Advisory Services
Security Audit and Compliance
The engagement examines agreed controls and evidence, records findings and supports practical audit preparation.
- Review of agreed controls and evidence
- Gap assessment with recorded findings
- An evidence-based improvement roadmap
- Practical audit preparation
The challenge
A description is not evidence
A control description is not the same as evidence that the control works. Security audit and compliance review examines agreed requirements, operating evidence and ownership to produce a practical improvement roadmap.
An evidence-based control review
Organizations may need assurance against an internal policy, customer requirement, regulatory expectation or selected framework. The review begins by defining the criteria and boundaries so findings remain meaningful.
Cyberus examines design and available operating evidence, records gaps and discusses their practical effect. The engagement supports readiness and improvement without guaranteeing a regulator, customer or independent auditor’s outcome.
Audit evidence into action
- Agreed criteria. The framework, obligations and review period against which controls are judged.
- Control design. Whether documented controls actually address their stated objective and have owners.
- Operating records. Sampled records showing how controls ran during the agreed review period.
- Improvement priorities. Ranked actions with owners and the evidence needed to close each one.
Why it matters
- Business risk: Controls that look sound on paper may be unowned or unevidenced, which surfaces badly during a customer or regulator review.
- Decision it supports: Management can fund the right fixes first and decide how ready the organization is for an external audit.
- What you receive: You receive recorded findings and a roadmap for the agreed scope; the review does not by itself establish compliance or certification.
Make assurance work actionable
Criteria and scope definition
Agree the requirements, systems, business units, locations and review period.
- Why it matters
- A review without agreed criteria produces opinions that different stakeholders read differently.
- Supports
- A shared yardstick for every finding
Control design review
Assess whether documented controls address the stated objective and have clear ownership.
- Why it matters
- A control with no clear objective or owner is unlikely to hold up under pressure.
- Supports
- Judging whether controls are built to work
Evidence sampling
Review available records that show how controls operated during the agreed period.
- Why it matters
- Sampling shows what really happened, which can differ from what policy says should happen.
- Supports
- Evidence that controls operated as described
Gap and risk analysis
Explain missing, inconsistent or unsupported controls in operational and business context.
- Why it matters
- Gaps are only useful when explained in terms of the operation and the risk the business carries.
- Supports
- Findings leaders can weigh against business impact
Improvement roadmap
Group recommendations by priority, dependency, owner and evidence needed for closure.
- Why it matters
- Without grouping and ownership, recommendations pile up and little gets closed.
- Supports
- A workable order of action with closure evidence
How a control review runs
Why choose Cyberus
Build a traceable line from expectation to operating proof.
Security Audit and Compliance
Frequently asked questions
Can the review cover more than one framework?
Yes, when the criteria are defined and overlaps are mapped carefully. A shared evidence set may support several requirements without treating them as identical.
Does a readiness review ensure a successful external audit?
No. It can identify gaps and support preparation, but an external auditor, customer or authority applies its own procedures and decisions.
What counts as evidence?
Useful evidence is relevant, reliable and tied to the review period. Examples may include configurations, records, approvals, logs, samples, test results and meeting outputs.
How are findings prioritized?
Priority considers the control objective, risk, breadth of impact, dependencies, available compensating measures and the timeline driving the review.
Team certifications
Individual qualifications held by members of the Cyberus team. They are not company accreditations, and not every consultant on an engagement holds every badge.
OSCP
Hands-on penetration testing skills, from enumeration to exploitation and privilege escalation.
OSWE
Web application security skills, including source code review and exploiting complex web vulnerabilities.
OSED
Exploit development skills, including analysing Windows software and writing custom exploits.
OSCP+
Hands-on penetration testing skills, from enumeration to exploitation and privilege escalation.
CRTA
Red team analysis skills, including adversary tactics and techniques.
eWPT
Web application penetration testing skills, from assessment method to exploiting common web flaws.
eWPTX
Advanced web application penetration testing skills, including complex attack techniques.
eMAPT
Mobile application penetration testing skills for Android and iOS applications.
BTL1
Defensive security skills across security operations, phishing analysis, forensics and incident response.
eCIR
Incident response skills, including investigating, containing and analysing security incidents.
CRTE
Red teaming skills focused on Windows environments and the tradecraft used against them.
CCT
EC-Council's Certified Cybersecurity Technician (CCT) validates foundational security, network, and defense skills.
Security+
CompTIA Security+ validates core skills in baseline cybersecurity, risk management, and threats.
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