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Control Gaps
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Risks ranked by likelihood and impact
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Ongoing assessment cycle
Enterprise Risk Management Framework Setup
We design and implement an ERM framework that gives your organization a structured, repeatable process for identifying, evaluating, and managing information security risks. The framework is built around your business context, risk appetite, and governance requirements rather than a generic template applied without thought.
Current-State Assessment
We conduct a thorough review of your current governance structures, processes, and control environment to understand where you actually stand today. This covers technology controls, operational processes, organizational roles and responsibilities, and the policies and procedures that govern how security is managed across your business.
Gap Analysis Against Standards & Frameworks
We compare your current state against applicable standards, regulatory obligations, and internal expectations to identify specific gaps. Whether you are working toward ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR, PCI DSS, or a combination of frameworks, we give you a precise gap report that shows exactly what is missing and why it matters.
Risk Identification, Evaluation & Prioritization
We identify information security risks relevant to your business, evaluate their likelihood and potential impact, and prioritize them in a way that enables your leadership to make informed decisions about where to invest. Risk prioritization is tied to real business context, not just theoretical severity scores.
Remediation Roadmap
We translate assessment findings into a clear, sequenced action plan with remediation themes, ownership expectations, and realistic timelines. The roadmap is built for execution, not just documentation, so your team knows what to work on first, who is responsible, and what good looks like when each item is addressed.
Continuous Improvement & Maturity Tracking
Risk management is not a one-time exercise. We provide recommendations for building ongoing risk management practices into your organization and can support periodic reassessments to track maturity improvements over time as your control environment strengthens and your business evolves.
What Makes Us Different From Others
- Outcomes Over Observations – A risk assessment that produces a list of issues without telling you what to do about them is not useful. We deliver findings with clear remediation guidance and a prioritized roadmap, not just a status report.
- Business Context at the Center – Risk cannot be meaningfully evaluated without understanding what your business does, what matters most, and what the realistic consequences of different risks actually are. We invest time in understanding your organization before drawing any conclusions.
- Multi-Framework Coverage in One Exercise – If you have obligations across multiple frameworks, we design the assessment to cover all applicable requirements in a single engagement rather than running separate exercises for each standard.
- Honest About What Needs to Change – We do not soften findings to manage client relationships. If something needs to be fixed, we say so clearly. Your leadership deserves an accurate picture of your risk exposure, not a comfortable one.
- Roadmaps Built for Real Teams – Remediation plans that assume unlimited resources and perfect prioritization don't survive contact with reality. We build roadmaps that account for your team's capacity, budget constraints, and operational dependencies.
- Supports Long-Term Maturity, Not One-Time Compliance – We help organizations build risk management as a capability, not just complete an assessment to satisfy an audit requirement. The goal is a program that keeps improving over time.
We needed to understand our risk posture before our board would approve a security budget. garrisonOne ran a comprehensive risk and gap assessment, presented findings in business terms our board could act on, and gave us a prioritized roadmap that became the foundation of our three-year security investment plan.
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Frequently asked questions
What is a risk assessment?
A risk assessment is a structured process for identifying the information security risks that could affect your organization, evaluating how likely they are to occur and what the impact would be, and deciding how to treat them. It gives your leadership a factual basis for making decisions about where to invest in security controls and how much risk is acceptable.
What is a gap analysis?
A gap analysis compares your current control environment against a target state, such as a specific compliance framework, regulatory requirement, or internal security standard. It identifies the specific areas where you fall short and what needs to be addressed. Most organizations use a gap analysis as the first step before starting a compliance or security improvement program.
How are risk assessments and gap analyses different?
A risk assessment focuses on identifying and evaluating threats and vulnerabilities relevant to your specific business. A gap analysis compares your current state against a defined standard or framework. They are complementary, and many organizations benefit from running both together. A gap analysis tells you what controls are missing; a risk assessment tells you which missing controls matter most.
Which frameworks can you assess us against?
We conduct gap analyses against ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS, ISO 22301, NIST CSF, and CIS Controls, among others. If your industry has a specific regulatory framework, we can assess against that as well. Many engagements cover multiple frameworks simultaneously to reduce duplication of effort.
How long does a risk assessment or gap analysis take?
A focused gap analysis against a single framework for a mid-size organization typically takes two to four weeks. A comprehensive enterprise risk assessment covering multiple domains and frameworks may take four to eight weeks. We define scope and timeline clearly at the outset so you know what to expect.
What do we receive at the end of the engagement?
You receive a detailed findings report covering the current state across assessed domains, specific gaps against the applicable standard or framework, risk ratings for each finding, and a prioritized remediation roadmap with clear ownership and sequencing. We also provide an executive summary for leadership that captures the key messages without requiring a technical background to understand.
How often should we conduct a risk assessment?
Most compliance frameworks require at least an annual risk assessment. We recommend more frequent reviews following significant changes to your business, technology environment, or threat landscape. Building a lightweight ongoing risk management process in addition to formal annual assessments helps maintain an accurate picture of your risk exposure throughout the year.
Can the output be used as input for a certification program?
Yes. The gap analysis output serves as a direct input to ISO 27001 implementation, SOC 2 readiness, or any other certification program. It defines the work program and sets priorities. Starting a certification engagement with a gap analysis typically reduces overall time and cost because effort is directed precisely where it is needed.
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