Independent technical and process audit of your security controls.
A structured, evidence-based audit of your security programme against a chosen baseline — ISO 27001 Annex A, NIST CSF 2.0, CIS Controls, CBUAE or NCA ECC — with prioritised findings and a remediation roadmap.
Context, scope, delivery and impact — written for buyers, boards, auditors and search engines alike.
Independent security audits are increasingly requested by boards, regulators, cyber insurers, prospective acquirers and enterprise customers as objective evidence that controls are designed and operating effectively.
Coverage typically spans governance, risk management, asset management, identity and access management, data protection, network security, endpoint and server security, cloud security (AWS, Azure, GCP), application security and SDLC, vulnerability and patch management, security monitoring and incident response, third-party risk, business continuity and physical security.
Lead Auditors (ISO 27001 LA, CISA, CRISC) execute a four-stage engagement: scope, fieldwork, report and validate.
An independent, written report suitable for the board, audit committee, regulator, insurer or customer — typically delivered in 4–8 weeks.
A visual breakdown of how the engagement runs, what evidence we leave behind, and the business outcomes you can defend at the board.
Agree baseline, systems, locations and stakeholders.
Interviews, evidence review, control testing.
Findings, ratings and remediation roadmap.
Re-test of remediated controls on request.
Every item below is part of an audit-ready Security Audit programme — what regulators, certification bodies and enterprise buyers expect to see.
Confirmed boundaries for Security Audit across entities, locations and systems.
Current-state diagnostic with prioritised, owner-tagged findings.
Approved by top management, version-controlled and communicated to staff.
Threats, controls, residual risk and accepted exceptions documented.
Attendance, content and assessment evidence retained.
Central, auditor-accessible, timestamped artefacts per control.
Independent assurance run before any external assessment.
Findings, corrective actions and re-test evidence tracked to closure.
No. A security audit reviews controls, processes and evidence; a penetration test actively exploits technical weaknesses. Most clients run both.
Most clients combine this engagement with one or more of the services below — a natural next step once foundations are in place.
CREST/OSCP-led testing across infrastructure, web, mobile, cloud and APIs.
End-to-end audit across IT operations, security, risk and compliance.
Build an audit-ready ISMS aligned to ISO 27001:2022.
IIA-aligned internal audit for IT, security and compliance.
Direct links into the relevant clauses, controls and regulator obligations covered by this engagement.
Info & Cyber Security
KSA Regulatory
KSA Regulatory
National Institute of Standards and Technology · Global / International
Center for Internet Security · Global / International
Central Bank of the UAE · United Arab Emirates
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