Executive Risk Assurance Assessment
Boards Need Risk Assurance.
Reports Deliver Technical
Assessments.
We map your Sentinel, Defender, and Purview data to the NIST CSF with financial impact scoring—delivering live evidence-based assurance in 30 days or we refund your assessment fee.
Backed By Our Accelerynt Guarantee
Our Accelerynt Guarantee
We deliver your risk register mapped to the NIST CSF, an executive risk assurance report with live evidence dashboard, a 90-day assurance roadmap, and a live executive briefing within 30 days. If these deliverables don’t help your leadership explain cyber risk to the board, we refund your assessment fee.
The Gap Between Reports and Reality
These patterns show up consistently across organizations we work with:
Stale Risk Data
Annual assessments sit in binders. When boards ask about current risk posture, the answer references last year’s review. When CFOs ask whether the organization is safer than last quarter, current data showing improvement doesn’t exist. Boards need live evidence, not last year’s findings.
Technical Findings Only
Technical security reports list CVEs and misconfigurations. When CFOs and boards ask about financial impact, translation of technical findings to business language like revenue risk, downtime costs, or regulatory exposure doesn’t exist.
No Control Evidence
Compliance frameworks document policy
existence. Auditors ask for proof that controls detect threats. Policy PDFs exist, but live data from Sentinel, Defender, or
Purview showing whether controls work doesn’t get presented.
Common Board Reporting Gaps
- Board meetings reference last year’s assessment for current security decisions.
- CFO receives technical metrics without financial impact or risk translation.
- Compliance audits rely on policy documents without live evidence of effectiveness.
- Risk registers reflect annual priorities while threat landscape evolves monthly.
- Executive dashboards show framework compliance without operational security proof.
Can You Answer Your Board’s Risk Questions Today?
If one or more of these situations sound familiar, this assessment delivers immediate value:
The last risk assessment is over six months old. Recent security investments, threat landscape changes, or control implementations aren’t reflected in documentation the board reviews.
The CFO is questioning security spend effectiveness or requesting budget justification. Technical metrics don’t translate to business impact or demonstrate risk reduction.
A compliance audit requires evidence of control effectiveness, not just policy documentation. Microsoft security data exists but isn’t mapped to control frameworks.
SEC disclosure or regulatory reporting deadlines are approaching. The current risk
register reflects outdated annual review data, not recent security posture changes.
The organization uses Sentinel, Defender, and Purview but this data isn’t used for executive risk reporting. Live security evidence remains siloed in technical tools.
Cyber insurance renewal requires evidence of risk reduction and control effectiveness. Current documentation doesn’t demonstrate measurable security improvements since the last policy period.
Our Assessment Method
We use live data for this assessment, not surveys or documentation reviews. Our methodology combines risk quantification with operational evidence.
Revenue, Operations, and Reputation
We evaluate controls for actual risk reduction, not just policy existence. The NIST CSF provides structure, but business impact drives how we prioritize. Your board sees clear priorities for risk reduction decisions.
Live Operational Evidence
Risk scoring comes from your security tools showing what’s actually happening. We measure detection rates, response times, and control effectiveness using data from Sentinel, Defender, and Purview. Recommendations get validated against what your environment can support operationally.
Risk in Leadership Terms
We translate technical findings into financial and operational impact before they reach executives. The dashboard presents risk in business terms. Your CFO sees potential revenue loss and downtime costs. Your board sees business exposure quantified by operational and reputational impact.
Here’s what happens in each phase.
30-Day Delivery Timeline
Week 1-2
Discovery and Data Gathering
We interview your CISO, Risk, Compliance,
CIO, and CFO teams to understand
business priorities and operational
constraints specific to your organization.
Your Microsoft Sentinel, Defender, and Purview environments provide the live security data we need to assess current control effectiveness. We review prior audit findings and existing risk registers to establish historical context and measure real progress.
Week 2-3
Risk Analysis and
Prioritization
Your controls map to the NIST CSF in a way that aligns with frameworks you already use. We quantify each risk by likelihood and
business impact, making your highest priorities clear for leadership decisions. Industry peer benchmarking provides the
comparative context your board expects. During this phase, we build your Power BI dashboard to translate technical data into
executive visibility.
Week 4
Final Delivery and Executive Briefing
Your prioritized risk register arrives
complete, along with the executive risk assurance report, 90-day assurance roadmap, and executive presentation deck. We present the live briefing to your C-level
stakeholders, walking through findings and recommendations with dedicated time for the questions that always come up when presenting risk to the board.
In 30 days, you’ll have the live evidence, assurance dashboard, and roadmap leadership needs to
understand your risk posture.
What You Get
Risk register, assurance report, roadmap, presentation deck, and live briefing
Prioritized Risk Register
Outsourced functions documented with access levels and critical dependencies
Executive Risk Assurance Report
Comprehensive risk assurance report with live evidence
dashboard showing risk posture, control effectiveness, and trend data using Microsoft Sentinel, Defender, and Purview
90-Day Assurance Roadmap
Specific remediation roadmap with ownership, timelines,
and investment requirements prioritized by risk reduction
impact
Executive Presentation Deck
Executive summary deck with visual risk heat-map, assurance evidence, and financial quantification ready for
the board
Live Executive Briefing
Presentation to C-level stakeholders covering findings,
action plan, and assurance evidence with Q&A
Translate Security Data Into Board Language
In 30 days, your leadership will have live evidence showing current risk posture, financial
impact quantified in business terms, and a clear roadmap for the next quarter.
No more defending last year’s assessment—just clear answers for your board.
The Accelerynt Guarantee: If our deliverables don’t help your leadership explain cyber
risk to the board, we refund your assessment fee.