Cybersecurity Audits
That Reduce Risk & Insurance Premiums.
An independent ThreeShield audit typically surfaces over 200 findings where other firms find fewer than 5. We get there by working through the full requirements of your compliance frameworks, customized to how your organization actually operates and by examining the controls remote scans miss entirely: physical security, business processes, and insider threats. You get a prioritized, actionable report, delivered independently of your MSP and internal IT, that reduces real risk and can lower your cyber-insurance premiums.
The standard "cybersecurity audit"
A ThreeShield cybersecurity audit
A second opinion on IT security someone else runs
If an MSP or in-house team runs your IT, they cannot objectively grade their own work. A board, an insurer, an auditor, or a large client will trust a review far more when it comes from an outside party with nothing to defend. ThreeShield gives you exactly that: an arm's-length review of the security someone else is responsible for.
We look at what your provider is actually delivering against what your contract and your risk require, and we report to you in plain language. We are glad to work alongside your MSP to close the gaps we find, but the findings are yours, and they are honest.
MSP oversight
Confirm your managed-services provider is delivering the security your contract promises, and see what is falling through the cracks.
Board and insurer assurance
An independent report your directors and your cyber-insurer will accept, because it does not come from the party being reviewed.
Vendor and supply-chain review
Assess the security of a third party you rely on, or answer a client who is assessing you.
Pre-acquisition due diligence
Understand the real security posture of a company before you buy or merge with it.
Every compliance requirement.
One audit team.
SOC 2 Readiness & Audit
Type I and Type II readiness assessments plus audit delivery. Especially relevant for technology vendors selling to enterprise and healthcare clients.
HIPAA Risk Assessment
Required HIPAA Security Rule risk analyses for covered entities and business associates. Includes administrative, physical, and technical safeguard reviews.
Alberta HIA & BC health privacy
Compliance assessments for custodians of health information under Alberta HIA, BC PIPA, and the BC E-Health Act (often called BC HIA). Required for clinics, pharmacy groups, and health-adjacent companies.
PCI DSS Assessment
SAQ A, A-EP, B-IP, C, C-VT, and D assessments. We can reduce your compliance scope and quickly implement the controls your processor requires.
NERC CIP Compliance
Critical Infrastructure Protection compliance reviews for utilities and energy companies. One of the most rigorous regulatory frameworks in North America.
Comprehensive IT Security Assessment
Our flagship audit, with no checklist limits: full control assessment, penetration testing, cloud configuration review, policy analysis, and a prioritized remediation roadmap.
CIS Controls & NIST CSF
Maturity assessments against CIS Controls v8 (IG1-IG3) and the NIST Cybersecurity Framework. Often required for cyber insurance and enterprise client questionnaires.
CMMC Readiness
Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification readiness for defence contractors and US government supply chain participants.
From kickoff to
certified compliance outcome.
Scoping & Context
Before we touch anything technical, we learn your business, your data flows, your regulatory environment, and your risk tolerance. Compliance and security are not the same thing, so we start with your actual risks.
Lavawall® Baseline (where applicable)
We deploy Lavawall® monitoring to capture a real-time baseline of your endpoint, cloud, and domain posture. This gives the audit team live data to correlate with manual testing.
Technical Assessment
Penetration testing, vulnerability scanning with commercial and proprietary tools, network architecture review, cloud configuration analysis, and manual expert analysis of what automated tools miss.
Control & Policy Review
Administrative controls, policies, procedures, training records, incident response plans, vendor agreements, and physical security, all reviewed against the applicable frameworks.
Report & Debrief
200+ prioritized findings, each explained in business terms rather than as a bare CVE number. You get an executive summary for leadership, technical detail for your IT team, and a remediation roadmap with cost estimates.
Remediation Support
We don't disappear once the report is delivered. ThreeShield provides hands-on remediation support, compliance operationalization, and certification delivery. Same team, start to finish.
Audit questions answered
Audit, penetration test, or vulnerability assessment?
A full audit is the widest lens. A penetration test proves what an attacker could do. A vulnerability assessment gives you broad, regular coverage. Many organizations combine them, and we can help you decide.
Cybersecurity audit
The complete picture: controls, policies, physical security, and technical testing against every applicable framework. You are here.
Penetration testing →
A hands-on, authorized attack that shows exactly what an intruder could reach. Satisfies PCI DSS 11.4, SOC 2, and insurers.
Vulnerability assessment →
Broad, regular scanning with findings validated by hand and continuous Lavawall® monitoring between assessments.
GRC audit (Canada) →
Governance, risk, and compliance audited together against Canadian and international frameworks, evidence collected continuously by Lavawall®.
Ready for an audit that
actually finds your risks?
Request an audit proposal. We'll scope the right engagement for your regulatory requirements, risk profile, and budget, and show you up front exactly what you'll receive.