Cybersecurity Audits
Cybersecurity Audit & Risk Assessment Services
A cybersecurity audit is a structured, evidence-based review of your controls, configurations, and policies against a recognized standard such as NIST CSF, HIPAA, or CMMC. Northshire Tech performs audits in-house across New Hampshire and Vermont — including Dover, the Seacoast, Nashua, and Manchester — and delivers a prioritized findings report with a remediation roadmap you can act on immediately.
What Our Cybersecurity Audit Covers
A fixed-scope, evidence-based audit that shows exactly where you stand and what to fix first — no fear-mongering, no open-ended consulting clock
We define the audit boundary with you — systems, data, locations, and third parties — and inventory what actually exists, so the audit tests your real environment, not a diagram of what it used to be.
We evaluate your controls across the five NIST Cybersecurity Framework functions — identify, protect, detect, respond, and recover — and score each area against what an examiner, insurer, or customer will actually ask about.
We scan and test for the exposures behind most breaches — unpatched systems, weak configurations, missing multi-factor authentication, and excessive permissions — with practical evidence, not theoretical findings.
We map findings against the frameworks that apply to you — HIPAA, CMMC, PCI-DSS, or state requirements — and document which gaps matter for compliance versus which are hygiene, so you prioritize correctly.
You receive a written report: every finding ranked by likelihood and impact, the remediation steps for each, and a sequenced roadmap sized to your budget — the deliverable the audit exists to produce.
After remediation, we re-test the fixed controls and issue a validation summary you can hand to an insurer, customer, or regulator as evidence the gaps are closed — not just a promise they were.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a cybersecurity audit?
A cybersecurity audit is a structured, evidence-based review that checks your security controls, configurations, and policies against a recognized standard such as NIST CSF, HIPAA, CMMC, or PCI-DSS, and documents what passes and what gaps remain. The deliverable is a prioritized findings report and remediation roadmap — proof of your security posture, not just a scan.
How much does a cybersecurity audit cost?
Our audits are flat-fee and fixed-scope. Cost depends on the number of systems, locations, and frameworks in scope — a small single-office audit costs materially less than a multi-site compliance audit. After a free discovery call we provide a written, itemized proposal so you know the investment before committing.
How long does a cybersecurity audit take?
Most small-business audits complete within two to four weeks from kickoff to findings report: one to two weeks of assessment and evidence gathering, then a written report and a walkthrough session. Compliance-heavy scopes with multiple frameworks can run longer, and we set the timeline in the proposal up front.
Do you provide cybersecurity audits in New Hampshire and Vermont?
Yes. We deliver cybersecurity audits across all of New Hampshire and Vermont — including Dover, the Seacoast, Nashua, Manchester, Concord, Burlington, and Rutland — from our Vermont base. All assessment and reporting work is led in-house by our engineers, with on-site visits where the scope calls for them.
Which framework should our audit target — NIST, HIPAA, CMMC, or PCI?
It depends on who is asking. Insurers and general customers typically accept a NIST CSF-aligned audit; healthcare organizations need HIPAA-relevant controls; defense suppliers need CMMC; anyone storing cardholder data needs PCI-DSS. We help you pick in scoping — and where several apply, we audit once against a merged control set instead of running separate engagements.
What is the difference between a cybersecurity audit and a risk assessment?
A risk assessment identifies and ranks your risks — threats, vulnerabilities, and the likelihood and impact of each — and is usually the first step. An audit goes further: it tests your actual controls against a defined standard and documents pass or fail with evidence, which is what regulators, insurers, and customers usually require. Our engagements combine both in one deliverable.
How Our Cybersecurity Audit Works
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Scope
We agree on the audit boundary — which systems, locations, and frameworks are in — and schedule around your operations. The scope is fixed and the fee is flat before work begins.
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Assess
We inventory your environment, test technical controls, review configurations and access, and interview key staff — gathering evidence against each control, not opinions.
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Report
We deliver a written findings report with every issue ranked by likelihood and impact, mapped to your applicable frameworks, and explained in plain language your leadership can act on.
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Roadmap
We walk through the findings with your team and agree on a sequenced remediation plan — what you fix first, what can wait, and what we can handle for you if you want help executing.
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Validate
Once remediation is complete, we re-test the fixed controls and issue a validation summary that documents the gaps are closed — evidence for insurers, customers, and regulators.
Flat-Fee, Fixed-Scope Auditing
Every audit engagement starts with a free discovery call and a written, itemized proposal. The scope is fixed and the fee is flat — you get the findings report, the remediation roadmap, and a validation re-test without an open-ended consulting clock.
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Schedule Your Cybersecurity Audit
Start with a free discovery call. We scope the audit, quote a flat fee, and you finish with a prioritized findings report and a roadmap — no obligation.