Cybersecurity Risk Management and Business Continuity

Cybersecurity Risk Management and Business Continuity

Improvement of cyber maturity and minimization of potential business impact through BIA and a risk‑based approach
Service overview
We help organizations establish governance over the technologies and processes essential to cybersecurity and business continuity. The service comprises six focus areas designed to minimize the potential impact of adverse events.
Our approach is centered on the BIA—Risks—Incidents model. We analyze the priorities of your business functions to develop solutions tailored to their specific needs. To this end, we leverage three core methodologies: ISO 31000 for risk management and mitigation, ISO 22300 for business continuity and resilience, and the ISO/IEC 27000 family for cybersecurity management
Scope of service
ISMS and BCMS
We ensure your compliance with ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27017, ISO/IEC 27018, ISO/IEC 27701, and ISO 22301, and prepare for certification against these standards. We provide end‑to‑end coverage—from GAP analysis to maintenance and support
What you get
  • A risk‑based management system aligned with international standards
  • Demonstrable assurance for customers and stakeholders of established security and BCM practices
  • A framework for monitoring effectiveness and maintaining appropriate security and business continuity levels
Project stages
  1. Assessment
    • Review of the existing ISMS and BCMS (GAP analysis)
    • Analysis of business context, objectives, and critical processes
    • Definition of the management system scope
  2. Development and implementation
    • Analysis of potential risks, incidents, nonconformities, and their impact
    • Development (or improvement) of governance controls, policies, and regulations
    • Implementation (or revision) of required security and business continuity controls
  3. Verification and corrective actions
    • Internal audits
    • Testing activities and personnel trainings
    • Management system review and enhancement
  4. Support and improvement
    • Assistance during certification audits
    • Maintenance and support for 12 subsequent months after implementation or certification
Cybersecurity risk, control, and incident management
We develop and implement dedicated cybersecurity management processes aligned with the PDCA principles, a risk‑based approach, and your strategic objectives—from policies and methodologies to metrics and action plans
What you get
  • A controlled, manageable, and risk‑based framework
  • Documented high‑level policies
  • Operating instructions adapted to actual business processes
  • A complete set of KPIs for evaluating cybersecurity controls
Project stages
  1. Planning
    • Documentation of objectives, needs, requirements, and expectations
    • Assessment of existing controls, procedures, and informal practices
    • Definition of current and target objectives
    • Development of a customized road map
  2. Development
    • Design of the general framework, role model, and high‑level process management policy
    • Detailed design of controls and individual activities, including integration with related processes, procedures, and operations
    • Development of metrics for performance and nonconformity analysis
    • Alignment of high‑level process documentation with your corporate culture
    • Development of instructions and regulations governing controls, operations, and supportive plans and measures
  3. Implementation
    • Employee briefings on roles, responsibilities, and procedures
    • Guided implementation and supervision of individual process activities
    • Governance‑driven advisory support for metric collection, calculation, and controls performance analysis
    • Supervised reporting and documentation activities
  4. Operational support
    • Resource‑intensive activities like risk assessments, incident response, etc.
    • Development of risk management, incident response, and other plans
    • Preparation of reports, materials, and documentation
    • Evaluation of controls performance metrics and KPIs, recommendations for further improvement
BCM
We support the entire lifecycle—from assessing resilience requirements for IT systems (e.g., RTOs and RPOs in accordance with ISO/IEC 27031) to implementing BCMS aligned with ISO 22301
What you get
  • An impact‑based framework for assessing business impact and risks aligned with strategic objectives and priorities
  • A map of potential failures and disruptions rated by business impact
  • A registry of critical products, services, business processes, operational activities, and assets
  • Business continuity requirements and controls designed to minimize downtime and disruption losses
  • A measurable BCMS aligned with business objectives
Project stages
  1. Assessment
    • Analysis of core and supporting business processes and associated assets
    • Review of existing continuity controls, procedures, and informal practices
  2. BIA
    • Inventory of assets and resources supporting critical business operations
    • Development of impact rating scale
    • Evaluation of the criticality of impact resulting from disruptions and operational failures
  3. BCP
    • Definition of target continuity parameters (e.g., RTOs, RPOs)
    • Development of BCPs and DRPs, with due consideration for RTOs/RPOs
    • Preparation for the implementation of BCP, validation of DRPs/BCPs through testing and exercises
  4. BCMS development
    • Design of the general BCMS and role model, integration with associated IT and cybersecurity controls
    • Definition of IT environment SLAs based on RTOs, establishment of monitoring for potential failures and disruptions identified through BIA
    • Development of measurable KPIs and metrics for nonconformity analysis
    • Development of governance documentation and methodologies for BCM
  5. Implementation and support
    • Implementation and optimization of DRP/BCP frameworks and incident response and mitigation scenarios
    • Development of DRP/BCP testing and exercise plans
    • Assessment of KPIs and metrics along with improvement recommendations
    • Periodic review of BIA results, BCP enhancement, internal regulation reviews, etc.
ISMS enhancement and transition to ISO/IEC 27001:2022
We help organizations improve their ISMS, implement new security and continuity controls in line with their operational changes, and transition to ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and two‑level risk management methodology outlined in ISO/IEC 27005:2022
What you get
