How Strong Is Your Cybersecurity Posture?
Security Domains
Controls Assessed
Kill Chain Phases
The Challenge
Do You Know Where Your Greatest Cybersecurity Risks Are?
Organizations can invest in security tools and controls without having a clear way to determine whether those protections are working together effectively.
THE SOLUTION
A Clearer View of Your Cybersecurity Posture
Gain a clearer understanding of your organization’s cybersecurity posture with the Cybersecurity Scorecard. This non-invasive, highly automated assessment identifies security gaps and provides actionable recommendations to help you prioritize improvements and reduce risk.
Measure
Gain visibility into your security posture across critical areas.
Prioritize
Identify where security gaps create the greatest risk.
Improve
Use actionable remediation recommendations to strengthen your cybersecurity posture
7 SECURITY DOMAINS
One Scorecard. Seven Critical Areas of Cybersecurity.
The Cybersecurity Scorecard evaluates seven core areas of your security environment to provide a clearer picture of your organization’s overall cybersecurity posture.
External Security
Vulnerability analysis, attack surface, authentication, and reputation analysis.
Password Security
Password policies, password audits, credential exposure, and password management.
Account Security
Least privilege, tiered access, dormant accounts, and privilege reviews.
Active Directory
Certificate templates, machine accounts, anonymous access, domain controllers, password age, and access control risks.
Microsoft 365 Security
Conditional access policies, auditing configuration, identity security, app security, and data security.
Common Controls
Controls including web and email filtering, network intrusion detection, firewall security, monitoring, backups, awareness, mobile device management, and internal MFA.
THREAT ALIGNMENT
See Your Security Posture Through an Attacker’s Eyes
The Cybersecurity Scorecard connects assessed security controls to stages of a real-world ransomware attack, helping show how weaknesses across your environment can create opportunities for threat actors.
- 01
Get In
Understand controls designed to address common initial access paths.
- 02
Run Malware & Stay Hidden
Evaluate endpoint, account, Active Directory, and monitoring controls.
- 03
Gain Admin Power & Steal Credentials
Identify weaknesses involving privileges, passwords, and Active Directory.
- 04
Spread, Collect & Exfiltrate
Evaluate controls intended to limit lateral movement and data exposure.
- 05
Deploy Ransomware
Assess areas such as backup security, reputation monitoring, and endpoint protection.
WHY THE DEAN DORTON SCORECARD IS DIFFERENT
Turn Complex Security Data into Actionable Insights
Simply identifying security issues one by one isn’t enough. Dean Dorton’s Cybersecurity Scorecard looks at how security gaps work together, providing a clearer picture of where the greatest risks exist and helping your organization prioritize action.
Outdated Antivirus
Critical Vulnerabilities
Local Admin Rights
Combined Risk
High-Risk Asset
Context Matters
Individual findings are only part of the picture. Layered defenses, such as email and web filtering, can reduce overall exposure. By evaluating individual risks alongside shared controls and layered defenses, the Cybersecurity Scorecard provides greater context around your organization’s overall risk posture. Organizations looking for a broader evaluation of their security environment can also explore Dean Dorton’s Cybersecurity Assessments.
See the Bigger Picture
Understand how individual security issues interact instead of evaluating findings in isolation.
Prioritize Your Efforts
Identify where improvements can have the greatest impact on your cybersecurity posture.
Measure Progress
Track elements of your security program monthly, quarterly, or annually to measure progress over time. Need ongoing support strengthening your security program? Learn how Dean Dorton’s Cybersecurity Advisory Services can provide strategic guidance and ongoing information security support.
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Take a Closer Look at the Cybersecurity Scorecard
Explore the seven security domains, controls assessed, threat alignment, and how Dean Dorton turns complex security data into actionable insights.
How Does Your Cybersecurity Posture Measure Up?
Get a clearer picture of your organization’s cybersecurity risks and where your efforts can have the greatest impact.
