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Security Assessment

Understand your security risk posture before adversaries do

A structured evaluation of your organisation's security controls, policies, and risk exposure — across every domain, aligned to ISO 27001, NIST CSF, and CERT-In. Delivered as a prioritised roadmap your leadership can act on.

6
Security domains
3
Assessment types
26
Weeks to complete
14+
Years in security
SECURITY POSTURE ASSESSMENT MODERATE RISK OVERALL RISK SCORE 58 /100 — action required across 3 domains Network Security 72% MED Identity & Access 45% HIGH Endpoint Security 68% MED Cloud Configuration 51% HIGH Application Security 62% MED Governance & Policy 78% LOW FINDINGS 47 total | Critical: 8 | High: 14 | Medium: 18 | Low: 7 ISO 27001 — NIST CSF — CERT-In aligned
ISO 27001:2022 certified
ISO 9001:2015 certified
NIST CSF aligned
CERT-In framework
India & Malaysia operations
Operating since 2012
Why a security assessment

You cannot secure what you have not measured

Most organisations have security investments. Few have a clear, evidence-based picture of whether those investments are working — or where the critical gaps are.

Unknown risk is unmanaged risk

Without a baseline assessment, security spending is guided by assumption rather than evidence. Critical gaps — in identity, cloud, or governance — remain invisible until they become incidents.

Frameworks and regulators require it

ISO 27001, CERT-In, RBI DPAS, and BNM RMiT all require organisations to demonstrate a documented understanding of their risk posture. An assessment provides the foundation for compliance evidence.

Boards need risk in business language

Technical vulnerability counts do not inform board-level decisions. An assessment translates security findings into business risk terms — enabling leadership to prioritise investment and action.

What we assess

Six domains of security posture evaluation

Our assessment covers the full breadth of your security environment — not just technology, but governance, process, and human factors across every layer.

Network security

Firewall configuration, segmentation, perimeter controls, remote access, and traffic monitoring — evaluated against current threat patterns and best practice.

Identity and access management

User provisioning, privilege access, MFA adoption, directory hygiene, and authentication controls — a domain responsible for the majority of breach entry points.

Endpoint and device security

EDR coverage, patch management maturity, device policy enforcement, and BYOD risk — across managed and unmanaged endpoints in your environment.

Cloud security configuration

CSPM findings, misconfiguration risk, IAM policy exposure, storage access controls, and logging coverage across AWS, Azure, and GCP workloads.

Application and data security

SDLC security practices, API exposure, data classification, encryption at rest and in transit, and third-party integration risk across your application portfolio.

Governance and policy maturity

Security policy coverage, incident response readiness, awareness training, vendor risk management, and alignment to applicable regulatory frameworks.

Assessment types

Three assessment engagements — scoped to your need

We align the engagement type to your objective — whether you are establishing a baseline, preparing for a framework audit, or evaluating supply chain exposure.

01

Cyber risk assessment

A quantified evaluation of your organisation's risk exposure — identifying and scoring threats across all six domains, with findings translated into business impact terms for leadership.

  • Risk scoring across 6 security domains
  • Threat landscape mapping to your sector
  • Executive risk report and board presentation
  • Prioritised remediation roadmap
02

Security gap analysis

A framework-aligned evaluation measuring your current security controls against a chosen standard — ISO 27001, NIST CSF, CERT-In, RBI DPAS, or BNM RMiT — identifying gaps and compliance readiness.

  • Control-by-control gap mapping
  • Compliance readiness scoring
  • Audit preparation evidence pack
  • Implementation priority matrix
03

Third-party security assessment

An evaluation of the security posture of vendors, suppliers, and technology partners — assessing the risk they introduce to your environment through data access, integrations, or service dependencies.

  • Vendor questionnaire and evidence review
  • Risk rating per vendor or integration
  • Contractual security requirement recommendations
  • Ongoing vendor risk register
What you receive

Assessment deliverables built for action

Every engagement concludes with a structured set of deliverables designed to inform both strategic decisions and immediate remediation.

Executive risk report

A board-ready summary of your organisation's security risk posture — written in business language, with risk context, top findings, and recommended strategic priorities.

Technical findings report

A detailed, evidence-based report documenting all findings by domain — with severity classification, control gap description, and supporting evidence for each item.

Prioritised remediation roadmap

A structured action plan organising findings by risk severity, remediation effort, and recommended timeline — giving your team a clear sequence to work through.

