C.R.E.W. (Cybersecurity Review Essentials Workshop)

The best breaches are the ones that never happen

C.R.E.W. (Cybersecurity Review Essentials Workshop) provides a clear snapshot of your current cyber health to help map your security journey, like a routine health check-up. It helps you identify gaps in fundamental cybersecurity hygiene, build awareness in the organization, and prioritize practical, high-impact improvements to reduce exposure and build resilience. 

Technical controls are not enough. We designed C.R.E.W. with the needs of mid-market organizations in mind to address cybersecurity holistically for the entire organization.

Get Clarity & Visibility

C.R.E.W. helps understand your real cyber risk in business terms.

You gain a clear view of where your organization stands today, what your current maturity level looks like, and how security weaknesses could affect operations, revenue, compliance, or reputation.

Assess Exposure

We help highlight where weak spots are and where attackers would target first. Most attacks are opportunistic, targeting exposed systems, unsecured software, weak access controls, or poor cyber hygiene.

C.R.E.W. helps look at your organization from an attacker’s perspective so you can identify the most exploitable weaknesses across assets, access, backups, and configurations.

Prioritize with Direction

When one of the biggest challenges for lean IT teams is prioritization, knowing exactly what to fix first can mean using the limited resources efficiently. Making informed decisions quickly and with certainty becomes crucial.

C.R.E.W. delivers structured findings and practical recommendations so leadership can gain the confidence to act decisively.

01. Questionnaire

A self-assessment questionnaire that the client’s IT or information security point of contact can complete within 1 to 2 hours, giving us a clear starting point to understand your current environment and identify where potential risks may exist.

This questionnaire covers core control domains to help build a clear picture of the current security state, highlight potential risks, and prepare the groundwork for deeper discussion during the workshop.

Core control domains include:

Asset Management
User access control
Secure configuration
Malware protection
Incident response
Security update management
Network Security
Backup and resiliency
Security awareness

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Cybersecurity Advisory Retainer

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Cybersecurity Review (CSR)

Prioritized risk and posture assessment tailored to the context of your organization.

Compliance Support

Audit preparation for ISO 27001, SOC 2, NIS 2, DORA, HIPAA, etc.

Incident Response Tabletop Exercises (TTX)

Real-world scenario simulations for ransomware, insider threats, breaches to challenge with unexpected events.

Certified experts across leading security domains and regionally embedded consultants
Continuously refined methodologies based on real-world experience and evolving threats
Niche expertise in local regulations, global compliance frameworks, and industry-specific requirements across telecommunications, financial services, manufacturing, and robotics
Full-spectrum modern cybersecurity solutions across threat detection, cloud security, and compliance

FAQ

Why C.R.E.W. is not free?

Some security firms offer free assessments. C.R.E.W. is different from the typical free assessments. It is not just a self-assessment tool with auto-generated recommendations. C.R.E.W. includes a strong human advisory component and is a proper consulting service designed to fit the needs of the mid-market organizations.

Who is C.R.E.W. designed for?

C.R.E.W. is designed for small and mid-market organizations and or lean IT and security teams within larger organizations. It is ideal for teams that have basic/limited security controls in place but lack visibility, structure, or a clear cybersecurity roadmap. Organizations with largely reactive responses will benefit from the service.

Is C.R.E.W. suitable if we already have antivirus or firewalls?

Yes. The attack surface continues to expand, and technical controls alone are not enough. Without proper processes for onboarding and offboarding accounts, without employees who can recognise phishing attempts, and without other consistent, company‑wide controls, cyber attackers will quickly find easy paths into your environment. C.R.E.W. goes beyond checking whether you have the right technology in place. It evaluates how effectively they are configured, used, but also how the technology aligns and works together with people and processes. Many breaches occur despite having tools in place due to gaps in information security governance and other fundamentals.

How much time does C.R.E.W. require from our team?

The questionnaire takes approximately 1–2 hours to complete. The 1-2 hour workshop involves key stakeholders for focused discussions, after which our team performs detailed analysis and reporting, to provide you insight into your posture and where to focus next.

What domains are covered in the review?

C.R.E.W. covers essential domains across people, processes, and technology, including asset management, access control, secure configuration, malware protection, incident response readiness, patching, backups, network security, and security awareness.

Will we receive actionable recommendations or just observations?

You will receive practical, prioritized recommendations tailored to your business context in a report.

How is C.R.E.W. different from a full cybersecurity assessment or audit?

C.R.E.W. is a lightweight, essentials-focused cybersecurity review. It is faster and more practical than a full audit, making it ideal as a starting point or baseline for organizations early in their security journey.

Would I be compliant with a local regulation or an international compliance framework?

C.R.E.W. is designed for organizations that do not have immediate compliance obligations and are just beginning their cybersecurity journey. While the security control domains covered by C.R.E.W. map to both local and international frameworks, including the CIS Critical Security Controls, UK and Singapore Cyber Essentials, Australian Essential Eight, and the MAS Cyber Hygiene guidelines, C.R.E.W. is not customized for any single compliance requirement and does not provide a full assessment against each framework.

Instead, C.R.E.W. is practical, fast, and focused on delivering immediate, actionable results.

If an organization requires a full compliance assessment for a specific framework or regulation, please refer to our Cybersecurity Review (CSR) offering or Compliance Support offering and contact us for detailed scoping.
However, C.R.E.W. is an excellent starting point and can help simplify future compliance efforts.

How much does the C.R.E.W cost?

C.R.E.W. is a highly optimized service that requires only 2 mandays of effort from our consulting team to deliver. Reach out to your preferred partner to learn more about the applicable manday rates.