MEASURE MATURITY AND EFFECTIVENESS - NOW AND FOR THE FUTURE

A Cyber Security Maturity Assessment (CSMA) measures how well-defined, repeatable, managed, and optimized an organization's cybersecurity practices, processes, policies, and technologies are.  It is a "health check" for your entire cybersecurity program - not just tools, but people, processes, governance, and culture.

The purpose of a CSMA is to:

•  Identify strengths and weaknesses in the current security posture. 
• Provide a benchmark against industry standards or best practices. 
• Prioritize investment and improvements.  
• Demonstrate compliance or due diligence to regulators, customers, or partners.
• Reduce risk by closing critical gaps.

Typical assessment process used by Adapt Cybersecurity:

1. Scoping - Define boundaries (i.e. entire organization, specific business unit, cloud environment etc.).
2. Data collection - Interviews, documentation review, tool scans, questionnaires.
3. Evidence gathering - Policies, logs, configs, training records, incident reports.
4. Scoring - Rate each domain/practice (e.g., 0 = Non-existent; 5 = Optimised).
5. Gap analysis - Compare current versus target maturity.
6. Roadmap - Prioritised remediation plan (quick wins -> long-term projects).
7. Reporting - Executive summary and detailed findings, and maturity heatmaps.

Benefits include:

• Clear ROI justification for budget requests.
• Reduces likelihood and impact of breaches.
• Improves insurance premiums (many insurers now ask for maturity scores).
• Builds customer/partner trust (especially in regulated sectors).

Quick self-check questions:

• Do we have a documented cybersecurity strategy approved by the board?
• Is multi-factor authentication enforced on all external-facing systems?
• Do we test our incident response plan at least annually?
• Can we detect a compromised user within 24 hours?
• Are all third-party vendors assessed for security?

If you answer "no" or "sometimes" to most of these questions, your maturity is likely Level 1-2.

How can Adapt Cybersecurity help you?

We will deep dive into architecture, strategy, risk, and roadmap to formulate a comprehensive view of your security environment and provide you with the following output: 

• A one-page summary with an executive analysis and scorecard 
• A roadmap for your organization 
• Key tactical and strategic recommendations 
• Consultant observations
• Identified gaps and focus areas 
• A detailed report looking at the highest impact risk areas to help management and provide subject matter experts detailed information for implementation within your organization. 

The CSMA can be tailored to align with several different recognized cybersecurity control sets and frameworks based on your goals, industry, and maturity level, including:

• Department of Energy Cybersecurity Capability Maturity Model (DOE-C2M2) 
• ISO/IEC 27001:2022
• NIST Cybersecurity Framework
• NIST Special Publication 800-53
• NIST Special Publication 800-171

Your assessment will be conducted by our Advisory Services experts, who average over 15 years of experience across different areas of security and compliance.

Next Step

Contact us to learn more about how Adapt Cybersecurity can help you with a cyber security maturity assessment or to arrange a free consultation.