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# Understand your risks. Know what to do next.

Move from scattered concerns to a prioritized view of cybersecurity risk. HOZHO combines your business context, relevant safeguards, and agreed evidence to help you make informed decisions.

[Discuss a Risk Assessment](https://scheduler.zoom.us/gohozho/consult30)[Get My Free Risk Checkup](https://inbound.gohozho.com/free-10-minute-cybersecurity-checkup-hozho)

For small businesses, nonprofits, and tribal and local governments.

## A useful assessment answers

Make findings meaningful to your organization.

- 1What could disrupt our work?
- 2Which gaps deserve attention first?
- 3Who will own the next steps?

Clarity before more complexity.

RISK ASSESSMENTS

## A business view of cybersecurity risk.

Explore the areas we can address together. Your engagement is shaped around your priorities, current capabilities, and available resources.

CONTEXT

### Start with what matters

Understand the services, information, people, and third parties your organization depends on.

- Business priorities and critical operations
- Sensitive information and key systems
- Existing providers and shared responsibilities

BASELINE

### Review relevant safeguards

Use a practical CIS Controls foundation and tailor the review to your environment and obligations.

- Interviews and agreed evidence review
- Identity, access, protection, and recovery
- Policies, training, and incident preparation

DECISIONS

### Prioritize the gaps

Connect findings to potential business disruption and actions your team can realistically take.

- Risk ratings with context and limitations
- Recommended owners and priorities
- A phased improvement roadmap

FOLLOW-THROUGH

### Turn findings into action

Use vCISO guidance or a focused engagement to coordinate improvements and review progress.

- Leadership discussion of key findings
- Remediation planning with your team
- Follow-up evidence and status review

### Scope sets expectations

We agree the assessment boundaries and authorization before work begins. Results reflect the evidence, access, and time period reviewed.

## How we work together

Start with a shared understanding, agree the scope, and turn the work into practical action.

1

### Define the assessment

Agree systems, business concerns, evidence access, and intended use of the results.

2

### Review and validate

Discuss current practices and review the evidence available within the agreed scope.

3

### Decide what comes next

Receive findings and a prioritized plan that fits your resources.

## Questions you may have

Is the free checkup a full risk assessment?

No. The checkup is an introductory starting point. A scoped assessment examines agreed practices and evidence in greater depth.

Does an assessment include penetration testing?

Only if separately agreed. An assessment, vulnerability scan, and penetration test have different objectives and authorization requirements.

Will this certify our compliance?

No. Findings support decisions and readiness; certification, formal validation, and legal obligations require their own processes.

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## Let’s identify your next priority.

Tell us about your organization, what is changing, and where you need support. We will help you define a practical starting point.

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