Risk Assessments Cybersecurity – Dallas (TX)
Many Dallas and Texas businesses face various challenges when managing cybersecurity programs. These include ever-evolving threats, human errors, misconfigurations, poor maintenance, and a lack of a formal cybersecurity plan. An organization is exposed to reputational damage, intellectual property theft, stolen data, and financial loss without adequate and updated protections. In fact, according to IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Study, the average breach cost in 2023 was $4.5M. This figure reflects the loss potential and the importance of a comprehensive cybersecurity program.
The first step in evaluating your program is conducting a cybersecurity risk assessment. This assessment is designed to identify and test assets that could be impacted by an attack, including hardware, systems, customer/patient data, and intellectual property. It also looks for vulnerabilities due to poor cyber hygiene, cloud vulnerabilities, poor data management, and inadequate post-attack procedures. The resulting report provides insight into how to increase overall effectiveness.
Cybersecurity Risk Assessments – Dallas
Berkowitz Pollack Brant Advisors + CPAs provides cybersecurity risk assessments to companies’ organizations and family offices in Dallas and Texas. Our team has years of experience evaluating existing protections and recommending improvements against ransomware, phishing, and other malicious attacks. Our team members hold numerous industry certifications from ISC2, Microsoft, Cisco, Citrix, VMware, and more. This means we have both the technical knowledge and practical experience to evaluate systems and remediate concerns across many areas.
Dallas Cybersecurity Risk Assessment Services
Our risk assessment services feature an initial review of the company’s compliance requirements, including Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC), NYDFS (23 NYCRR Part 500), PCI, or the new FTC safeguard requirements, followed by a gap analysis. The assessment often includes vulnerability scanning, penetration testing, and other activities needed to evaluate risk. The result is a written report that provides a clear picture of the strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for improvement.
We offer additional cybersecurity services that may need to be implemented based on the findings in the report, including:
- Access control, security cameras and alarm management
- Compliance management
- Password management
- Penetration testing
- Personalized cyber roadmap
- Phishing testing
- Security awareness training
- Virtual Chief Security Officer (vCSO)
- Vulnerability management
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Contact our Dallas Cybersecurity Specialists
Berkowitz Pollack Brant Advisors + CPAs provides cybersecurity risk assessment services to companies in Dallas and across Texas from our Miami headquarters. If you have questions or need assistance with a risk assessment or other cybersecurity service, complete the form below, and a team member will contact you shortly.
Recent Dallas Cybersecurity Incidents
Recently, Dallas, Texas, has experienced significant cybersecurity incidents, most notably the ransomware attack on the City of Dallas in May 2023. This attack, attributed to the Royal ransomware gang, compromised the personal data of over 26,000 individuals, including city employees and members of the public. The exposed data included sensitive information such as names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and health insurance details.
The ransomware attack caused widespread disruption, affecting critical city services, including the Dallas Police Department’s systems and 911 operations. In response, the city took its systems offline and began a costly recovery process, which has already cost the city $8.5 million. The attack was significant not only for its immediate impact but also for revealing vulnerabilities in the city’s cybersecurity infrastructure, which attackers had been exploiting for nearly a month before the ransomware was deployed.
National Reach
We also provide cybersecurity risk assessment services to companies in Atlanta (GA), Birmingham (AL), Charleston (SC), Charlotte (NC), Chicago (IL), Cincinnati (OH), Denver (CO), Des Moines (IA), Detroit (MI), Houston (TX), Indianapolis (IN), Las Vegas (NV), Lexington (KY), Little Rock (AR), Miami (FL), Minneapolis (MN), Nashville (TN), Newark (NJ), New Orleans (LA), New York (NY), Omaha (NE), Richmond (VA), Santa Fe (NM), and Wilmington (DE).