Cloud Security

The number of organizations migrating their technology to the cloud has been increasing rapidly. Over 96% businesses are either completely or, partially on the cloud. Hence, it is critical for organizations to develop a strategy for securing their cloud presence. Cloud Security is the practice of securing data, applications, and underlying infrastructure including policies, controls, configurations etc. Most Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) attempt to create a ready to use secure cloud work environment for customers.

Incident Response

When a suspected breach occurs are you prepared? Having an incident response plan for different types of threats -whether it’s a ransomware incident, insider threats, or an external data breach, is paramount. We can help with all aspects of incident response and management.

Penetration Testing

A penetration test (pen-test) is a simulated cyber-attack on an IT system. Like your annual physical, an annual penetration test is a vital part of ensuring your enterprise security is up-to-date. With the rate of cyber threat & vulnerabilities increasing every year in the last decade, a penetration test is necessary to ensure you detect vulnerabilities present in your technology landscape before a hacker exploits it.

Ransomware Assessment

This includes private citizens, government, law enforcement agencies, healthcare systems or other critical infrastructure entities. Ransomware is malicious software that hackers deploy on a computer to prevent users from accessing their computer or network until a ransom is paid. It can be spread through phishing emails or unknowingly clicking on on an infected website.

Risk Assessment

A Security Risk Assessment enables organizations to identify, assess & prioritize their risks across people, process & technology, and validate if the current controls are adequate to safeguard against security threats.

Security Strategy

The need for cybersecurity has changed significantly over the last few years. With a mixture of well-funded, sophisticated attackers leveraging AI and script-kiddies using simple techniques like ransomware, we must ensure that our internal, IP, and client data are all secured.

StartSecure for SMBs

The U.S. Congressional Small Business Committee found that 71% of cyber-attacks happened to small businesses. Hackers target smaller companies because they often lack the resources, expertise and, budget to devote to cybersecurity.

vCISO

Chief information Security Officers (CISOs) or Head of Information Security are highly sought after, to the point individuals with the right professional experience are both scarce and expensive. For many small & mid-sized organizations finding the right balance between maturity, security, and expense can be challenging. With the development of cybercrime, the new application-age, and a consistently changing landscape, a vCISO may be the answer to your needs. Accorian’s vCISO can give your organization decades of experience and maturity with the power of a full-scale team of SMEs behind them, essentially becoming your cybersecurity and compliance partner for a fraction of a full-time CISO.

CMMC

The United States Department of Defense has mplemented the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) framework to normalize and standardize cybersecurity preparedness across the federal government’s defense industrial base (DIB). The primary goal of the certification is to improve the surety and security of Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and Federal Contract Information (FCI) that is in the possession and use of their federal contractors.

GDPR

A breach of the GDPR requirements can results in fines and mandates that can significantly impact your ability to operate your business and additional fines, compliance mandate, etc. If your business is collecting and/or storing data from citizens or residents in Europe, you will be affected by the provisions of GDPR. Complying to GDPR takes more than adding a banner to your website making visitors aware of cookies from your website.

HITRUST

Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) CSF is a certifiable framework, designed to provide organizations who work with health data with a comprehensive & streamlined approach to regulatory compliance, privacy & risk management. Thus, the HITRUST CSF aids in safeguarding electronic protected health information (ePHI) & other critical information and helps organizations streamline their security and compliance requirements. It also provides standards and auditable controls that include compliance frameworks such as HIPAA, SOC 2, GDPR, CCPA, PCI DSS, ISO 27001, and NIST CSF among others.

HIPAA

The healthcare industry is being targeted by hackers because Electronic Health Records (EHR) are very valuable on the black market. Over 1.6 million people had their information stolen and the estimated cost of these data breaches have cost the healthcare sector more than $6.2 billion dollars. Understandably, patients and Healthcare and HealthTech companies are increasingly anxious about the security of their health data.

ISO 27001

ISO 27001 is a popular & well-accepted security standard & certification to implement & showcase an organization’s security posture. The objective of the standard is to “provide requirements for establishing, implementing, maintaining and continuously improving an Information Security Management System (ISMS)”. The independent certification to the standard is recognised around the world as an indication that your organization is aligned with information security best practices.

NIST CSF

NIST Cybersecurity Framework is a voluntary framework that consists of standards, guidelines, and best practices to manage cybersecurity-related risk. The main purpose of NIST CSF is “Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity”

PCI ASV

Accorian is a Payment Card Industry Approved Scanning Vendor or, PCI ASV. The ASV Program Guide (v3.0) defines an ASV as a “company qualified by PCI SSC for ASV Program to conduct external vulnerability scanning services in line with PCI DSS Requirement.” The ASV validation lab established by PCI SSC tests an ASV’s scanning solution before designating a vendor as a PCI SCC approved scanning vendor.

SOC 2

A SOC 2, or “System and Organization Controls 2” is quickly becoming one of the most sought-after compliance standards in North America. The SOC 2 framework is an auditing procedure that ensures your service providers securely manage the data to protect the interests of your organization and client’s privacy on five principles – Security, Availability, Processing integrity, Confidentiality and Privacy.

