Our Flare service combines technical depth with strategic clarity. We leave no risk unchecked in this thorough security assessment.
Beyond identifying gaps, we assess the real-world risk each finding poses to your business operations and objectives.
Your security environment is mapped against NCSC CAF standards, with colour-coded scoring for instant clarity.
Technical teams get detailed analysis and remediation steps. Leadership gets clear, business-focused summaries perfect for board presentation.
A fresh viewpoint to understand your security
Even the best teams develop knowledge gaps. Our third-party security audit brings current threat intelligence and an outsider's perspective to spot vulnerabilities that routine familiarity can obscure.
Give your internal or external security teams the independent validation they deserve. We confirm what's working well and identify where additional support or resources could strengthen your defences.
Transform technical findings into compelling board presentations. Our cyber resilience assessment provides the concrete evidence you need to justify security spending and demonstrate value.
Tracking every security development is impossible for busy teams. We bring the latest cyber intelligence directly to you, showing exactly how to apply it in your environment.
Common questions about our Flare service
Our comprehensive assessment covers four major security domains. For example, we review your identity and access management to ensure proper user lifecycle processes and privileged access controls. We examine your vulnerability management to check if weaknesses are being identified and fixed promptly. We assess your SIEM configuration to ensure it’s effectively detecting threats. We also evaluate endpoint security, email protection, network monitoring, and cloud security controls. Each area receives detailed attention to build a complete picture of your security posture.
No. This is a collaborative assessment conducted with full knowledge of your current team. We’re here to support and validate, not to undermine.
Audit duration depends on your environment size. Small organisations (under 300 endpoints) typically complete in 5 days. Larger enterprises may need 10-12 days.
We don’t evaluate pricing or commercial arrangements. Our focus is purely on security effectiveness and whether your solution meets your business needs.
Both are industry gold standards. NCSC CAF is the UK government’s framework for critical infrastructure. CIS provides internationally recognised security controls. We focus our audit around the CAF benchmark, but where appropriate, we can include some assessment of public cloud configuration using CIS controls.
We only need read-only access to security-relevant systems. We’ll provide a detailed list during scoping, tailored to your environment.
For internal teams, we validate their hard work, identify knowledge gaps that naturally develop, and help bridge IT and business priorities. For those using external providers, we independently verify you’re getting the protection you need and eliminate unknowns about your security coverage. In both cases, we provide impartial assessment without questioning commercial arrangements or undermining existing relationships.
After the audit, you’re free to implement changes as you wish. You could also engage us for ongoing support; we can help you implement the recommendations through our other services.
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