Risk register

A living document capturing identified risks with owner, status, and target resolution date — structured for ongoing governance and integration into your risk management process.

How it works

From scoping to roadmap in four stages

A structured engagement with defined outputs at every stage — no open-ended consulting, no ambiguous deliverables.

01

Scope and onboard

Define assessment boundaries, agree on domains in scope, gather environment documentation, and schedule stakeholder interviews.

02

Assess and evidence

Structured interviews, configuration reviews, document analysis, and tool-assisted discovery across all in-scope domains.

03

Analyse and score

Findings consolidated, risk-scored, and mapped to your chosen framework. Gaps ranked by severity, exploitability, and business impact.

04

Report and present

Executive report, technical findings, and remediation roadmap delivered. Findings walkthrough session with your leadership and IT teams.

Business outcomes

What an assessment enables

Evidence-based risk understandingReplace assumption with documented, scored risk across every security domain.

Board-ready risk communicationTranslate technical findings into business language for leadership decision-making.

Compliance readiness baselineUnderstand your current position against ISO 27001, CERT-In, RBI DPAS, or BNM RMiT.

Prioritised security investmentDirect budget and effort to the gaps that carry the highest risk — not the most visible.

Actionable remediation roadmapA sequenced plan your team can execute — or hand to a managed security partner to deliver.

Foundation for ongoing governanceA risk register and baseline to track improvement over time and support audit cycles.

Industries served

Security assessments for regulated and high-risk sectors

We have delivered assessments across sectors where the regulatory, operational, and reputational cost of an undetected gap is highest.

Banking and BFSI
Healthcare
Manufacturing
Government and PSUs
Retail and e-commerce
IT and ITES
Critical infrastructure
Why Caveo

14 years of security practice behind every assessment

01

Practitioner-led assessments

Our assessors are practitioners with active delivery experience in SOC operations, VAPT, GRC, and cloud security — not generalist consultants reading from a checklist.

02

Multi-framework alignment

We align to ISO 27001, NIST CSF, CERT-In, RBI DPAS, BNM RMiT, and PDPA — in a single engagement, mapped to your regulatory context across India and Malaysia.

03

Findings that lead to action

We structure every remediation roadmap so findings can feed directly into follow-on engagements — GRC, VAPT, vCISO, or MSSP onboarding — without repeating discovery work.

04

India and Malaysia dual-region delivery

Operating from Chennai and Kuala Lumpur since 2012, we bring local regulatory knowledge and on-site assessment capability across both markets.

Frequently asked questions

Security assessment — buyer questions answered

A security assessment is a structured evaluation of your organisation's security posture across people, process, and technology. It identifies gaps, vulnerabilities, and risk concentrations across six domains: network security, identity and access management, endpoint protection, cloud configuration, application security, and governance maturity. The output is a prioritised risk register and remediation roadmap.
Engagement duration depends on scope and organisation size. A focused cyber risk assessment for a mid-market organisation typically takes 23 weeks. A comprehensive security posture assessment covering all domains across a large enterprise may take 46 weeks. We agree scope and timeline before the engagement begins.
A security assessment evaluates your overall security posture — strategy, controls, policies, and risk — across the entire organisation. A VAPT is a technical exercise focused on finding exploitable vulnerabilities in specific systems, applications, or networks. Assessments often identify the need for VAPT as a follow-on activity for specific high-risk areas.
You receive an executive risk report (board-ready summary of risk posture and top priorities), a detailed technical findings report (evidence-based gaps by domain), a prioritised remediation roadmap (actions by risk level, effort, and timeline), and a risk register you can maintain as a living governance document.
Our assessments are aligned to ISO/IEC 27001:2022, NIST Cybersecurity Framework, CERT-In guidelines, and RBI DPAS where applicable. For Malaysian clients, we align to BNM RMiT and PDPA requirements. We adapt the framework alignment to your regulatory context during scoping.
Yes. The remediation roadmap we deliver is structured to feed directly into subsequent engagements — GRC consulting to close policy gaps, VAPT to test specific systems, vCISO services to lead the remediation programme, or MSSP onboarding to address monitoring gaps. Many clients begin a managed security engagement as a direct result of their assessment findings.

Start with a clear picture of your risk

Talk to our assessment team about your environment, regulatory context, and what you need to understand — and we will scope an engagement around your priorities.