Understand How Secure Your Business Really Is
Having cybersecurity tools does not automatically mean your organization has a complete cybersecurity program. A SecureStart cybersecurity assessment gives you an independent view of how your organization manages security today, where meaningful risks exist, and which areas deserve attention first. Cube IT translates the findings into practical guidance that business leaders and technology teams can actually use.
Cybersecurity Should Not Be Guesswork
Business leaders are increasingly being asked questions like these, by customers, by insurers, by their board and by their own teams.
They are difficult to answer without a clear picture of where the organization’s cybersecurity actually stands. That is what a SecureStart cybersecurity assessment is designed to provide.
What Is a Cybersecurity Assessment?
It evaluates how your organization currently protects its people, systems, information and operations, looking beyond individual security products to how the pieces actually work together.
The result is a clearer picture of where your organization stands today.
What Does the Assessment Look At?
The assessment looks across the practices, processes, technology and requirements that protect your organization. The exact scope varies with your business and the requirements that apply to you.
Cybersecurity Governance
How security responsibilities, policies, priorities and risk decisions are managed and owned.
Identity and Access
How users and administrators gain access to important systems and information.
Devices and Systems
Foundational security safeguards surrounding the technology employees rely on.
Data Protection
How sensitive information is stored, accessed, shared and protected.
Email and User Security
Safeguards surrounding one of the most common ways employees interact with external threats.
Backup and Recovery
Whether important systems and information can be restored after disruption.
Security Awareness
Whether employees understand common cybersecurity risks and their role in protecting the business.
External Exposure
Publicly accessible systems and areas that may create unnecessary external risk.
Incident Preparedness
How the organization would identify, escalate, respond to and recover from a cybersecurity event.
Policies and Documentation
Whether important cybersecurity expectations and responsibilities are properly documented.
Compliance and Customer Requirements
How current security practices compare with relevant frameworks, contractual obligations or customer requirements.
We Look at the Business, Not Just the Technology
A cybersecurity assessment should not be limited to scanning computers. Technology is only one part of the picture. Cybersecurity risk is also shaped by how your organization actually operates, which is why SecureStart brings these areas together to build a more complete understanding of risk.
Explore the Cybersecurity Gap AnalysisThe Assessment Is Only Valuable If You Know What to Do With It
A long technical report is not useful if nobody knows which findings actually matter. Cube IT ranks every finding by cybersecurity risk and potential business impact, which moves the conversation from one of these to the other.
Where most businesses start
“We have a lot of security information.” Findings, scan output, vendor reports and questionnaire answers, with no agreed order and nobody owning the next step.
Where SecureStart leaves you
“We know what our priorities are.” A ranked set of recommendations, the reasoning behind the order, and a clear answer to which one to start with.
More Than a Report. A Plan for What Comes Next.
Cybersecurity Posture Score
A measurable view of where your organization stands today, and which areas are stronger or need more attention. A score is only useful if you know what sits behind it, so SecureStart also explains which findings shaped it.
Risk and Gap Summary
The security and compliance gaps that matter most, explained in practical business terms rather than raw technical output. Findings from the external exposure review are included here, with the ones worth acting on first called out.
Prioritized Remediation Roadmap
Not every issue deserves the same attention. Recommendations are ordered by risk and business impact, alongside an executive-level report leadership can read without interpreting technical findings.
One Part of a Bigger Cybersecurity Picture
Cybersecurity issues rarely exist in isolation. A missing security control may create a compliance gap. A compliance requirement may reveal a technology weakness. A technical vulnerability may expose a larger problem with security processes or ownership. That is why SecureStart brings multiple areas of cybersecurity together into one assessment, and why a gap analysis is most useful as part of it rather than on its own.
The result is a clearer understanding of where your organization stands and what should happen next.
Explore SecureStartA Straightforward Path From Questions to Priorities
Five steps, from understanding how your business runs to sitting down together and walking through what the findings mean.
Understand Your Business
We start by learning how your organization operates, which systems and information matter most, and what prompted the assessment.
Assess Your Current Security
Cube IT reviews your existing practices, relevant documentation, applicable requirements and areas of external exposure.
Identify and Prioritize Gaps
Findings are weighed by risk and business impact, so your team can tell the important issues from the lower-priority ones.
Build Your Roadmap
You receive the assessment report, prioritized recommendations and a practical roadmap for strengthening your security program.
Review the Findings Together
We walk through the results with your team, explain what they mean, answer questions and help decide what should happen next.
When a Cybersecurity Assessment Makes Sense
An assessment is most useful when something has changed, or when someone outside the business has started asking questions the organization cannot yet answer with confidence.
You Have Never Had an Independent Assessment
Your business has security tools and IT support but has never evaluated the overall security program.
Your Business Has Changed
Your employees, locations, technology, vendors or customers have grown.
Customers Are Asking Security Questions
You need to demonstrate that appropriate cybersecurity practices exist.
Leadership Wants Better Visibility
Executives want a clearer understanding of cybersecurity risk.
Cyber Insurance Is Raising Questions
Your renewal or application asks about safeguards you are unsure are fully implemented.
Compliance Requirements Are Increasing
HIPAA, CMMC, NIST, PCI DSS or another requirement is becoming relevant to your business.
You Are Considering Additional Security Spending
You want to understand what actually needs improvement before buying another security product.
Designed to Work With Your Existing IT Team
SecureStart does not require you to replace your MSP or your internal IT department. Your existing technology provider can become an important part of the improvement work.
Cube IT stays independent of the implementation, which is what keeps the assessment honest.
Cube IT
Provides the independent assessment, the findings and the prioritized roadmap.
Your IT team or MSP
Stays exactly where it is, and takes on the improvements it is already best placed to make.
Or a combination of the two
Cube IT can help with specific items while your provider handles the rest. The split is yours to choose.
What Happens After SecureStart?
The roadmap is yours. Some organizations work through it with their internal IT team or their existing MSP. Others ask Cube IT to help with specific improvements. Organizations that want ongoing cybersecurity leadership can continue with CyberGuardian for vCISO, governance, compliance and security program oversight.
Explore CyberGuardianYou Do Not Need to Know What to Ask For
Scheduling a consultation does not commit you to an engagement. Here is what actually follows.
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Tell us what prompted the conversation
We will learn what your organization is trying to understand or solve. You do not need to know which security controls are missing or which framework applies.
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We will define the right scope
We will explain how SecureStart can evaluate your cybersecurity posture, your risks and the requirements that apply to your business.
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You will know what to expect
Before anything begins, you will understand what is included, what we need from your team, what you will receive and the cost.
