What is a Hardware and Software Security Assessment?
A security audit and assessment is a systematic evaluation of the security of a company's information system by measuring how well it conforms to a set of established criteria.
A thorough audit typically assesses the security of the system's physical configuration and environment, software, information handling processes, and user practices.
Security audits are often used to determine regulatory compliance, in the wake of legislation (such as HIPAA, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.) that specifies how organizations must deal with information.
Why do hardware and software assessments?
Hardware and Software assessments help you determine your security risks so that changes can be made to protect your company from those risks. Security audit should be done frequently, at least once a year, because, hardware and software security holes are discovered daily. It is imperative that procedures and policies be developed to protect you from these threats.
COmputers
Computers have to up to date and the proper protection must be installed to monitor all changes and possible failures
Devices
Devices are the forgotten vulnerability, most devices frimware are never updated leaving it vulnerable to hackers
Software
Is the software your using up to date? does it have vulnerabilities? Do your employees know how to use it correctly? All question that lead to severe risks
