Management asked Elliott Davis to help answer: “Are my hosted systems and applications systems in compliance to support information security at the agency?”
Context
- Customer responsible for overall approach to information security at agency and operational security aspects of its hosted systems and applications
- Needed to assess security posture of applications and systems
- Necessary to ensure regulatory requirements were met
Our Approach
Over 5 weeks, we completed:
- Internal Penetration Testing
- External Penetration Testing
- NIST 800-53 Assessment
- Device Configuration Review / OSSA (Operating System Security Assessment)
- Network TAP Analysis and Inventory of Devices
- Web Application Penetration Testing
Customer Results
- Identified areas of risk that could lead to exposure
- Provided real insights into system and process weaknesses with future areas for improvement
- Demonstrated impact of vulnerability through exploitation
- Leveraged PTES framework for seven-phase effective testing
- Delivered roadmap for remediation
We Can Help
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