Cybersecurity
We offer deep industry-focused experience across a broad range of cybersecurity domains to help you improve your security posture and reduce risk.
The Cost and Risk of Doing the Bare Minimum
The average cost of a data breach in the U.S. in 2024 was $9.36 million. Companies today are caught in a constant cycle of escalating cyber threats and heightened user expectations concerning cybersecurity.
The Benefits of Achieving Effective Cybersecurity
Eliassen Group views cybersecurity as a business enabler, not just another requisite cost. Effective incident response planning and testing can save millions in data breach costs. Strong cybersecurity measures enable better workplace productivity through initiatives such as passwordless authentication and self-service capabilities. Cybersecurity enhances the customer experience and instills trust by safeguarding sensitive information and ensuring data privacy.

How We Work with You
At Eliassen Group, we provide business-value-driven solutions to safeguard your critical assets and mitigate cyber risks. Our collaborative approach ensures your organization is well-equipped to defend against evolving threats. We provide comprehensive consulting and staffing solutions across key areas including:
Cybersecurity Risk Assessments & Roadmaps: We perform in-depth risk assessments and create tailored roadmaps to enhance your security posture.
Governance, Policy & Operating Model Support: Our team helps define and implement IT security governance frameworks, policies, effective executive reporting to ensure smooth, efficient operations.
Zero Trust Architecture & Roadmaps: We guide your transition to a zero-trust model, simplifying the user experience with passwordless authentication and robust access management.
Identity & Access Management and Privileged Account Management: We deploy industry-leading solutions to control access, minimize unauthorized entry, and strengthen overall security.
Third-Party Cybersecurity Governance & Vendor Management: We streamline the evaluation and reporting processes for third-party security, reducing external risks.
Cybersecurity Resiliency Planning: Our proactive approach prepares your organization to respond swiftly and effectively to potential cyber threats.
Cybersecurity Capabilities
Risk Assessment
Client Benefits:
- Develop remediation roadmaps to help guide and plan future IT security initiatives
Capabilities:
Proactive identification and prioritization of vulnerabilities across people, processes, and technology:
- Validate adherence to frameworks like NIST CSF, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and GDPR, ensuring alignment with industry best practices
- Mitigation Roadmaps: Prioritize remediation efforts with tailored strategies to reduce attack surfaces
Zero Trust Architecture
Client Benefits:
- Adopt a "never trust, always verify" model to secure distributed, hybrid environments
- Zero Trust can provide a unified approach to enhancing IT capabilities and assist in simplified executive reporting on your company's security posture
Capabilities:
Define and implement a zero trust architecture for your company:
- Develop principles-based Strategy & Roadmap
- Continuous Verification: Authenticate users, devices, and workloads dynamically using risk-based multi-factor authentication (MFA) and behavioral analytics
- Micro-Segmentation: Isolate network traffic and enforce least-privilege access to limit unauthorized lateral movement
- Data-Centric Protections: Encrypt data in transit/rest and apply access controls via software-defined perimeters
- Maturity Assessments: Evaluate existing ZTA readiness and develop phased implementation plans
Identity Management
Client Benefits:
Identity Modernization programs have direct impacts on your customers and workforce. Eliassen Group can help you deliver on:
- Operational efficiency & automation
- Enhanced user experience
- Insider threat reduction
- Reduced ransomware risks with just-in-time approvals and session monitoring
Capabilities:
Secure access through industry-leading solutions across:
- Identity Governance: Enforce least-privilege
- Define role-based access controls (RBAC) and automate entitlements for users, service accounts
- Privileged Account Management (PAM): Monitor and restrict high-risk sessions (e.g., admin accounts) with just-in-time permissions and session recording
Network & Data Protection
Client Benefits:
Effective Network & Data Protection is foundational to your IT security program. Eliassen Group can help deliver:
- Breach Prevention by utilizing encryption and DLP tools endpoint hardening, cloud security posture management and cloud access security broker solutions
Capabilities:
Safeguard infrastructure and sensitive data through layered defenses:
- Encryption & DLP: Deploy end-to-end encryption and data loss prevention (DLP) tools to monitor and block unauthorized transfers
- Endpoint Security: Harden devices with EDR/XDR solutions, application whitelisting, and patch management
- Cloud Security: Secure hybrid environments with CSPM & CASB integration, and API threat detection
Monitoring & Threat Detection
Client Benefits:
Anticipate threats, detect malicious activity, and improve response time
Capabilities:
Maintain visibility and respond to threats in real time:
- SIEM & SOAR: Centralize logs, correlate events, and automate incident response workflows using industry standard SIEM & SOAR
- Vulnerability Management: Identify vulnerabilities and misconfigurations, and shadow IT through automated scanning
- Red team/blue team/purple team experienced resources
Resiliency Planning
Client Benefits:
Eliassen Group’s resiliency planning can help you deliver on:
- Reduced downtime of your IT systems
- Reduced impact and cost of malicious activity
- Improved alignment with your Cyber insurance provider
Capabilities:
- Incident Response Planning: Develop playbooks for ransomware, data breaches, and supply chain attacks, including tabletop exercises
- Backup & Disaster Recovery: Design geo-redundant backups, immutable storage, and failover systems aligned with RTO/RPO objectives
Partner with Eliassen Group to implement tailored, innovative strategies that protect your business and provide peace of mind for your clients and staff.
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