What is Build Configuration Review?

It is the process of identifying system vulnerabilities with the help of systematic assessments and also ensuring that the system is aligned with the best practices.

Why is a Build Configuration Review important?

You can strengthen your organizations security posture by detecting misconfigurations in your existing system that are likely to fall prey to cyber attackers.

What are typically accessed during the review?

The review applies to physical assets, workstations, cloud environment, critical infrastructures, hardware and software configuration etc.

How often should Build Configuration Reviews be conducted?

The review needs to be done on a regular basis that too with the help of an expert panel. This should be mainly done after significant system changes or deployments to maintain optimal security.

Build Configuration Review - Microminder Cyber Security

Build Configuration Review by MCS

Ensure Optimal security and compliance with the help of MCS’s Build Configuration Review services

What is the Build Configuration review?

A misconfigured or overlooked setting within a system can serve as a potential entry point for cyber attackers. Anything like an improperly configured firewall or a default password can pave an entry door for attackers to access sensitive data of the organisation.

A build configuration review provides a comprehensive overview of the security of your assets that can lead to a significant reduction in cyber attacks at an early period of your asset lifecycle. The review process not only reduces cyber threat incidents but also establishes Secure Configuration Baselines for your organisation assets in general.

We help you seal every entry point by a very professional and methodical review process.This is done through a series of specialised assessments that target your organisation's assets like laptops, desktops, mobile and network devices, servers and cloud environments.Identifying and addressing vulnerabilities at an early stage of the asset lifecycle makes it a challenging job for threat actors to exploit your businesses' entry points.

Proactive settings and maintenance of security baselines using our Build Configuration Review process ensures that all your assets adhere to established security standards.These reviews if done constantly helps in monitoring deviations and prevents your business from falling prey to major and minor security breaches.

Fewer cyber breach incidents will help minimise the impact on your business operations and eventually reduce the costs associated with incident response and recovery. You can outshine competitive businesses by choosing the proactive stance of implementing the MCS powered Build Configuration Review process that enhances the organisation's resilience against evolving cyber threats. Not just that it also helps in maintaining the integrity and confidentiality of your critical assets. Regular configuration reviews are a must have for any organisation and it is always better to entrust this with a cybersecurity expert like MCS.

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Here's Why Your Company Needs a Build and Configuration Review:

A build review is essential in ensuring that your business software is functioning correctly.

A device not adequately configured can present malicious attackers with a pathway into your organisation. Therefore to protect your firm's sensitive data, it is essential to identify and address vulnerabilities in your devices and networks.

Your business can carry out several different types of build assessments. However, to provide an accurate review of a build, it is essential to take into account the following:

Who is it for and What do we test?

If you are looking to strengthen the security of your IT infrastructure then it is necessary that you need to conduct a Build Configuration Review in a professional way. It is valuable for any business that is handling sensitive data. The review applies to server builds, end user devices and standardised system images often referred as gold images, used for deployment.So to minimise risk, enhance compliance or to maintain a strong security foundation for your physical assets, workstation, cloud environment or critical infrastructure, proper Build Configuration review and assessment are inevitable.

Some of the critical security aspects that we deal with are:

Benefits of Build Configuration Reviews

Having a properly managed Build Configuration Review is critical for an organisation as it helps to protect its software and hardware configurations. Some of the benefits of the same are entrusted below:

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Establishing a robust security framework

Build configuration reviews are one of the best methods that ensures that all the systems within your organisation are resilient against potential threats from the outset. Adhering to the established protocol of this process can minimise vulnerabilities and create a very strong and robust foundation for your IT infrastructure.

Early detection and mitigation of vulnerabilities

The proactive identification of security weaknesses of your assets is very important. This can be done with the help of a regular assessment that will help uncover misconfiguration, outdated settings or other potential vulnerabilities. Addressing these issues and rectifying them can prevent unauthorised access, data breaches and system disruption, thereby maintaining the integrity and availability of your services.

Ensuring regulatory and standards compliance

If you are a business who is handling important sensitive data, then you should not make sure to align your system configuration with relevant industry regulations. Compliance with frameworks such as ISO 27001, NIST and GDPR helps stay away from legal penalties. Not just that it also demonstrates your commitment to data protection which will help you stand taller than competitors running similar enterprises. Reputation and trustworthiness are key features when running a business and to enhance them a well structured Build Configuration Review is important.

Balancing security with system performance.

Build Configuration Management done by experts like us ensures that the security system is optimised to protect your system without affecting the operating efficiency. It is very important to balance performance and safety of your organisation so that your business can run smoothly and securely.

Access to specified configuration

Making sure that all the configuration of your organisation system is aligned with the best practices is important for maintaining a healthy security posture. Leveraging the knowledge of experts is necessary in this matter. This will give your staff the right insight in implementing effective security measures that are robust.

Assurance through comprehensive build evaluation

Performing Build Configuration Review with the help of experts provides your team with confidence that security protocols are properly implemented and you can carry on with your operations with peace of mind.

Our Build Configuration Methodology

Our team at MCS has meticulously designed a methodology for Build Security that can cater according to your requirements and which will enhance your business performance and compliance of your organisations IT systems.

The major steps that we take are:

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Comprehensive assessment

The first and foremost step undertaken by our experts is the in depth evaluation of your current system configurations. This will include the thorough inspection of everything like the hardware setups, software installations and network settings. We have both manual and automated tools that can identify vulnerabilities and discrepancies and also help you in identifying areas that have deviated from established security standards.

Benchmarking against best practises

We help you compare your existing systems with the best practices benchmarked in the current industry. This will help you in pinpointing potential security gaps. We also utilise frameworks such as the Center for Internet Security (CIS) to make sure that your system is in terms with prevalent industry standards.

Risk analysis and prioritisation

After identifying all the potential issues in your existing system, each one of them are carefully examined and studied on the basis of how they pose a threat to your organization's IT infrastructure. This will help you in focussing on the worst and most critical risks at first. Effective and efficient remediation will then be possible at this stage.

Tailored Recommendations

Every organisation and its IT systems are different and so we provide detailed and actionable recommendations based on your organisation's specific needs. This will include configuration testing adjustments, policy enhancements and also software and hardware updates.

Collaborative implementation support

Our teams will work together to implement these suggested modifications. We help you at every single step and also make sure that all these modifications are applied correctly and efficiently with minimum disruption to your operations.

Continuous monitoring and follow up

Continuous monitoring of your services is a must because we can see that the cybersecurity landscape is ever evolving. We have a team that continuously updates their knowledge on the same. Regular follow up reviews are done and its results are shared and discussed at regular intervals. Necessary adjustments are also done in response to both emerging threats and also when there are some sort of organisational changes.

Documentation and training

The entire review process is documented comprehensively for future references.The entire staff of your organisation will be educated on how to manage and maintain the implemented security configurations independently.

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