Independent Assessments · All Major Industries · Framework-Aligned

Know your risk.
Prove your security.

We deliver information security risk assessments and cyber security audits that tell you exactly where you're exposed, how it maps to the frameworks your industry requires, and what to fix first — for organizations across healthcare, financial services, retail, manufacturing, government, technology, and every major sector in between.

Risk Assessment Business-Impact Focused
Cyber Audit Framework-Mapped Findings
Independent Vendor-Neutral Review

Every industry has
something worth protecting.

Regulatory requirements differ by sector, but the discipline is the same — know your risk, prove your controls, and stay ahead of what's required. If any of this is your industry, we can help.

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Healthcare & Life Sciences

HIPAA-aligned risk assessments protecting PHI across clinical, research, and med-device environments.

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Financial Services & Fintech

Risk and audit support mapped to PCI-DSS, GLBA, and SOX-adjacent control requirements.

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Retail & E-Commerce

Securing payment systems and customer data against PCI-DSS requirements and breach exposure.

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Manufacturing & Industrial

IT/OT convergence risk, ICS/SCADA exposure, and intellectual property protection.

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Energy & Utilities

Critical infrastructure risk assessments aligned to NERC CIP and sector guidance.

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Government & Public Sector

Risk and audit support aligned to NIST 800-53, FedRAMP, and CMMC requirements.

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Technology & SaaS

SOC 2 and ISO 27001 readiness for platforms handling customer and enterprise data.

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Legal & Professional Services

Protecting privileged client data, deal documents, and case files from exposure.

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Insurance

Risk assessments supporting model-law compliance and customer data protection requirements.

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Education

FERPA-aligned assessments protecting student records across K-12 and higher ed systems.

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Media & Entertainment

Content security assessments protecting pre-release IP, aligned to TPN and MPA Content Security Best Practices.

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Nonprofit & Associations

Right-sized risk assessments protecting donor, member, and grant data.

The best defense starts with knowing exactly where you're exposed.

See How an Assessment Works

You might already think you're covered.

"We passed our compliance audit."
Compliance confirms controls exist — it doesn't tell you whether they're effective, consistently applied, or actually protecting your highest-value assets. A risk assessment answers those questions.
"Our IT team already handles security."
Internal teams are closest to the environment — which makes independent review more valuable, not less. We bring outside perspective, dedicated focus, and no organizational blind spots.
"We're too small to be a target."
Smaller organizations are frequently targeted precisely because defenses are weaker — and increasingly required to complete assessments before larger customers and partners will do business with them.
"We're not sure which framework even applies to us."
Most organizations fall under more than one — NIST CSF, SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, state privacy laws. We help you determine what actually applies and assess against it, instead of guessing.
"Our biggest risk is external hackers, not our own people."
Most security incidents trace back to someone who already had legitimate access — an employee, contractor, or vendor — not an outside attacker. An insider threat assessment closes the gap that perimeter-focused security leaves wide open.

Built by practitioners,
not theorists.

AppSec Sentinel was founded by a SANS GIAC-certified security engineer with deep operational experience across application security, cloud infrastructure, and compliance — working at the intersection of all three where most firms only cover one.

Our practice is grounded in real-world security operations at enterprise scale — architecting secure workflows across regulated and high-growth environments, enforcing network segmentation and endpoint hardening across hybrid cloud deployments, and conducting risk assessments and audits mapped to the frameworks that matter most to your industry. That operational depth is what separates our findings reports from checkbox audits.

All Major Industries
Sector-agnostic assessment expertise
NIST · ISO · SOC 2
Framework alignment across engagements
Cloud & On-Prem
Hybrid and cloud-native environment expertise
Advisory
Board and leadership-level reporting
Operational Background
  • Risk assessments and audits mapped to NIST CSF, ISO 27001, SOC 2, CIS Controls, HIPAA, and PCI-DSS as applicable
  • Cloud security and hybrid environment hardening across production infrastructure
  • Vulnerability scanning across production environments — identifying misconfigurations, outdated components, and exploitable weaknesses
  • Vendor and third-party risk assessments across regulated and high-growth industries
  • Insider threat and personnel risk assessments — access reviews, DLP evaluation, and leak investigation readiness
  • Internal documentation and evidence matrices supporting audit-readiness and ongoing compliance

Two core services.
One clear outcome.

Information security risk assessments and cyber security audits built for organizations that need clear answers, not just a list of findings — plus focused engagements for the risks a generic audit misses.

CORE SERVICE
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Information Security Risk Assessment

A risk-first evaluation of your security posture across people, process, and technology. We quantify where your organization is exposed, prioritize by business impact, and translate technical findings into language your leadership and board can act on.

  • Asset inventory and criticality classification
  • Threat landscape analysis relevant to your industry and size
  • Control effectiveness evaluation across key domains
  • Risk register with likelihood and impact scoring
  • Executive risk summary and board-ready narrative
  • Prioritized remediation roadmap with ownership assignments
Risk Register Board Reporting Threat Analysis Business Impact
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Cyber Security Audit & Assessment

A structured audit of your security controls against the frameworks your industry, regulators, and customers actually require — NIST CSF, ISO 27001, SOC 2, CIS Controls, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and more. We test what's real, not just what's documented.

