Audit & Assessment
Technology stack review with actionable insights for securing and hardening your environment — NIST, HIPAA, and beyond.
Compliance That Actually Protects You
Compliance frameworks like NIST and HIPAA exist because they encode hard-won lessons about what security controls actually reduce risk. When done right, a compliance assessment isn't a checkbox exercise — it's a structured way to find and fix the gaps in your security program.
Helm's audit and assessment practice goes beyond producing a gap report. We review your actual technology stack, identify how specific misconfigurations and control gaps translate to real risk, and deliver recommendations you can act on — prioritized by impact, not alphabetical order.
Frameworks We Assess Against
- NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0
- HIPAA Security Rule and Privacy Rule
- NIST SP 800-171 (CUI / Government Contractors)
- SOC 2 Type II readiness
- CIS Controls v8
- Custom risk-based assessments
What We Review
A comprehensive assessment covers your full technology environment, not just the obvious targets.
MFA coverage, privileged access management, service account hygiene, and Active Directory / Entra ID configuration review.
Firewall rule review, network segmentation, remote access architecture, and DNS/email security (SPF, DKIM, DMARC).
EDR coverage, patch management, device encryption, and baseline configuration review against CIS Benchmarks.
AWS/Azure/GCP security configuration, IAM policies, storage permissions, and logging/monitoring coverage.
Log coverage assessment, SIEM/monitoring review, and detection capability gap analysis against common attack techniques.
Policy inventory, documentation gap analysis, and alignment assessment against framework requirements.
The Deliverables
- Executive-level risk summary with maturity scoring
- Detailed findings with control gap documentation
- Framework control mapping (NIST, HIPAA, CIS)
- Prioritized remediation roadmap with effort estimates
- Technology-specific hardening recommendations
- Optional quarterly follow-on assessment
Who Benefits
HIPAA Security Rule compliance with practical recommendations specific to your EHR, medical devices, and clinical workflows.
Find and fix gaps before your external auditor does. Walk into your audit with confidence.
Build a security program that scales with your business — identify what to prioritize as you grow.