Real-World Solutions for Modern Risks
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The "Compliance-Ready" Professional Services Firm
The Scenario: A growing mid-sized law firm in Alpharetta began receiving detailed security questionnaires from their high-value corporate clients. The firm realized they lacked formal documentation, had no Acceptable Use Policy (AUP), and no documented Incident Response Plan, putting their largest contracts at risk.
The Cyber Winter Approach:
- Policy Architecture: We conducted a deep dive into their operations to author a custom suite of policies, including an AUP tailored to their remote-work reality.
- Compliance Mapping: Aligned their internal processes with industry-standard frameworks to ensure they could confidently answer "Yes" to client security audits.
- Incident Response Planning: Facilitated a tabletop exercise with the firm's partners to develop a "Day Zero" playbook for data breaches.
The Impact: The firm successfully retained its clients by proving a mature security posture and now uses its "Cyber Winter Certified" status as a competitive advantage.
The "Post-Growth" Security Assessment
The Scenario: A boutique medical specialty practice expanded to three locations. While their IT was managed, their security was an afterthought. The leadership team was concerned about HIPAA vulnerabilities and the lack of visibility into their expanding digital footprint.
The Cyber Winter Approach:
- Comprehensive Security Assessment: We performed an objective, third-party audit of their network, Microsoft 365 tenant settings, and physical security protocols.
- Vulnerability Roadmap: Rather than a generic list of "fixes", we provided a prioritized Executive Scorecard (Red/Yellow/Green) that ranked risks by business impact.
- Strategic Advisory: Acted as the bridge between the medical partners and their IT provider to ensure remediation was handed correctly and cost-effectively.
The Impact: The practice eliminated critical vulnerabilities in their patient portal and established a recurring security review cycle, shifting from a "reactive" to a "proactive" security culture.
Securing the "Human Perimeter"
The Scenario: An engineering firm with 40 employees experienced a "near-miss" wire transfer fraud attempt initiated via a sophisticated phishing email. The executive team realized that while their firewalls were strong, their employees were an untapped vulnerability.
The Cyber Winter Approach:
- Executive Mentorship: Provided one-on-one "Digital Footprint" training for the C-suite to secure their personal and professional personas against targeted Social Engineering.
- Employee Awareness Program: Deliver a high-impact, live training session (not a boring recorded video) that used real-world examples from the latest threats to engage the staff.
- Phishing Simulation: Implemented a controlled simulation to identify high-risk departments and provide "just-in-time" coaching for those who needed it most.
The Impact: Phishing click rates dropped from 22% to less than 2% within 90 days. The firm's culture shifted, with employees now actively reporting suspicious activity rather than ignoring it.
