What is a Cybersecurity Assessment Solution?
A Cybersecurity Assessment Solution is a comprehensive tool or service designed to evaluate the security posture of an organization's security culture. Cybersecurity risk assessments help organizations identify vulnerabilities, assess potential risks, and provide recommendations to enhance the overall security of the IT infrastructure.
While most cybersecurity risk assessments focus on security of the IT infrastructure, Mercer | Mettl Cybersecurity Assessment Solution helps avoid cyber incidents by building a security-first culture. It takes a holistic approach to cybersecurity by considering different personal factors influencing how individuals respond to risk.
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Go beyond the traditional security measures with Mercer | Mettl Cybersecurity Assessment Services
Understand the critical role of people and culture in mitigating cyber risks.
Resilience optimization for employees
People-centric approach to building a security-first culture .
Resilience planning for cyber risk.
Risk intelligence for organizational processes
Risk-analysis tool for strategic decision making .
Data-driven insights on risk, cyber awareness, and cybersecurity skills.
Mitigate cyber incidents risk with Mercer | Mettl Cybersecurity Assessment Services
Measure risk propensity of your people across four dimensions.
Taking responsibility
Ownership
Assertiveness
Taking charge
Planning
Compliance and process
Rule adherence
Proactivity
Self-efficacy
Ethics
Interpersonal relationships
Openness and diversity
Empathy
Sociability
Altruism
Positive attitude
Resilience
Positivity
Openness to change
Persistence
Enhance risk management and prevent cyber incidents with our cybersecurity assessment services.
The Mercer | Mettl framework for creating a security-first organization
Get talent insights on cybersecurity with a simple three-step process.
Step 1
Understand your cultural risk profile
How: We apply the cultural risk compliance model using an online questionnaire.
Output: Get an analysis of organizational culture and the gaps hindering the progress to the next level of cybersecurity matureness.
Step 2
Understand your people risk profile
How: We apply the people risk model using online psychometric and technical skill tests.
Output: Uncover employee risk predisposition and technical skill knowledge to predict cybersecurity behavior.
Step 3
Develop cybersecurity risk mitigation plans
How: Utilize analytics to make informed talent decisions based on robust conclusions.
Output: Aggregate data to identify gaps for organization-wide reskilling and upskilling strategy.
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Frequently Asked Questions(FAQs)
1 Why is cybersecurity assessment important?
Cybersecurity assessments are crucial because they help organizations proactively identify and address security weaknesses before attackers can exploit them. They provide a detailed understanding of the current security posture, highlight areas of improvement, and ensure compliance with regulatory standards. By regularly conducting these assessments, organizations can manage risks more effectively, prevent data breaches, minimize potential financial losses, and maintain customer trust and confidence.
2 What are the benefits of using a cloud-based cybersecurity assessment solution?
Mercer | Mettl’s cloud-based cybersecurity assessment solutions offer several benefits:
- Scalability: Easily scale to meet the needs of organizations of all sizes, from small businesses to large enterprises.
- Ease of deployment: Quick and straightforward to deploy, with minimal setup and maintenance required.
- Lower upfront costs: Reduced capital expenditure compared to on-premises solutions, as cloud-based services typically operate on a subscription model.
- Continuous updates: The service provider manages regular updates and improvements, ensuring that the latest security measures and threat intelligence are always in place.
- Accessibility: Accessible from anywhere with an internet connection, providing flexibility for remote and distributed teams.
3 How is the Mercer | Mettl Cybersecurity Assessment Solution different from other cybersecurity assessment offerings?
Usually, cybersecurity assessment solutions are designed to evaluate the security posture of an organization's information systems. The assessment aims to help organizations identify vulnerabilities, assess potential risks, and provide recommendations to enhance the overall security of the IT infrastructure. The main focus of these assessments remains the organization's IT infrastructure, such as firewalls and operating systems.
While most cybersecurity assessments focus on the security of the IT infrastructure, Mercer | Mettl Cybersecurity Assessment Solution helps avoid cyber incidents by building a security-first culture. Mercer | Mettl's approach involves assessing individuals across four dimensions: compliance and process, interpersonal relationships, positive attitude, and taking responsibility. This provides valuable insights into the workforce's cybersecurity awareness and behavior by assessing individuals across these competencies. This information can be used to develop targeted training programs, address skill gaps, and foster a culture of cybersecurity consciousness within the organization.
4 How do Mercer | Mettl Cybersecurity Risk Assessment Services help build a security-first culture?
Organizations often overlook the significant role of culture. Organizational culture provides valuable insights into predicting risky behaviors by offering an overview of the collective behavior within the company. In addition to assessing individuals, Mercer | Mettl employs a risk culture model to evaluate an organization's cybersecurity culture. This model comprises 28 survey questions across five dimensions: behaviors, relationships, organizational structure, people competencies, and senior leadership.
Mercer | Mettl helps identify areas of strength that require improvement by evaluating an organization's risk culture across these dimensions. This enables organizations to develop targeted strategies to enhance their cybersecurity culture, aligning it with their overall risk management objectives.
