Give your board a clear, independent answer to whether you are secure, and a plan to improve. Assessments and reporting by CISA-certified auditors, scoped to your organization.
Most security reporting is written for technical teams. Our reports open with a scorecard like this one: where you stand on each NIST CSF 2.0 function, where you should be, and what to fix first.
Boards, audit committees, and investors now treat cybersecurity as a business risk they are expected to oversee. They want to know how mature the program is, where the biggest risks are, and whether things are improving, in terms they can act on. An internal team grading its own work rarely satisfies them, and a stack of technical findings does not answer the question.
We are independent auditors with no product to sell. We measure your program against a recognized framework, translate technical findings into business risk, and give leadership a clear starting point and a way to track progress.
Most boards start with the NIST CSF 2.0 score and add the rest when directors ask the next question: what are the biggest risks, who owns them, and are we improving?
The framework a board is most likely to ask about. In our Reviewed Assessment, a certified auditor reviews the evidence behind all 106 CSF 2.0 subcategories, including Govern, which covers who owns security risk and what the board sees.
NIST CSF assessmentTurns technical issues into a prioritized view of the risks that matter most to the business and the controls needed to address them cost-effectively, giving leadership a clear basis for investment decisions.
Risk assessmentA CISA-certified security executive on a fractional basis, delivering board-level reporting, translating technical risk into business impact and financial exposure, and supporting board and audit committee meetings.
vCISO advisoryCumulative reporting tracks progress cycle over cycle, giving your board clear evidence of improvement. Each cycle includes an executive summary suitable for board presentations.
Red team programA board overseeing a regional nonprofit and an audit committee at a regulated financial firm need different levels of detail. We do not sell a fixed package. We start with what your directors are asking, assess what you actually run, and deliver reporting they can understand and act on.
Findings translated into business risk and financial exposure, with technical detail available for the teams who need it.
Results benchmarked against NIST CSF 2.0, so the board sees where you stand and can track progress over time.
We walk leadership through every finding before the board sees it, so whoever presents can answer directors’ follow-up questions with confidence.
Directors are increasingly expected to oversee cybersecurity, but most security reporting is written for technical teams. Our role is to give your board an independent, evidence-based answer: how mature your program is against NIST CSF 2.0, which risks matter most, and what to do next. Our NIST CSF 2.0 maturity assessment is where most organizations start, because it gives a score a board can understand and track.
The scorecard above is the page most boards remember. We build it by reviewing the evidence behind all 106 NIST CSF 2.0 subcategories, scoring each of the six functions, and agreeing a target for each with your leadership based on your risk and budget. The gaps between score and target become a short, prioritized list of investments written for directors, with the technical detail in an appendix for your team. Where investors or regulators want it in writing, an Auditor Opinion Letter states the result. Reassess a year later and the board sees the trend, function by function.
Most organizations begin with one engagement and build from there. Find the situation closest to yours:
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Altius IT has served as a trusted security advisor to executives for over 30 years. Our CISA-certified auditors are independent, with no vendor ties, so the answer your board receives is not shaped by a product to sell. We tailor every engagement to your board, your organization, and your reporting calendar.
A clear view of program maturity against a recognized framework such as NIST CSF 2.0, the most significant risks in business terms, progress since the last report, and the decisions or investments needed next. Technical findings belong in an appendix, not the main story.
It is the framework a board, an insurer, or a customer is most likely to ask about, and it gives an answer that does not depend on your industry or your tooling. Its Govern function, added in version 2.0, covers exactly what boards care about: who owns security risk, how it is escalated, and what the board sees.
Yes. Our vCISO service includes preparation and presentation support for board meetings and audit committee sessions, with technical risk translated into business impact and financial exposure.
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