Physical Security Assessment: SSAE 16/18
In an era where cybersecurity threats dominate headlines, physical security remains a cornerstone of comprehensive risk management. This assessment evaluates physical access controls, surveillance, and response capabilities following SSAE 16/18 standards.
In scope
- Access control review
- Surveillance system analysis
- Physical intrusion detection assessment
- Employee security awareness evaluation
- SSAE 16/18 compliance check
You receive
- Physical Security Assessment Report
- Gap analysis
- Recommendations for improvements
- SSAE 16/18 audit preparation support
Tiers
Choose the depth.
Standard Assessment
$12K
Physical security assessment of one facility against SSAE-relevant controls.
- Sites
- 1
- Facility walkthrough
- Control evidence review
- Findings report
- — Covert entry testing
- — More than one facility
Enterprise Assessment
$30K
Up to 4 facilities, including data-centre cages, with a consolidated report for auditors.
- Sites
- 4
- Up to four facilities
- Consolidated auditor-ready report
- — Covert entry testing
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What's inside this engagement
Phase by phase.
How a social engineering & physical engagement runs, what happens in each phase and what you see. Exact scope, tier and timeline are fixed in your proposal and SOW.
01Scoping & authorization
Targets, pretexts, sites and legal authorization letters agreed before anything is sent or attempted.
You see · Signed authorization and approved pretexts.
02OSINT & pretext design
Public information on staff and sites is used to build believable pretexts.
You see · Approval of the pretexts.
03Campaign / on-site execution
Phishing, vishing or physical entry attempts, run to the agreed plan and stopped on request.
You see · Real-time escalation if anything goes wrong.
04Reporting & awareness debrief
What worked, who reported it, and the controls that failed, without naming and shaming individuals.
You see · Metrics and a training plan.
Commercials
From first call to final report.
- 01
Scoping call
A practitioner, not a salesperson, walks through targets, constraints and what a good outcome looks like for you.
- 02
Proposal & rules of engagement
A fixed-scope proposal with tier, price and deliverables. Rules of engagement, contacts and out-of-bounds systems are agreed in writing.
- 03
Sign, then start
MSA and SOW are signed electronically and the deposit is paid. Only then does testing begin.
- 04
Execution
Testing runs to the agreed plan. Critical findings are escalated as they are found; you don't wait for the report.
- 05
Report & debrief
An executive summary plus technical findings with evidence, reproduction steps and fixes, walked through with your team.
- 06
Retest
Where the tier includes it, we verify your fixes and reissue the report, so auditors and customers see the issues closed.
Timelines are set per engagement in the SOW.
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