CCPA

Cloud Security

The number of organizations migrating their technology to the cloud has been increasing rapidly. Over 96% businesses are either completely or, partially on the cloud. Hence, it is critical for organizations to develop a strategy for securing their cloud presence. Cloud Security is the practice of securing data, applications, and underlying infrastructure including policies, controls, configurations etc. Most Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) attempt to create a ready to use secure cloud work environment for customers.

Incident Response

When a suspected breach occurs are you prepared? Having an incident response plan for different types of threats -whether it’s a ransomware incident, insider threats, or an external data breach, is paramount. We can help with all aspects of incident response and management.

Penetration Testing

A penetration test (pen-test) is a simulated cyber-attack on an IT system. Like your annual physical, an annual penetration test is a vital part of ensuring your enterprise security is up-to-date. With the rate of cyber threat & vulnerabilities increasing every year in the last decade, a penetration test is necessary to ensure you detect vulnerabilities present in your technology landscape before a hacker exploits it.

Ransomware Assessment

This includes private citizens, government, law enforcement agencies, healthcare systems or other critical infrastructure entities. Ransomware is malicious software that hackers deploy on a computer to prevent users from accessing their computer or network until a ransom is paid. It can be spread through phishing emails or unknowingly clicking on on an infected website.

Risk Assessment

A Security Risk Assessment enables organizations to identify, assess & prioritize their risks across people, process & technology, and validate if the current controls are adequate to safeguard against security threats.

Security Strategy

The need for cybersecurity has changed significantly over the last few years. With a mixture of well-funded, sophisticated attackers leveraging AI and script-kiddies using simple techniques like ransomware, we must ensure that our internal, IP, and client data are all secured.

StartSecure for SMBs

The U.S. Congressional Small Business Committee found that 71% of cyber-attacks happened to small businesses. Hackers target smaller companies because they often lack the resources, expertise and, budget to devote to cybersecurity.

vCISO

Chief information Security Officers (CISOs) or Head of Information Security are highly sought after, to the point individuals with the right professional experience are both scarce and expensive. For many small & mid-sized organizations finding the right balance between maturity, security, and expense can be challenging. With the development of cybercrime, the new application-age, and a consistently changing landscape, a vCISO may be the answer to your needs. Accorian’s vCISO can give your organization decades of experience and maturity with the power of a full-scale team of SMEs behind them, essentially becoming your cybersecurity and compliance partner for a fraction of a full-time CISO.

CMMC

The United States Department of Defense has mplemented the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) framework to normalize and standardize cybersecurity preparedness across the federal government’s defense industrial base (DIB). The primary goal of the certification is to improve the surety and security of Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and Federal Contract Information (FCI) that is in the possession and use of their federal contractors.

GDPR

A breach of the GDPR requirements can results in fines and mandates that can significantly impact your ability to operate your business and additional fines, compliance mandate, etc. If your business is collecting and/or storing data from citizens or residents in Europe, you will be affected by the provisions of GDPR. Complying to GDPR takes more than adding a banner to your website making visitors aware of cookies from your website.

HITRUST

Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) CSF is a certifiable framework, designed to provide organizations who work with health data with a comprehensive & streamlined approach to regulatory compliance, privacy & risk management. Thus, the HITRUST CSF aids in safeguarding electronic protected health information (ePHI) & other critical information and helps organizations streamline their security and compliance requirements. It also provides standards and auditable controls that include compliance frameworks such as HIPAA, SOC 2, GDPR, CCPA, PCI DSS, ISO 27001, and NIST CSF among others.

HIPAA

The healthcare industry is being targeted by hackers because Electronic Health Records (EHR) are very valuable on the black market. Over 1.6 million people had their information stolen and the estimated cost of these data breaches have cost the healthcare sector more than $6.2 billion dollars. Understandably, patients and Healthcare and HealthTech companies are increasingly anxious about the security of their health data.

ISO 27001

ISO 27001 is a popular & well-accepted security standard & certification to implement & showcase an organization’s security posture. The objective of the standard is to “provide requirements for establishing, implementing, maintaining and continuously improving an Information Security Management System (ISMS)”. The independent certification to the standard is recognised around the world as an indication that your organization is aligned with information security best practices.

NIST CSF

NIST Cybersecurity Framework is a voluntary framework that consists of standards, guidelines, and best practices to manage cybersecurity-related risk. The main purpose of NIST CSF is “Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity”

PCI ASV

Accorian is a Payment Card Industry Approved Scanning Vendor or, PCI ASV. The ASV Program Guide (v3.0) defines an ASV as a “company qualified by PCI SSC for ASV Program to conduct external vulnerability scanning services in line with PCI DSS Requirement.” The ASV validation lab established by PCI SSC tests an ASV’s scanning solution before designating a vendor as a PCI SCC approved scanning vendor.

SOC 2

A SOC 2, or “System and Organization Controls 2” is quickly becoming one of the most sought-after compliance standards in North America. The SOC 2 framework is an auditing procedure that ensures your service providers securely manage the data to protect the interests of your organization and client’s privacy on five principles – Security, Availability, Processing integrity, Confidentiality and Privacy.

CCPA