The purpose of discovery is to understand your current position and plan a way forward. Discovery stands alone as a value add phase of the process which you can take and move forward with. By considering the users, data, processes and technology we will enable you to be clear on what data you have in your platform(s), who is using it, for what purpose and what value they gain from it. We will identify options to evolve the platform to meet your overall business goals whether that is to reduce cost, improve resilience or security posture. Our pragmatic approach can scale to meet your timescales and deployment size and will provide practical recommendations on how to reach your target state.
The Right Time for Discovery
Keeping on top of the security and operational requirements of your organisation can be difficult, especially in times of increased growth and business change and when internal resources are limited. Businesses need to be able to identify risks to key services, infrastructure, and data, and keep on top of their operational monitoring. Other areas in which Discovery can help:
- You are becoming unclear on what is in your platform and why. Questions are being asked over platform cost and value.
- You need to comply with regulations such as NIST, MITRE and ISO
- You’ve never had a second opinion on your monitoring implementation
- You need to verify and prove your security posture and/or operational resilience to your customers
- You need oversight over an increasing third-party supply chain
- Your organisation has recently been the victim of a cyberattack
- Your organisation has recently suffered due to IT issues and outages
- You’re wondering if you have gaps in your monitoring posture
Even organisations with a relatively mature monitoring capability may decide that they need an external view of their structure so that any gaps or priorities can be identified and addressed. Additionally, as platforms naturally grow, both in terms of data volumes and user base, it becomes hard to know exactly what the platform is being used for, and to deliver what value. Discovery helps you get back on top of knowing this.
Multi-Step Discovery Process
Apto’s discovery assessment process will be completely customised to meet your goals for compliance, confidence or validation of your posture. We’ll take the time to really understand your organisation and where it currently stands and provide a clear assessment of your monitoring maturity and how to take this forward.
Discovery requires collaboration with many parts of your organisation; it will include a review of your data, users, processes and technology, so we actively encourage engagement from a wide range of stakeholders.
We’ll guide you through a process, the duration of which can be refined to meet your specific needs.
Apto are security and operational monitoring Experts
Tailored To Your Organisation
Apto is a small but dedicated team of industry experts with over 15 years of monitoring experience. We aim to truly understand your organisation at a deep level and put your business objectives and industry-specific needs at the core of what we do. We consider your company culture, size, risk tolerance, complexity and what you are trying to implement and maintain. This ensures that the work you receive from us is specific and focused on your organisation.
Actionable and Reliable
Our tailored approach ensures that the deliverables and outputs from the discovery process are appropriate, actionable and focused. The final report from this process will allow you and your organisation to fully understand what’s next for your monitoring strategy and where to focus resources best so you know how to design, build, implement and operate your platform into the future.
Going Further With your Monitoring
Following on from the Discovery phase, Design will help ensure you can turn your plans into reality.
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