Many Tulsa and Oklahoma businesses face various challenges when managing cybersecurity programs. These include ever-evolving threats, human errors, misconfigurations, poor maintenance, and a lack of a formal cybersecurity plan. An organization is exposed to reputational damage, intellectual property theft, stolen data, and financial loss without adequate and updated protections. In fact, according to IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Study, the average breach cost in 2023 was $4.5M. This figure reflects the loss potential and the importance of a comprehensive cybersecurity program.
The first step in evaluating your program is conducting a cybersecurity risk assessment. This assessment is designed to identify and test assets that could be impacted by an attack, including hardware, systems, customer/patient data, and intellectual property. It also looks for vulnerabilities due to poor cyber hygiene, cloud vulnerabilities, poor data management, and inadequate post-attack procedures. The resulting report provides insight into how to increase overall effectiveness.
Berkowitz Pollack Brant Advisors + CPAs provides cybersecurity risk assessments to companies’ organizations and family offices in Tulsa and Oklahoma. Our team has years of experience evaluating existing protections and recommending improvements against ransomware, phishing, and other malicious attacks. Our team members hold numerous industry certifications from ISC2, Microsoft, Cisco, Citrix, VMware, and more. This means we have both the technical knowledge and practical experience to evaluate systems and remediate concerns across many areas.
Our risk assessment services feature an initial review of the company’s compliance requirements, including Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC), NYDFS (23 NYCRR Part 500), PCI, or the new FTC safeguard requirements, followed by a gap analysis. The assessment often includes vulnerability scanning, penetration testing, and other activities needed to evaluate risk. The result is a written report that provides a clear picture of the strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for improvement.
We offer additional cybersecurity services that may need to be implemented based on the findings in the report, including:
Berkowitz Pollack Brant Advisors + CPAs provides cybersecurity risk assessment services to companies in Tulsa and across Oklahoma from our Miami headquarters. If you have questions or need assistance with a risk assessment or other cybersecurity service, complete the form below, and a team member will contact you shortly.
Tulsa has experienced several notable cybersecurity incidents in recent years. In May 2021, the city suffered a ransomware attack that disrupted online services, email systems, and some internal operations. The attack, linked to the Conti ransomware group, led to the temporary shutdown of the city’s computer network to prevent further damage. Personal data of employees and residents was potentially exposed, causing significant concern and prompting a thorough investigation and response effort. The city of Tulsa took measures to enhance its cybersecurity infrastructure, including increasing network monitoring, implementing stronger data encryption, and providing additional training for employees to recognize and respond to cyber threats.
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We also provide cybersecurity risk assessment services to companies in Atlanta (GA), Birmingham (AL), Charleston (SC), Charlotte (NC), Chicago (IL), Cincinnati (OH), Denver (CO), Des Moines (IA), Detroit (MI), Houston (TX), Indianapolis (IN), Las Vegas (NV), Lexington (KY), Little Rock (AR), Miami (FL), Minneapolis (MN), Nashville (TN), Newark (NJ), New Orleans (LA), New York (NY), Omaha (NE), Richmond (VA), Santa Fe (NM), and Wilmington (DE).