Cybersecurity verification
Owning the tools is not the same as being protected.
Most businesses have bought security software. Far fewer have had anyone independent confirm that it is switched on, covering everyone, and being watched. actually. verifies the controls your business is relying on, and reports what we find in plain language.
What is cybersecurity verification?
Cybersecurity verification is an independent check of whether the security controls a business believes it has are actually present, correctly configured, monitored and governed. It is carried out by a firm that does not sell or manage those controls, so the finding is evidence rather than a status report from the party responsible for the work.
The distinction that matters
Bought, deployed, configured, verified.
Four different things, routinely reported as one. Only the last is assurance.
Bought
The tool appears on the invoice and in the provider's stack diagram. That is a purchase, not a protection.
Deployed
The tool is installed, but coverage may be partial: the exceptions, the service accounts and the executives are often the gaps.
Configured
The settings are right today. Nobody has confirmed they were still right after the last change, migration or staff departure.
Verified
Someone independent has looked at the evidence and confirmed the control does what it is believed to do. This is the only state worth reporting to leadership.
What we verify
The controls a business actually depends on.
We assess whether each is present, configured, monitored and governed. Where a control is missing or partial, we say so, and we say what it would take to close it.
A prioritized view of cybersecurity risk written for business leadership, not only for technical teams.
Cybersecurity is one part of a wider picture. More on technology as a concentrated business risk.
The questions we answer
The questions your provider cannot answer about itself.
We do not sell security tools and we take no vendor commissions, so we have no stake in the answer. That is what makes the answer worth having. More on what independence means here.
How it is delivered
On its own, or as part of the Review.
Within The Actually Review
Cybersecurity verification is one of the areas covered by the flagship independent assessment.
Through the yearWithin Actually Oversight
Controls are re-verified on a recurring cadence, because a control that was correct last quarter may not be correct now.
On its ownAs a standalone verification
For businesses that need to answer one question: is the security we are paying for actually working?
Find out what is actually protecting you.
An independent verification of the controls your business depends on, reported in language leadership can act on.