• Security review of organisational security strategy, governance approach, policies, standards, risk management and staff awareness.
• Technical security review of IT infrastructure, networks, architectures, systems, security procedures, and physical security.
• Combination of both.

• We are typically more affordable than equivalent competitors yet still provide the same quality service.
• Independent and objective assessment.
• Finding good security assessors can be difficult, partnering with a specialist security company like TDS gives you instant access to talent at affordable costs. Assessments are conducted by security professionals who are experienced expert assessors with a broad range of certifications.
• Assessments are customised to meet your requirements.
• We are experienced in setting your findings and recommendations into a business risk context to support you in discussions with business stakeholders.
• Briefing and presentation of findings and recommendations.
• Re-assessment service to ensure recommendations have been implemented and vulnerabilities closed.
• Dedicated account and support representative.
• We can provide consultancy and assistance in implementing the security improvements.
• We can assist you in dealing with the internal management aspects relating to assessment setup.
• We have the capability to combine assessments with other effective forms of assurance.
• Skilled in being able to identify ‘root cause’ findings, strategically analyse findings in business terms, and co-develop security improvement strategies and programmes.
• Ability to follow-through with a security improvement programme to address the fundamental ‘root cause’ issues.

Findings are presented in a report that:

• Provides the necessary feedback on control weaknesses and recommendations for your business to make an informed decision on where to prioritise investments in its security.
• Includes high-level summary of findings to explain in a way which is understandable by non-technical senior management.
• Demonstrate results in business risk terms that helps shift such attitudes amongst business unit leaders who have traditionally been resistant to cooperating with security or refuse to accept that serious issues might be present.
• Identifies short term (tactical) recommendations and long term (strategic) recommendations.
• Can include a security improvement action plan.

Once the security assessment has been completed it can form the basis for your organisation security strategy.  A security strategy outlines a prioritised plan of action for improving the security posture. However, our approach to strategy does more than urge you forward toward a vague goal or vision. We help your organisation to honestly acknowledge the specific risks and challenges and provide a pragmatic approach to managing them.

Our experienced consultants can focus and coordinate efforts to provide a logical strategic structure that contains three elements: a diagnosis, a guiding policy, and action plan. This approach Is focused on ensuring that you become resilient against an ever-changing threat landscape and ultimately the organisation’s core business operations are protected.

Our services will help you avoid the common mistake of broad ambiguous security goals, ambitions and vision, and instead focus efforts on a set of coherent strategic objectives and implementable actions.

By identifying your current state of security, we will work with you to agree the right target state to optimise your security and develop a prioritised roadmap to achieve it.