Cybersecurity
A documented baseline you can build a security program, and a budget, around.
Our cybersecurity risk assessment (CSRA) is a formal review of the threats, vulnerabilities, likelihood, and impact facing your organization, ending in a prioritized remediation plan. It is built for healthcare practices, defense contractors, financial firms, and law firms that need a written risk assessment for HIPAA, CMMC, the FTC Safeguards Rule, or a cyber insurance application. The outcome is a documented baseline that tells you what to fix first and why.
Each part below ends up in a written report you can share with leadership, auditors, and insurers.
The realistic threats to your organization, based on your industry, your data, and how your people work.
Weaknesses in systems, configurations, processes, and vendors that those threats could exploit.
How likely each risk is and what it would cost in downtime, data exposure, and regulatory consequences.
A ranked list of what to fix first, so budget goes to the risks that matter most.
They do different jobs, and the free check is not a substitute for the formal assessment.
A quick look at external security signals and AI readiness. A useful starting point, not a formal risk assessment.
A documented review of threats, vulnerabilities, likelihood, impact, and remediation priorities, of the kind regulators and insurers expect.
For defense contractors, CMMC gap work and SPRS score estimates are handled through our DoD and CMMC services. NorthStar does not perform official CMMC assessments.
A formal risk assessment is built for regulated organizations that are required to document their risks, not just manage them.
This published case study describes a complete risk assessment delivered under federal scrutiny.
Primary sources for the risk assessment requirements mentioned on this page.
Your organization remains responsible for its own compliance program. We help you implement and document the technical and administrative work that program depends on. Nothing on this page is legal advice or a certification.
About the author
Ken Satkunam, CISM
President & Founder, NorthStar Technology Group
Ken has spent over 25 years in IT leadership, serving in roles from technical support to CIO for organizations as large as 23,000 employees. He founded NorthStar Technology Group in 2000 to help regulated organizations build secure, compliant, and operationally resilient technology environments. Ken holds the Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) credential from ISACA and is the co-author of the Amazon best-seller "Cyber Attack Prevention." He has been quoted in industry publications including eWeek and DM News, and NorthStar has been recognized on the Inc. 5000 list in both 2024 and 2025.
The free check is the starting point. From there, we can scope a formal cybersecurity risk assessment for your organization.
