Understand your risk. Build a clearer roadmap.
Assess how well your security capabilities support the business, identify the gaps that matter and establish a realistic plan for improvement. Cybergen brings evidence and business context to your next security decisions.
Illustrative example only, not live data
A clear view of capability and exposure
An organisation can have security tools, documented processes and completed projects without knowing how effectively they work together. A maturity assessment looks at the repeatability, ownership and evidence behind those capabilities.
We combine that view with a practical understanding of cyber risk: what could happen, which services or information would be affected and how existing controls change the exposure. The result is a roadmap that reflects both current capability and the level of protection your organisation needs.
Talk to our teamA higher score is not the goal. Lower real risk is.
Maturity tells you how consistently capabilities work. Risk tells you what could happen and what it would cost. Looking at both stops effort going into the wrong places.
How well do our capabilities work?
Ownership, repeatability and evidence behind each control, judged against an agreed framework.
What could actually happen to us?
Plausible threat scenarios, the services and information affected, and how controls change the exposure.
A roadmap that matters
Priorities that reflect business impact, not just the lowest score.
Six functions. One clear picture.
We often use the NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 to organise the assessment. Select a function to see what we look at.
Govern
Strategy, roles, policy and oversight of cyber risk, including supply chain risk.
Questions we explore
- Is cyber risk owned at board level?
- Are roles and responsibilities clear?
- Is supplier risk managed?
Identify
Understanding assets, data, risks and improvement opportunities.
Questions we explore
- Do you know your critical assets and data?
- Are risks assessed and recorded?
- Are lessons fed back into improvement?
Protect
Safeguards for identity, data, platforms and awareness.
Questions we explore
- Is access least privilege and strongly authenticated?
- Is sensitive data protected?
- Are systems securely configured and patched?
Detect
Finding and analysing possible attacks and compromises.
Questions we explore
- Are logs collected from the right sources?
- Is someone watching around the clock?
- Are alerts investigated consistently?
Respond
Managing, analysing, containing and reporting incidents.
Questions we explore
- Is there a tested incident response plan?
- Do people know their roles?
- Can you meet reporting obligations?
Recover
Restoring assets and operations after an incident.
Questions we explore
- Are backups protected and tested?
- Are recovery priorities agreed?
- Is recovery communicated well?
Where do you think you are today?
Move the slider. The tiers follow the NIST CSF implementation tiers, and we assess each area against them.
Cyber risk is managed ad hoc and reactively. Practices depend on individuals and are rarely documented.
Practices are approved by management but not applied consistently across the organisation.
Practices are formally approved as policy, applied consistently and updated as risks change.
Practices adapt using lessons learned and threat intelligence, with continuous improvement built in.
Most organisations sit at different tiers in different areas. That is exactly what an assessment shows.
See risk move as the roadmap is delivered
We assess plausible scenarios against your business. Toggle to see how an illustrative roadmap changes the picture.
- 1Ransomware on core systems
- 2Supplier compromise
- 3Business email compromise
- 4Cloud data exposure
- 5Insider data theft
Illustrative example
From context to measurable progress
Business and risk context
Identify important services, information assets, stakeholders and dependencies. Establish the scenarios and impacts that should shape assessment priorities.
Current capability assessment
Review how controls and processes are designed, operated and evidenced. Distinguish documented intent from demonstrated practice and record where evidence is incomplete.
Framework-based review
Use an agreed framework, such as NIST CSF 2.0, to organise findings and support a consistent assessment. Select the assessment criteria before reviewing performance.
Target state definition
Agree the outcomes the organisation should work towards. Reflect business priorities, delivery constraints and the level of risk leadership is prepared to accept.
Risk and gap prioritisation
Connect capability gaps with plausible threat scenarios and business impact. Identify immediate concerns, shared dependencies and improvements that enable other work.
Improvement planning and measurement
Turn findings into a phased roadmap with owners, milestones and meaningful progress measures. Define how future reviews will evaluate both delivery and effectiveness.
Evidence, priorities and a plan
- An executive view of significant cyber risks and capability gaps.
- An evidence-based assessment against the agreed criteria.
- A current-state and target-state comparison with assessment limitations recorded.
- A prioritised improvement roadmap with ownership and progress measures.
Frame, assess, challenge, roadmap
Frame
Agree scope, criteria, business outcomes and the evidence required.
Assess
Interview stakeholders and examine representative operational evidence.
Challenge
Validate findings and calibrate priorities with the relevant owners.
Roadmap
Present practical workstreams and establish how progress will be reviewed.
Assessed against the framework that fits you
We agree the criteria before reviewing performance, so results are consistent and comparable over time.
Six functions and implementation tiers, widely used to organise maturity assessments.
Information security management system requirements and Annex A controls.
Outcome-based framework used across UK essential services.
Prioritised technical safeguards, grouped into implementation groups.
UK government-backed baseline technical controls.
What is the difference between risk and maturity?
Risk concerns potential events and their consequences. Maturity concerns how consistently capabilities are managed and improved. Considering both helps avoid prioritising a higher score over a more important business exposure.
Is a maturity score a certification?
No. A score reflects the agreed assessment method and evidence reviewed. It does not establish certification or guarantee that an incident will not occur.
Can we compare results over time?
Yes, when scope, criteria and evidence expectations remain sufficiently consistent. We record changes so progress can be interpreted fairly rather than relying on a single headline number.
Which framework should we use?
It depends on your sector, obligations and goals. NIST CSF 2.0 works well for a broad view, ISO/IEC 27001 suits organisations pursuing certification, and the NCSC CAF is common in UK essential services. We help you choose before the assessment starts.
Turn assessment findings into better decisions.
Establish where you are, where you need to be and which improvements will make the greatest difference.
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