  • Controls audit mapped to relevant frameworks and regulatory requirements
  • Technical control testing and configuration review
  • Policy, procedure, and evidence review for audit readiness
  • Gap analysis with severity-ranked findings
  • Prioritized remediation roadmap
  • Audit-ready documentation to support certification or attestation
NIST CSF ISO 27001 SOC 2 Compliance
CORE SERVICE
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Insider Threat Assessment

The most damaging security incidents often come from people who already have legitimate access — employees, contractors, and vendors — not external attackers. We evaluate the human risk layer across your systems and workflows, and build a program to catch it early.

  • Access and privilege review across sensitive systems and data
  • Personnel risk indicators: background check policy and offboarding audit
  • Data loss prevention (DLP) and egress monitoring evaluation
  • Behavioral and technical indicator review for early leak and exfiltration detection
  • Incident response and investigation readiness assessment
  • Insider risk governance roadmap with reporting and escalation paths
Insider Risk DLP Offboarding Leak Investigation
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Security Architecture Review

A structured evaluation of how your systems are designed to resist attack. We examine your network segmentation, identity and access model, data flows, and control boundaries — identifying architectural weaknesses before they become incidents.

  • Network segmentation and trust boundary analysis
  • Identity and access model review (roles, privilege paths, least privilege)
  • Data flow mapping and exposure analysis
  • Control gap findings with architectural remediation guidance
Zero Trust Access Control Trust Boundaries
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Vendor & Third-Party Risk Assessment

For organizations vetting the vendors, contractors, and partners that touch their systems and data — before access is granted, not after.

  • Vendor security questionnaire design and review
  • On-site or remote assessments of key vendors
  • Risk scoring across your full vendor portfolio
  • Ongoing monitoring recommendations for high-risk partners
Vendor Risk Third-Party Onboarding

How an engagement works.

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Discovery Call

30 minutes. We learn your industry, your regulatory requirements, and where you are in your security maturity. We scope accordingly.

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Scoping & Access

Read-only access to relevant systems. Documentation request covering network diagrams, policies, and vendor lists. Kickoff call to align on scope and timeline.

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Assessment

Technical review of your environment, controls, and workflows — combined with staff interviews and documentation review — mapped against the frameworks relevant to your industry.

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Report & Readout

Executive summary plus detailed technical findings. Live readout with your security, IT, and leadership teams. Every finding mapped to a control category and business context.

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Remediation Support

Optional support window for questions, re-tests on critical findings, and audit or certification coordination.

Three engagements. Clear scope.

Straightforward pricing with no enterprise bloat and no junior-team bait-and-switch.

Information Security Risk Assessment
Custom Quote
One-time engagement

A risk-first evaluation of your security posture across people, process, and technology — built for organizations that need a clear, prioritized view of where they're exposed.

  • Asset inventory and criticality classification
  • Threat landscape analysis for your industry
  • Control effectiveness evaluation
  • Risk register with likelihood and impact scoring
  • Executive summary for leadership and the board
Ideal for: Pre-audit prep, new CISO onboarding, board and investor reporting
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Cyber Security Audit & Assessment
Custom Quote
One-time engagement

A controls-focused audit mapped to the frameworks your industry and customers require — from technical testing to policy and evidence review.

  • Controls audit mapped to NIST CSF, ISO 27001, SOC 2, or industry-specific frameworks
  • Technical control testing and configuration review
  • Policy and evidence review for audit readiness
  • Gap analysis with prioritized remediation roadmap
  • Executive readout with your leadership team
Ideal for: Compliance certification prep, regulatory requirements, customer security questionnaires
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Insider Threat Assessment
Custom Quote
One-time engagement

A focused review of your insider risk program — access controls, DLP coverage, and offboarding hygiene — for organizations where the bigger risk is someone who already has access.

  • Access and privilege review across sensitive systems
  • DLP and egress monitoring evaluation
  • Contractor and employee offboarding audit
  • Leak and exfiltration investigation readiness review
  • Insider risk governance roadmap
Ideal for: Organizations with distributed teams, contractors, or elevated access to sensitive data or IP
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Credentials that come from doing, not certifying.

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Adversarial Security Thinking

Risk assessments and audits require looking at your environment the way an attacker does — tracing privilege paths, probing trust boundaries, and asking what breaks when a single control fails. That mindset comes from hands-on security operations, not just framework knowledge.

Most audits validate documentation. Ours pressure-test the environment.
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Risk That Leadership and Boards Understand

Findings fail when they stay technical. We translate them into business impact — regulatory exposure, contractual risk, revenue impact, reputational damage — so executives can prioritize with confidence and boards can govern effectively.

Our risk registers are built for decision-makers, not just security teams.
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Operational Security Experience

Certified across security engineering disciplines, with direct experience running security programs at enterprise scale — vulnerability management, compliance attestation, and third-party risk. We know what good looks like because we've built it.

Experience earned in production environments, not just in a classroom.
HOW THE DISCIPLINES WORK TOGETHER
Cyber Security Audit
Confirms which controls exist and whether they meet the framework your industry requires
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Information Security Risk Assessment
Quantifies which gaps matter most given your threat landscape, asset criticality, and business impact
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A Prioritized Security Program
Findings ranked by real-world business impact — with a roadmap your team can execute and your auditors can verify

Let's talk about your risk.

A 30-minute discovery call costs nothing. We'll scope the right engagement for your industry, your regulatory requirements, and what you're walking into next.

✔ No NDAs required for the initial conversation
✔ Scope and pricing confirmed in writing before any work begins
✔ Read-only access only — no production write permissions, ever