Key Takeaways
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14-day security assessment with prioritized findings and actionable recommendations
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Reviews key network risks including SMB exposure, unauthorized hosts, DNS threats or data loss, Telnet risk, and remote access issues
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Ends with a findings report and a review meeting to align remediation steps
Who this is for
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Life sciences and biotech teams moving to or scaling in the cloud.
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IT leaders who need 24/7 coverage, governance, and cost visibility.
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Organizations handling sensitive research data and compliance needs.
A security assessment helps you find the threats and exposures you cannot see in day-to-day operations by improving visibility across your environment and turning findings into prioritized, actionable recommendations. PTP’s Security Assessment is a 14-day engagement designed to support the first step in creating or expanding an information security program.
Challenges this assessment addresses
- Blind spots: Limits of existing technology in detecting, preventing, and recovering from a breach
- Visibility: Difficulty protecting what you cannot see, including asset inventory
- Context: Understanding how applications and datasets are being used by the user community
- Noise: Evaluating a high volume of vendor offerings and differentiators
- Bandwidth: Staffing constraints and the need to do more with fewer resources
Goals and benefits
- Understand your current state of security and network foundation
- Identify improvement areas for your enterprise security strategy
- Get guidance and education on security technologies and their features and benefits
- Support adoption planning and governance strategies
- Increase confidence in existing security tools through audit and inspection
- Add expert support to accelerate progress in a critical area
Assessment methodology and deliverables
- Kickoff and scoping: PTP reviews the assessment process, documents company information, and defines in-scope network elements with your engineers.
- Assessment deployment: PTP deploys an assessment tool to review the environment.
- 14-day assessment period: Signals are collected and analyzed over a defined window.
- Findings and next steps: You receive a comprehensive report, followed by a findings review meeting and actionable recommendations.
What PTP reviews during the assessment
- Network statistics
- Server Message Block (SMB) risk
- Unauthorized hosts
- DNS malware or data loss indicators
- Telnet risks
- Remote access breaches
- High-risk country activity
PeakPlus managed services
PeakPlus is PTP’s managed services portfolio for life sciences organizations. Each Ops within PeakPlus, including CloudOps, FinOps, SecOps, NetOps, UserOps, and AIOps, provides focused expertise in cloud, cost optimization, security, networking, automation, and support.
Frequently Asked Questions
A security assessment is a short, evidence-based review that improves visibility across your environment and turns findings into prioritized, actionable recommendations.
PTP’s Security Assessment is a 14-day engagement.
PTP reviews the assessment process, documents company information, and works with your engineers to define the in-scope network elements.
The assessment reviews network statistics, SMB risk, unauthorized hosts, DNS malware or data loss, Telnet risks, remote access breaches, and high-risk country activity.
Teams receive a comprehensive findings report and a findings review meeting with actionable recommendations.
It is designed to help teams take the first step in creating or expanding an information security program and to strengthen governance and confidence in existing security tools.
Reduce security blind spots with a prioritized risk plan
Get a clear view of real-world exposure across your environment, plus actionable recommendations your team can implement to strengthen governance, improve visibility, and reduce risk.