Business priorities and exposure
Identify important services, sensitive information and the ways people or suppliers access them. Use this context to understand the consequence of a weakness rather than ranking everything by a technical label alone.
Cyber security
Cyber security assessments
Turn uncertainty about your security into a prioritised action plan. Strata Digital reviews the controls, systems and working practices in scope, helping you understand important gaps and decide which improvements should happen first.
Built around your business
Know where to focus your next security investment
A list of security products does not explain whether a business is well protected. You need to know which information and services matter most, how they are accessed and whether the controls around them are working as intended. An assessment makes those connections clearer.
We agree the purpose and boundaries before starting. A review may focus on Microsoft 365, devices, identity, email, backup or the wider environment. Findings are explained in business terms, with supporting evidence where available and a practical distinction between urgent action, planned improvement and decisions that need further investigation.
The work behind the outcome
What we help you put in place
Configuration and control review
Examine the settings and evidence available for the agreed systems. Review matters such as administrator access, sign-in protection, supported software, email configuration and the management of business devices.
Recovery and response readiness
Consider how the organisation would recognise a problem, escalate it and recover important services. Check whether roles, contact details and restoration evidence support the assumptions in your plans.
An actionable report
Set out findings, recommended actions, dependencies and owners. The report should help your organisation decide what to change and how to verify completion, rather than leave you with a long list of unexplained technical observations.
From the first conversation to handover
How the work takes shape
Agree the assessment
Define objectives, systems, access and the evidence needed. Confirm whether any testing could affect live services and how it will be authorised.
Review and explain
Examine the agreed environment and discuss findings with the relevant owners. Clarify the difference between observed gaps and questions requiring more evidence.
Prioritise the response
Build a realistic improvement plan and agree the next steps. A follow-up review can check whether the chosen actions addressed the original findings.
Your proposal sets out the systems, deliverables, responsibilities and service arrangements included. We agree these before work begins.
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Something else on your mind?
Talk to usIs an assessment the same as a penetration test?
No. A configuration and risk review has a different purpose and scope from an authorised penetration test. If specialist testing is needed, we define that requirement separately with the appropriate methods, permissions and deliverables.
Will this give us a certification?
An assessment does not itself award a certification. It can help identify gaps and prepare improvement work, while formal certification requires the process and assessment specified by the relevant scheme.
Can we review just one part of our environment?
Yes. A focused assessment can examine a particular service, such as Microsoft 365 or backup. We will also identify dependencies or exclusions that limit what can be concluded from that narrower scope.
A useful starting point
Put the essentials into practice
Read the related guide online, or request a printable help sheet for your team.
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Tell us about your current setup and what you want to improve. We will help you define a practical starting point.