Published: Oct 03, 2023
Host assessment services
A national agency required a vendor to holistically assess the cyber-risk resilience of their IT servers, network devices and applications.
NCS was engaged to identify missing links and weaknesses in the current configurations against the agency’s security guidelines, and to detail recommendations on how to address the gaps. A report was then provided for the agency’s subsequent action.
Key takeaways
- Assessed cyber-risk resilience across servers, network devices, and applications.
- Improved overall cyber security posture and resilience through targeted remediation recommendations.
- Identified security misconfigurations and gaps against established security guidelines.
The challenge
The client required professional assistance to identify security misconfigurations or non-compliant configurations in servers, network devices and applications for their current system, to prevent external and internal threats from exploiting and gaining unauthorised control to launch cyber attacks or access to sensitive information.
The solution
NCS performed the host assessment to identify non-compliant configurations and weak security controls against the agency’s security guidelines and benchmarks.
Detailed recommendations on how to remediate the non-compliant configurations were provided in a report for follow-up action.
The impact
The host assessment helped the agency adopt a holistic security approach, thus improving the current host configuration posture. This in turn enhanced the overall cyber-security strength and resilience against potential cyber threats.