Whether you’re pursuing SOC 2, ISO 27001, HITRUST, PCI DSS, or a combination of compliance assessments, a readiness assessment is a crucial first step. Readiness assessments test the controls that will be examined during your audit, which will provide recommendations for any necessary remediation. In short, it helps ensure your audit runs smoothly.
Readiness Assessments
Prepare your organization for compliance with leading regulatory frameworks with a Readiness Assessment from BARR.
Audit-Ready Confidence for Any Compliance Framework
Benefits of completing a readiness assessment:
Initial testing of controls
Recommendations for remediation
Opportunity to remediate issues prior to your audit
Reduced risk of unexpected control gaps
Enhanced organizational confidence
Why BARR for your readiness assessment:
Our world-class NPS of 91 places us in the top quartile in the professional services and technology industries.
With nearly 400 readiness assessments performed, BARR’s experience spans the most highly-regulated industries and sought-after frameworks.
Every member of our client services team holds industry-recognized certifications such as CISA, CISSP, ISO Lead Auditor, and HITRUST CCSFP.
Our experience with Coordinated Audits means your readiness assessment comes with the perspective of all major cybersecurity compliance frameworks.
1 of only a few firms in the U.S. approved to offer all four of the highest-regarded cybersecurity compliance standards: SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, and HITRUST.
With BARR, you get the accessibility of a boutique firm with the tools and expertise of a global consulting agency.
BARR can help your organization with a readiness assessment for any of the following:
What to Expect
When working with BARR on your readiness assessment, you can expect clear communication, an approachable team, and no surprises. BARR will provide three key deliverables to assess the readiness of your audit: System Scope, Prioritization of Gaps, and Key Controls. This is accomplished by:
You will be introduced to your dedicated BARR engagement manager to schedule the first readiness meeting. After meeting the team and confirming expectations, you can expect to provide a demo of the target system.
Your engagement manager will schedule a minimum two-hour meeting that works for you to get an overview of your key processes, including change management, access management, and vulnerability management. Additional meetings may be necessary depending on complexity.
Once your engagement manager has an understanding of your processes, they will provide a prioritized list of observations and recommendations. We will go over the list in a one-hour debrief meeting.
You will develop and execute remediation plans to get your environment ready for your engagement, but don’t worry, your engagement manager is here to help with any questions. Based on your remediation timeline, your manager will work with you to plan your engagement timeline and resources. BARR will execute an engagement letter for the examination with the confirmed timelines and key dates.
The detailed pre-assessment partnership enabled us to better understand the specific artifacts the certification body was looking for during each control. This allowed us to refine our practices and logging in advance of the full audit which reduced overall audit time and improved our compliance posture.
Very professional. The readiness process was very well explained and the Q&A session at the end of each session were good. Overall BARR was on top of the audit making sure that we responded in a timely manner. A very knowledgeable team, they knew exactly what needs to be done.
BARR Advisory ran a highly structured and transparent process with a clear articulation of what was needed to achieve date-driven milestones. They are the definition of professional, thorough, and high-quality. It also helped enormously to do the Readiness report with them first to understand the journey ahead.
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