What is a Security Standards Audit (ISO, NIST, CIS)?

CyberSRC® offers internal audit and CISA audit services. These audits can be based on myriad of standards and frameworks including, but not limited to:

  • ISO: ISO (International Organization for Standardization) is an independent, non-governmental, international organization that develops standards to ensure the quality, safety, and efficiency of products, services, and systems.
  • NIST: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a physical sciences laboratory and a non-regulatory agency of the United States Department of Commerce whose objective is to promote innovation and industrial competitiveness. It develops cybersecurity standards, guidelines, best practices, and resources to meet the needs of U.S. industry, federal agencies, and the broader public.
  • CIS: Center for Internet Security (CIS) recognized as security standards for defending IT systems and data against cyber-attacks which is used by thousands of businesses. Its mission is to ‘identify, develop, validate, promote, and sustain best practice solutions for cyberdefense.’

Applicability

ISO exist in many areas of industry, from energy management and social responsibility to medical devices and energy management. ISO standards are in place to ensure consistency. Complying with NIST guidelines, it help federal agencies to ensure the compliance with other regulations, such as HIPAA, FISMA, or SOX. NIST guidelines are often developed to help agencies meet specific regulatory compliance requirements. Organizations across all industries and geographies use CIS benchmarks to help them achieve security and compliance objectives. It’s the best-practice security configuration guides that are both developed and accepted by government, business, industry, and academic institutions.

Objective

The objective of security standard audit is to:

  1. Provide a fair and measurable way to examine how secure an organization is as per applicable standard or framework requirements.
  2. Create a security benchmark for the organization
  3. Identify the strengths and weaknesses of current security practices
  4. Prioritize the exposures that present the greatest risk
  5. Provide risk mitigation recommendations consistent with compliance regulations, security industry best practices, client industry best practices, and client business objectives.

Approach

Our approach has been covered in the following phases. It includes:

  1. Audit planning & preparation
  2. Define the scope of an audit
  3. Audit Execution as per standard or framework requirement
  4. Reporting gaps/findings identified along with recommendations
  5. Final Audit Report

      Why CyberSRC®?

      Established in January 2018, CyberSRC® Consultancy offers the full machination of cyber security services ranging from threat intelligence, VMS to general advisory services in areas pertaining to Cyber security such as vulnerability attacks, compliance, and cyber security regulations, and laws. We are into system audits such as ISNP Audits, NBFC Audits, UCB Audits, PPI Audits, and SEBI Audits. We provide our solutions with better accountability. We are a certified assurance firm. We are an ISO 27001 certified organization, backed by a very diverse and dynamic team which have a combined experience.