IT Risk Audit & Advisory
Technology moves fast, and every new system brings new risk. A Velocigo IT risk audit gives you an independent, in-depth analysis of your environment against the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) frameworks — including NIST 800-171 — and, unlike most providers, we don’t stop at findings. You get a prioritized, plain-English action plan you can actually execute.
What We Assess
Our audit maps your environment to the five NIST Cybersecurity Framework functions — Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, and Recover — and the NIST 800-171 controls where they apply:
- Access & identity — accounts, privileges, MFA, and least-privilege enforcement.
- Data protection — encryption, email and endpoint security, and where your sensitive data actually lives.
- Backup & continuity — backup coverage, offsite copies, and whether restores have actually been tested.
- Patching & lifecycle — update cadence and end-of-life systems still in production.
- Monitoring & response — logging, alerting, and whether an incident-response plan exists and has been rehearsed.
- Vendor & policy risk — third-party exposure and the policies (or gaps) governing it.
When You Need an Audit
Common Sense. Pragmatic, thorough recommendations to strengthen your environment before something forces the issue.
Know Before You Buy. Pre-acquisition technical due diligence for investors evaluating a target — know what you’re inheriting before you close.
Prove It. Attestation of IT compliance for cyber-insurance applications, client security questionnaires, and regulatory requirements.
What You Get
A clear findings report with each risk rated and explained in plain English — and, the part that actually matters, a prioritized remediation roadmap that tells you what to fix first, why, and what it takes. Not a 90-page PDF that gets filed and forgotten. We can execute the roadmap with you, hand it to your internal team, or work alongside your existing provider. It pairs naturally with our cybersecurity services and the vMASS security baseline.
Frequently Asked Questions
How is a risk audit different from a security assessment? A risk audit is broader — it weighs security alongside compliance, continuity, and operational risk against the NIST frameworks and produces a prioritized action plan. A security assessment focuses specifically on threats and controls.
Do you fix what you find, or just report it? Your choice. We deliver the roadmap; we can execute it, hand it to your team, or co-manage with your current provider.
Will this help with our cyber-insurance application? Yes — the audit documents your controls and closes gaps, which is exactly what insurers and security questionnaires ask about.
