Find the Right Security Assessment for Your Organization
Use this assessment hub to identify where to start: CIS Controls, banking cybersecurity, non-human identities, AI governance, privileged access, audit readiness, FFIEC readiness, or executive risk reporting.
Where Should You Start?
This assessment hub is based on a CIS Controls financial services mapping that connects cybersecurity controls to real banking business problems: non-human identity governance, access control, approval workflows, AI governance, visibility, audit evidence, and regulatory readiness.
Start with CIS Controls if...
You want the broadest cybersecurity baseline across assets, access, data protection, logging, recovery, and governance.
Start CIS Controls AssessmentStart with Executive Risk if...
You need to translate technical security issues into leadership decisions, business risk, budget priorities, and a roadmap.
Request Executive Risk ReportStart with the banking cybersecurity or FFIEC readiness review.
Go to Banking Assessment →Start with AI governance to evaluate AI tools, data exposure, and AI agent risk.
Go to AI Governance →Start with privileged access to assess administrator rights and least privilege.
Go to Privileged Access →Start with audit readiness to test evidence, approvals, and review records.
Go to Audit Readiness →Recommended Assessment Flow
If you are not sure where to begin, follow this sequence. It moves from broad baseline to identity risk, audit readiness, regulatory readiness, and executive reporting.
Privileged Access + Non-Human Identity
Then review admin rights, service accounts, APIs, bots, automations, and AI agents.
AI Governance Assessment
Assess AI usage, data exposure, AI tools, and AI agent governance.
Audit or FFIEC Readiness
Validate whether you can prove access approvals, reviews, controls, and evidence quickly.
Executive Risk Report
Turn findings into a leadership-ready risk summary and prioritized action plan.
Choose an Assessment
Each assessment gives visitors a focused self-assessment, instant risk score, recommended next steps, and a way to request a review from Sovereign Solutions.
CIS Controls Assessment
Measure your organization against foundational cybersecurity controls and identify priority gaps.
Open AssessmentBanking Cybersecurity Assessment
Evaluate cybersecurity readiness across access, customer data, GLBA, FFIEC, and audit concerns.
Open AssessmentNon-Human Identity Assessment
Identify risks from service accounts, APIs, bots, scripts, automations, integrations, and AI agents.
Open AssessmentAI Governance Assessment
Assess AI usage, sensitive data exposure, shadow AI, AI tools, AI agents, and governance maturity.
Open AssessmentPrivileged Access Assessment
Review administrator rights, privileged users, MFA, shared accounts, least privilege, and evidence.
Open AssessmentAudit Readiness Review
Test whether your team can produce approvals, review evidence, access records, and remediation proof.
Open ReviewFFIEC Readiness Review
Evaluate readiness across governance, access controls, vendor access, incident response, and evidence.
Open ReviewExecutive Risk Report
Translate cybersecurity gaps into business risk, compliance impact, budget priorities, and roadmap actions.
Open ReportFrequently Asked Questions
Use these FAQs to understand which assessment fits your organization best and what happens after you complete one.
Which assessment should we take first?
If you are not sure where to start, begin with the CIS Controls Assessment. It gives the broadest cybersecurity baseline across assets, access, data protection, recovery, logging, and governance.
What should banks and credit unions start with?
Banks and credit unions should usually start with the Banking Cybersecurity Assessment or FFIEC Readiness Review. These focus on access controls, customer information, audit evidence, governance, and examination readiness.
What is a non-human identity?
A non-human identity includes service accounts, API keys, bots, scripts, automations, integrations, machine accounts, and AI agents that access systems or data without being tied to a normal employee login.
Why is AI governance included in cybersecurity assessments?
AI tools can create risk when employees enter sensitive data, use unapproved tools, connect AI agents to business systems, or deploy automation without clear visibility, approval, and access controls.
What does the Audit Readiness Review help with?
It helps determine whether your organization can quickly produce evidence of access approvals, access reviews, privilege changes, remediation actions, incident response records, and policy enforcement.
What is the difference between the Audit Readiness Review and FFIEC Readiness Review?
The Audit Readiness Review is broader and applies to many organizations. The FFIEC Readiness Review is specifically designed for financial institutions preparing for banking cybersecurity examinations.
Who should complete these assessments?
These assessments are useful for CIOs, CISOs, IT Managers, Risk Officers, Compliance Officers, Audit teams, CEOs, CFOs, and executives responsible for cybersecurity, compliance, or operational risk.
What happens after we complete an assessment?
You receive an instant risk score and recommended next steps. You can also request a review from Sovereign Solutions to discuss gaps, priorities, and possible remediation paths.
Is the PDF required before taking an assessment?
No. The PDF is a reference guide. You can download it for context, but the assessment pages are designed to help you quickly identify the most relevant risk area first.
Are these assessments only for banks?
No. Several assessments apply to any organization, including CIS Controls, Non-Human Identity, AI Governance, Privileged Access, Audit Readiness, and Executive Risk Reporting. Banking-specific pages are designed for banks and credit unions.
Download the CIS Controls Financial Services PDF
Use the PDF as the reference guide, then choose the assessment that best matches your organization’s immediate risk, audit, access governance, AI governance, or compliance concern.