Altius IT's certified auditors deliver independent IT security audit and cybersecurity consulting services to federal agencies, contractors, and businesses across the National Capital Region.
Washington DC is the seat of the federal government and home to the largest concentration of defense contractors, intelligence agencies, federal civilian agencies, lobbying firms, law firms, and policy institutions in the country. Organizations operating in this ecosystem must meet stringent federal data protection standards including FISMA, FedRAMP, NIST SP 800-53, NIST SP 800-171, CMMC, and HIPAA, making independent security audits essential for protecting controlled unclassified information, maintaining Authority to Operate (ATO) status, and defending against nation-state adversaries.
Altius IT's IT security audit evaluates the security of your IT infrastructure, including servers, cloud environments, databases, endpoints, and Microsoft 365. Our CISA-certified auditors review system configurations, access controls, patch management, backup and recovery, and operational security practices to identify vulnerabilities and misconfigurations. Our proprietary audit process provides a complete technical assessment of your IT environment and ensures your systems and sensitive data remain secure.
Learn more about IT security auditAltius IT's black box penetration test simulates a real-world cyber attack against your organization with zero prior knowledge of your systems or infrastructure. Our CISA-certified auditors approach your environment exactly as an external attacker would, targeting your firewalls, public IP addresses, web applications, and network entry points. Each finding is mapped to MITRE ATT&CK techniques with a prioritized remediation roadmap and free retest validation.
Learn more about penetration testAltius IT's network security audit evaluates the security of your network infrastructure, including firewalls, routers, switches, wireless networks, VPN gateways, and network segmentation architecture. Our CISA-certified auditors review firewall rules, device configurations, intrusion detection systems, network monitoring capabilities, and both external and internal network security. A penetration test can be added to validate your network defenses against real-world attack scenarios. Our proprietary audit process ensures your network foundation remains secure.
Learn more about network security auditAltius IT's web application security audit and penetration test evaluates your web applications, APIs, and web servers for critical vulnerabilities including SQL injection, cross-site scripting, broken authentication, security misconfigurations, and server-side request forgery. Our CISA-certified auditors use a combination of manual expert analysis and automated tools following the OWASP Testing Guide methodology to identify exploitable weaknesses before attackers do.
Learn more about web application auditEvaluates your ability to prevent, detect, and respond to cyber threats through controlled penetration testing, email security analysis, endpoint detection review, ransomware readiness assessment, and incident response evaluation.
Cybersecurity auditEvaluates your administrative, physical, and technical safeguards against federal frameworks including FISMA, FedRAMP, NIST SP 800-53, NIST SP 800-171, CMMC, DFARS 252.204-7012, HIPAA, HITECH, CJIS, ITAR, and the Privacy Act of 1974 to confirm your controls satisfy ATO requirements and contractor obligations.
Compliance auditIdentifies your critical assets, threats, vulnerabilities, and the preventive, detective, and corrective controls needed to cost-effectively protect your systems and data from internal and external risks.
Risk assessmentComprehensive evaluation of your entire security program covering governance, policies, risk management, access controls, incident response, business continuity, vendor risk management, and regulatory compliance.
Information security auditReviews your Microsoft 365 tenant security including Entra ID, conditional access, MFA enforcement, Defender for Office 365, DLP policies, SharePoint sharing settings, and audit logging configuration.
Microsoft 365 auditIdentifies security vulnerabilities in your mobile applications and their interfaces to servers, databases, and internal systems through manual expert analysis and automated penetration testing.
Mobile application auditEvaluates your AI program against the EU AI Act, NIST AI Risk Management Framework, ISO/IEC 42001, and U.S. state AI laws. Covering governance, security, privacy, and bias controls.
AI governance auditTests the effectiveness of your security awareness program through simulated phishing campaigns, pretexting scenarios, and social engineering techniques, benchmarked against industry averages.
Social engineering assessmentRecurring real-world attack simulations that continuously test your defenses across systems, people, and processes. Each cycle produces a detailed assessment report with findings, risk ratings, and remediation steps.
Red team assessmentEnsures your organization operates with transparency in how it captures, collects, stores, and uses sensitive personal information, aligned with GDPR, CCPA, and other privacy regulations.
Privacy auditExperienced information security leadership on a fractional basis. Security strategy, board reporting, compliance oversight, policy governance, vendor risk management, and incident response planning without the cost of a full-time CISO.
vCISO advisory servicesUnlike a security consultant, Altius IT is certified as a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) to perform a security audit of your environment and issue reports and recommendations to secure your systems. After your audit, our Auditor Opinion Letter and Secure Seal let your clients and prospects know you meet security best practice and compliance requirements.
Learn why it mattersWashington DC's federal agencies, defense contractors, professional services firms, universities, and policy institutions operate at the front lines of nation-state cyber threats. Where independent assessment, ATO readiness, and federal compliance discipline are mission-critical to protecting national security data and citizen trust.
No vendor ties. Recommendations aligned solely with your risk tolerance and business goals.
Led by experts with a Ph.D. in Computer Science, CISA certification, and industry leadership experience.
Thorough 360-degree review covering your technology, people, and processes.
Every engagement includes follow-up support to ensure vulnerabilities are properly mitigated.
Washington DC is the most heavily targeted metropolitan area in the United States for nation-state cyber operations. Federal agencies, defense contractors in the Defense Industrial Base, intelligence community contractors, and policy institutions face persistent threats from APT groups conducting espionage, supply chain attacks of the SolarWinds variety, spearphishing campaigns aimed at federal employees and cleared personnel, and insider threats targeting classified and controlled unclassified information. Federal breach notification, FISMA reporting timelines, and contractor incident reporting under DFARS 252.204-7012 demand rigorous, defensible security controls.
Altius IT brings over 30 years of certified audit experience to the National Capital Region. Our independent auditors assess your federal information systems, classified and CUI environments, contractor IT infrastructure, and cloud workloads against NIST SP 800-53, NIST SP 800-171, FedRAMP baselines, and CMMC practice levels. Delivering actionable findings that help DC-area organizations reduce risk, prepare for ATO and CMMC assessments, and meet federal regulatory obligations.
Altius IT provides certified IT security audit and penetration testing services to organizations across the National Capital Region's core industries, including Federal Government Agencies, Defense Contractors and the Defense Industrial Base, Federal Systems Integrators, Professional Services and Federal Consulting, Lobbying and Law Firms, Universities and Federally Funded Research Centers, Healthcare and Biotech, Think Tanks, and Trade Associations. Our auditors understand the specific compliance requirements. From FedRAMP and FISMA to CMMC and ITAR. And the threat profiles relevant to each sector.
In addition to the District of Columbia, Altius IT serves federal agencies, contractors, and businesses throughout the National Capital Region including Arlington, Alexandria, Fairfax, Reston, Tysons Corner, Crystal City, Rosslyn, McLean, Herndon, Chantilly, Bethesda, Silver Spring, Rockville, College Park, Gaithersburg, Frederick, and Annapolis, as well as organizations operating at the Pentagon, Capitol Hill, the K Street corridor, the NIH campus, and the Federal Triangle. Our audits are conducted both remotely and on-site, providing flexible engagement options for organizations across Northern Virginia and Maryland.
Altius IT provides certified IT security audit services across major U.S. markets.
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