk assessment?
A cybersecurity risk assessment measures how well an organization's security controls are working and identifies the gaps in its security posture. A SideChannel risk assessment goes further by translating that cyber risk into business terms, showing how it affects your organization's reputation and bottom line, so leaders can act on it. The result is a clear picture of exactly where your current security posture stands.
What does SideChannel's risk assessment include?
A SideChannel risk assessment follows a three-step approach: we understand your organization's profile (threats, assets, strengths, weaknesses, partners, regulatory obligations, and investments), we measure your controls through scenario analysis and walkthroughs, and we provide an actionable plan built to bring your organization to its target profile. That plan may include program, policy, and procedure documentation, strategy development, procurement and vendor negotiation, and the identification, implementation, and management of tools and managed service providers.
How does a risk assessment translate cyber risk into business terms?
A SideChannel risk assessment translates cyber risk into business terms by tying it to reputation and the bottom line and aligning your security strategy with financial impact. Rather than reporting technical findings alone, the assessment tells the whole story of how cyber risk affects your organization, giving stakeholders a clear picture and helping the work earn leadership buy-in.
Who runs a SideChannel risk assessment?
A SideChannel vCISO owns the risk assessment and the plan that follows, driving it from assessment through execution. Drawing on decades of experience, our security leaders help your team build a program to assess risk, communicate risk, and manage risk.
What do you get from a SideChannel risk assessment?
You get a clear view of exactly where your current security posture stands, data-driven progress reports that show how well your program is working, and an actionable, strategic security plan tailored to your organization. The plan is built to bring your organization to its target profile, and your vCISO drives it from assessment through execution.
Turn your assessment into an actionable plan
Talk with our team about an actionable, strategic plan built for your organization.