  • Enhanced ISMS in line with your operational changes
  • New security controls and practices compliant with ISO/IEC 27001:2022
  • Improved cybersecurity risk assessment methodology and threat mapping
  • Optimized cybersecurity processes, detailed metrics, and internal regulations
Project stages
  1. Assessment
    • Definition of business objectives and target requirements, GAP analysis to identify nonconformities
    • Review of audit and technical assessment findings, incident investigation results, comments, suggestions, and recommendations
    • Analysis of metrics and KPIs used to measure ISMS effectiveness
  2. ISMS improvement
    • Development of regulations on applying security controls and addressing related gaps
    • Review of internal regulations related to risk, incident, and BCM, assessments, nonconformities, performance evaluation, analysis of deviations from target metrics and KPIs in relation to identified objectives
    • Evaluation and improvement of your risk management methodology, with due consideration for the identified nonconformities and ISO/IEC 27005:2022 provisions
    • Reassessment of cybersecurity risks
    • Update of risk and continuity management plans to incorporate new security measures and controls
    • Enhancement of policies and procedures supporting cybersecurity controls
Validation of unacceptable events, cyber trainings
We establish a registry of unacceptable events based on the BIA methodology and determine how they may arise from external perimeter security gaps, internal system failures, and operational disruptions. We also assess your staff’s emergency response capabilities
What you get
  • A registry of unacceptable events at the organizational, societal, and national levels
  • Assessment of the likelihood of unacceptable events (jointly with a penetration testing team)
  • Analytical and technical reports compliant with regulatory requirements
  • Validation of organizational resilience against the impact of unacceptable events resulting from cybersecurity incidents
  • Recommendations for improving external perimeter security and cyber resilience
Project stages
  1. Assessment
    • Collection of baseline information about principal activities and strategic objectives
    • Examination of key business processes, technologies, and operational value chains
    • Analysis of factors affecting strategic objectives and business priorities
  2. Impact analysis
    • Identification of unacceptable strategic impact based on the BIA methodology
    • Analysis of potential failures and conditions leading to critical operational disruptions that may result in unacceptable events
  3. Event identification
    • Identification of systems and assets whose compromise may lead to unacceptable events
    • Analysis of threats and impact criteria affecting target systems and assets
    • Establishment of an unacceptable event registry
  4. Verification
    • Technical assessment of the likelihood of unacceptable events resulting from external perimeter compromise
    • Preparation of recommendations and reports compliant with regulatory requirements
  5. Continuity trainings
    • Development of playbook testing scenarios
    • Assessment of organizational readiness and training for the detection, response, and containment of unacceptable events
    • Recommendations for improving detection capabilities and response plans
Improvement of cyber maturity
End‑to‑end enhancement of cyber maturity across governance principles, policies, key controls, and management processes aimed at minimizing the business impacts identified through BIA and implementing the BIA—Risks—Incidents approach
What you get
  • An integrated framework for managing assets, risks, vulnerabilities, and incidents across IT and cybersecurity domains, with due consideration for potential business impacts
  • Scenarios describing significant business impacts caused by security incidents or disruptions in critical business processes
  • IT failure and cybersecurity incident mitigation plans
  • KPIs to measure progress in mitigating the impact of security incidents and operational disruptions
Project stages
  1. Planning
    • Definition of business objectives and priorities for ensuring secure and continuous critical operations
  2. BIA and cyber risk analysis
    • Development of a comprehensive impact rating scale
    • Identification of scenarios affecting business assets and rating of consequences based on business impact
    • Assessment of risks associated with business‑critical scenarios involving the compromise of business assets
  3. Downtime reduction
    • Rating of downtime scenarios based on business impact criticality
    • Definition of continuity requirements for processes and assets
    • Establishment of target response and recovery times
    • Development of asset backup and recovery scenarios within the specified time frame
  4. Risk and impact mitigation
    • Selection of asset security controls based on potential business impact criticality
    • Implementation of monitoring capabilities for early detection of threats affecting key systems and assets
    • Optimization of response playbooks for business‑critical cybersecurity and IT incidents within the specified time frame
    • Development of contingency plans
  5. Enhancement of management controls and metrics
    • Integration of unified impact matrix into asset, access, risk, vulnerability, IT and cyber incident, and continuity management controls
    • Revision of policies and controls to address current risks
    • Enhancement of cybersecurity and BCM controls
    • Development of metrics and KPIs to measure progress in mitigating business impact
    • Implementation of continuous improvement practices to support lessons learned and nonconformity analysis
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Advantages
Proven expertise

Our experts hold international certifications in ISO 31000:2018, ISO 27001:2013, ISO 27001:2022, ISO 27017:2015, ISO 27018:2014, ISO 27701:2019, and ISO 22301:2019

End‑to‑end service

We help organizations meet regulatory and parent company requirements while optimizing costs. We work with businesses of all sizes and provide 24/7 support with rapid response times. Our service quality is certified under ISO 27001 and ISO 9001

Tasks of any complexity

We successfully deliver non‑standard and complex projects, including those built on your existing solutions. Our specialists have extensive experience assessing and implementing ISMS for large decentralized organizations with globally distributed branch networks

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