Risk identification
Identify threats, vulnerabilities, dependencies and scenarios relevant to the system, service or organisation being assessed.
Risk
Risk Assessment
Understanding security risk is fundamental to making informed decisions about systems, services and information.
Talk to us about Risk Assessment
Understanding your security risk
Stanway Hope supports organisations in identifying and understanding security risks, assessing their significance and determining where attention should be prioritised. Our approach is proportionate to the organisation, system and operating environment, helping stakeholders understand risk in a form that supports practical decision making.
We are widely experienced in the performance and delivery of Risk Assessment and Risk Management activities and products. Our team has contributed to the development of strategies, policies and methodologies used within the UK Public Sector, and works to ISO27005, client or sector-specific approaches, or a tailored solution where that better fits the need. Where required by the customer or operating environment, risk-management documentation can be developed to support the applicable governance and assurance process.
How we can help
Identify, analyse and evaluate security risk, then present it in a form that supports the next decision.
Risk analysis
Consider the likelihood and potential impact of identified risks within the relevant business and technical context.
Risk evaluation
Help stakeholders understand the significance of identified risks and establish appropriate priorities.
Risk management support
Translate assessment findings into information that supports treatment, acceptance and wider decision making.
Standards-aligned assessments
Support assessments informed by recognised security and risk-management standards and guidance, including ISO27005, where they apply.
Bespoke assessments
Tailor the scope and approach to the system, service, project or organisation being assessed, including client or sector-specific methods.
What this helps you achieve
Risk assessment should not simply produce a document. It should provide a useful understanding of where risk exists, why it matters and what can reasonably be done about it.
A clearer view of security risk
See where risk exists and why it matters, rather than relying on an incomplete or inconsistent picture of the system or service.
Threats and vulnerabilities in view
Improve visibility of the threats, vulnerabilities and dependencies that should inform the next decision.
Better prioritisation
Direct security activity and investment toward the risks that most need attention.
Information that can be used
Give business and technical stakeholders risk information that can support informed decisions, including treatment and acceptance.
Our approach
Establish the context, assess the risk, then set priorities that can support the next stage of risk management.
Understand
Establish the context, objectives, scope, assets and relevant security concerns.
Assess
Identify and analyse relevant security risks.
Prioritise
Evaluate findings so that the most significant risks and dependencies can be understood.
Advise
Present clear findings and practical recommendations to support subsequent risk-management decisions.
From assessment to treatment
Risk assessment should provide a basis for decision making rather than exist as an isolated security document. Stanway Hope can help maintain a clear relationship between identified risks, proposed treatment activities, security controls and subsequent assurance.
Where appropriate, this can also support wider information-security management by connecting risk assessment and risk treatment with control selection, implementation and review.
Related services
Assessment often leads into security requirements and treatment. These services can be used together or on their own.
Security Requirements
Define the security need so design, treatment and assurance have something measurable to work from.
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Risk Treatment
Turn assessment findings into proportionate options, plans and decisions about residual risk.
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Tell us about the system, service or programme you need to assess. We can discuss a proportionate approach and how Stanway Hope can support you.