Information Security & Cyber Assurance

Information Security & Cyber AssuranceSecuring systems, applications and data for US organizations

Human-led security testing and compliance that helps US businesses find and fix real risk, then prove it to auditors, investors and banking partners. Every engagement is led by a CISSP-certified professional.

Offensive security: Manual penetration testing of web applications, APIs and infrastructure, aligned to OWASP and PTES.
Detect and respond: Vulnerability management, security monitoring and incident response support.
Protect: Identity, cloud and infrastructure hardening to reduce the ways in.
Prove: Governance, risk and compliance support for SOC 2, PCI DSS, HIPAA, NIST and more.

■CISSP-led delivery ■OSCP · CREST · CEH testers ■Independent & insured ■Partner-vetting ready

Offensive SecurityPenetration Testing & Vulnerability Assessment (VAPT)

Manual, grey-box testing that mirrors a real attacker, delivered with evidence your auditors and partners will accept. Automated tooling supports coverage; it never replaces a tester's judgement.

Web application penetration testing

OWASP WSTG v4.2 methodology: Full manual web application testing to a recognised standard.
Authentication & access control: Testing of login, session management and authorization boundaries.
Business-logic & workflow abuse: Manual testing of the workflows automated tools miss.
Injection & data handling: SQL / NoSQL injection, file upload/download and sensitive-data exposure.

API penetration testing

OWASP API Security Top 10: Manual testing across REST, RPC and webhook endpoints.
Broken object-level authorization (BOLA / IDOR): Object-level access-control testing at scale.
Authentication handling: Review of OAuth, SAML and JWT implementation.
Rate limiting & error handling: Abuse, throttling and information-leak checks.

Infrastructure, cloud & specialist testing

External / network penetration testing: Assessment of internet-facing hosts, IPs and DNS.
Cloud configuration review: The customer-owned settings on AWS, Azure and GCP — IAM, storage exposure, WAF and network rules.
AI / LLM security readiness: Advisory mapped to the OWASP Top 10 for LLMs; deep red-team testing delivered with specialist partners.
Access-control & multi-tenancy testing: Role-by-role authorization matrix, privilege escalation and cross-tenant isolation.

What every engagement includes

Executive & technical report: A leadership summary plus a detailed report with an attack narrative per finding.
CVSS v3.1 rating: Every finding scored, with evidence and proof-of-concept.
Remediation retest: Independent confirmation that findings are closed after fixes.
Signed attestation letter: Assurance evidence suitable for SOC 2, investors and banking partners.

Detect & RespondVulnerability Management & Security Monitoring

Ongoing programmes that keep exposure low between tests and put eyes on your environment around the clock.

Vulnerability management

Vulnerability assessment: Continuous scanning with Qualys, Tenable and Rapid7.
Risk-based prioritization: Ranking findings by real business impact, not raw scanner scores.
Vulnerability remediation: Addressing and resolving identified issues, with patch validation.
Attack-surface discovery: Ongoing asset and exposure discovery.

Monitoring & response

SIEM implementation: Design and deployment of SIEM (Splunk) for centralised visibility.
Detection engineering: Log management and tuned detection rules for meaningful alerts.
Endpoint detection & response (EDR): Endpoint threat detection and containment.
Incident response support: Triage, containment, root-cause analysis and post-incident hardening.

ProtectIdentity & Access Security

Building on Graspear's directory and infrastructure strengths to make sure only the right people reach the right systems.

Access management

IAM hardening: Role-based access control review and least-privilege enforcement.
MFA & SSO: Multi-factor authentication, single sign-on and conditional access.
Privileged access management (PAM): Control and monitoring of administrative accounts.
Zero Trust architecture: Design and rollout of identity-centric access controls.

Directory security

Active Directory / Entra ID hardening: Security best practices for on-premises and cloud identity.
ADFS & federation: Secure single sign-on across applications.
Identity governance: Access reviews, joiner-mover-leaver hygiene and privileged-role management.

ProtectInfrastructure & Cloud Security Hardening

Reducing the attack surface across servers, endpoints and cloud with proven security baselines.

System & cloud hardening

CIS Benchmark hardening: Secure configuration to CIS Level 1 and Level 2 baselines.
Windows & server hardening: Security baselines for Windows OS and server environments.
Cloud security posture: Configuration hardening across AWS, Azure and GCP.
Container & Kubernetes security: Securing container images, registries and orchestration.

Data protection

Data encryption: Protection of data at rest and in transit.
Drive encryption: Full-disk encryption and Microsoft BitLocker implementation.
Key & secrets management: Secure handling of keys, certificates and application secrets.
Backup integrity: Backup validation and recovery testing.

Governance, Risk & ComplianceUS Regulatory & Framework Compliance

From gap assessment to audit-ready — we write the policy, gather the evidence and stand beside you through the audit.

Security frameworks & standards

SOC 2 Type I & II: Readiness assessment and evidence to support the audit.
ISO/IEC 27001:2022: Information security management system (ISMS) implementation.
NIST CSF & 800-53: Control mapping and gap remediation.
CIS Controls & Benchmarks: Secure baselines and control validation.
PCI DSS: Cardholder-data scoping and control hardening.

US regulatory compliance

HIPAA / HITECH: Security risk analysis and safeguards for protected health information.
GLBA & FFIEC: Controls for financial services and fintech.
SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley): IT general controls (ITGC) for financial reporting.
NIST 800-171 & CMMC 2.0: Controls for defense supply-chain and CUI.
CCPA / CPRA & GDPR: Privacy-control mapping and data-protection measures.
ITAR: Safeguards for defense-related and export-controlled data.

How we help you comply

Gap & risk assessments: Where you stand today and what closing the gap takes.
Policy & governance: Security policies, standards and vendor/third-party risk management.
Evidence & audit support: Evidence collection, control walkthroughs and auditor liaison.
Attestation: Signed summary and attestation letters for partners and investors.

■Financial & fintech: SOC 2 · PCI DSS · GLBA · SOX ■Healthcare: HIPAA · HITECH ■SaaS: SOC 2 · ISO 27001 ■Government: NIST 800-171 · CMMC · ITAR

Information Security & Cyber Assurance