VAPT and Specialized Assessments
Cypherd offers a range of Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing services tailored to your security goals. Whether you need comprehensive black-box testing to simulate a determined external attacker across your full attack surface, white-box testing to mimic an insider threat, or specialized assessments such as Active Directory Security (Health, Risk, and Maturity Assessment), Firewall and Network Review (NIST 800-41, Zero Trust, and Best Practices), and Cloud Security Posture Assessment, we have the perfect plan for you.
Governance, Risk & Compliance Services
ISO 27001
ISO 27001 services center on establishing and maintaining an Information Security Management System (ISMS) for robust data protection in the Philippines.
Offerings include:
- ISMS Implementation Consulting with gap analysis and roadmaps;
- Compliance Advisory and Certification Preparation for documentation and audit readiness;
- Risk Management Advisory for non-technical risk registers and strategies;
- Internal Audit and Review Services for ongoing evaluations and improvements;
- Training and Awareness Programs to educate staff on standards and roles; and
- Policy and Procedure Development for crafting tailored security guidelines.
Data Privacy Act
Our Data Privacy Act (DPA) services focus on ensuring compliance with Philippine data protection laws enforced by the National Privacy Commission (NPC).
Key offerings include:
- DPO as a Service for outsourced oversight and breach management;
- Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA) to evaluate data risks;
- Registration and Documentation for NPC filings, privacy notices, and agreements;
- Training and Awareness Programs to educate staff on data rights and responsibilities;
- Policy Development for crafting compliant procedures; and
- Compliance Monitoring and Auditing for ongoing reviews and annual reporting.
Why Choose Cypherd as your Managed Security Partner?
Comprehensive Technical Risk Assessments
Our company can conduct an all-year-round assessment of your technology stack to identify vulnerabilities that either internal or external malicious threat actors could exploit. We don't simply use automated technologies. We expertly assess every asset, its criticality to the business, and how easy the asset can be exploited. We check regularly for misconfigurations, vulnerable software, and unpatched vulnerabilities of your infrastructure, whether on-prem or cloud. In short, we deep dive to fully understand your business and find all the cracks and loopholes before the attackers do.
IT Infrastructure Hardening
Cypherd can help you secure your identities (AD and Entra), endpoints, data, apps, infrastructure, and network through a robust architecture based on the Zero Trust principle. We design your environment where identity is at its core, ensuring that access to every resource is verified continuously. We architect your network so that every resource is properly network-segmented to prevent lateral movement in case of breach, etc. By partnering with us, your technology pillars are hardened and can resist modern threats. We have a team of certified professionals, CISSP, Sec+, CCNP, MS Certified Cybersecurity Architect (SC100), and Certified in Cybersecurity.
Threat Detection and Incident Response Planning
When cybercrimes can now be easily enabled as a service, i.e., Ransomware-as-a-Service, the number of cyber threat actors is rising exponentially every day. This reality poses a significant threat that no organization is exempt from. By partnering with Cypherd, we hunt threats that are probing or already lurking in your entire IT hybrid environment 24/7 and help you continuously improve your response and recovery playbook to ensure your preparedness in the case of a security breach. We provide the cloud-based AI-powered managed SOC and human intelligence way cheaper than huge MDR players in the market.
Cypherd as your vCISO or Fractional CISO
In today's evolving threat landscape, a Virtual Chief Information Security Officer (vCISO) service delivers expert cybersecurity leadership without the overhead of a full-time hire. This flexible, outsourced model provides strategic oversight, risk assessments, compliance guidance, and incident response planning on a part-time or contract basis. Tailored for small to mid-sized organizations, vCISOs align security strategies with business goals, safeguarding assets while fostering resilience. By leveraging seasoned professionals, companies gain C-level expertise remotely, ensuring proactive defense against cyber risks and regulatory demands, empowering growth without compromise.
Our vCISO service delivers strategic cybersecurity leadership, drawing on the founders' over 20 years of proven expertise in IT and information security. This includes CISSP certification, security engineering, and direct Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) experience as a former CISO in the banking sector.v
Continuous Vulnerability Management: The New Standard CISOs Can’t Ignore
In an era where threat actors can identify vulnerabilities in minutes and develop new exploits in hours rather than days or weeks, no organization that relies on IT for its operations is exempt from this reality. Unless a business intends to revert to manual processes, the inevitability of real-world cyber exploitation remains inescapable.
Most organizations, particularly those in highly regulated sectors such as banking and healthcare, engage third-party providers to conduct annual vulnerability assessments and penetration testing (VAPT). While VAPT performed by competent third-party experts can evaluate an organization's defenses at a specific point in time, the ongoing changes within the organization, coupled with the rapid pace of vulnerability discovery and exploit development, may render the annual VAPT report insufficient for board-level oversight. In mere weeks or even days, new developments can transform a previously low-risk IT system into a high-risk one, often without the CISO's awareness.
While annual VAPT remains a foundational element of compliance and risk insight, the accelerating threat environment invites us to explore how integrating continuous monitoring can elevate it from periodic assessments to a more adaptive, holistic defense strategy. Managing your Cyber Risk Exposure serves as your organization's nervous system, sensing, prioritizing, and mitigating risks.
For Cypherd clients, the choice is no longer between two testing regimes; it is between a yearly postcard from the past and a live feed of the present. In cyber risk, the present is the only tense that matters.
CREM - The all year round risk-based vulnerability management service you need
Traditional vulnerability management drowns IT teams in thousands of high-severity CVSS alerts from tools or consultants, leading to overwhelm and overlooked risks. Cypherd's Cyber Risk Exposure Management (CREM) service revolutionizes this by starting with your business, its operations, profitability, and key assets. We assess each asset's criticality (e.g., sensitive data's breach impact), exposure (internet-facing or firewall-protected?), and exploitability (targeted threats via cyber threat intelligence). Using our team's experience in managing business and technology risks, vulnerability assessment, and penetration testing for decades, we prioritize real risks and deliver expert-level remediation advice that both IT teams and senior executives will understand. CYPHERD will help you manage your cyber risks stemming from: - Active Directory - Network Infrastructure - User Endpoints - Servers and Systems - Web Apps and APIs - and cloud (IaaS/PaaS/SaaS) This is beyond compliance, but it's a boost to your security posture all year round.
Active Directory: Enterprise Lifeline or Ticking Time Bomb?
In the heart of every organization's IT infrastructure lies Active Directory (AD), the centralized directory service that manages user identities, access controls, and resource authentication across the enterprise—making it the most critical asset for seamless operations and security. Yet, this very centrality renders AD the greatest single point of failure; a compromise, outage, or misconfiguration could cascade into widespread disruptions, data breaches, or complete system paralysis, halting business continuity overnight. At Cypherd, we're equipped to help safeguard this vital component through comprehensive assessments, identifying vulnerabilities and fortifying defenses to ensure your AD remains a pillar of strength rather than a ticking time bomb.
