COMPLIANCE AND CYBERSECURITY

Our Approach Includes

Developing IT Policies:

We design customized IT security policies that align with your organizational objectives, compliance mandates, and industry best practices. These foundational documents establish governance over data protection, user access, incident response, and acceptable use—ensuring your cybersecurity framework meets the rigorous standards of frameworks like CMMC, NIST 800-53, and ISO 27001. By clearly articulating expectations and responsibilities, our IT policy development helps reduce risk, improve internal accountability, and prepare you for successful audits.

Creating Standards:

Maple Woods helps your organization implement comprehensive IT security standards that drive consistency and enforce best practices across all systems, platforms, and personnel. These standards serve as a blueprint for technical configurations, user behavior, data handling, and third-party integrations—reducing configuration drift and minimizing exploitable vulnerabilities. Our standards documentation supports regulatory compliance, audit readiness, and the creation of a uniform security posture across your enterprise IT environment.

Developing Guidelines:

We translate complex security requirements into clear, actionable cybersecurity implementation guidelines tailored to your environment. These operational blueprints guide internal teams and contractors in deploying controls, maintaining compliance, and protecting critical assets. Whether it's configuring endpoint protection, managing access controls, or handling sensitive data, our security guidelines ensure practical, repeatable processes that foster operational resilience and cyber hygiene.

Defining Procedures:

Our team defines detailed cybersecurity procedures that govern your day-to-day operations—ensuring rapid and reliable responses to incidents, breaches, and compliance events. These SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) cover critical activities such as incident response workflows, data backup protocols, patch management, and user provisioning, enabling your IT and security teams to act with precision and consistency during high-pressure events.

Conducting Risk Assessments:

Through in-depth cybersecurity risk assessments, we help identify and evaluate potential threats, vulnerabilities, and control gaps across your digital infrastructure. Leveraging industry-standard frameworks like NIST RMF and CMMC, we provide a prioritized roadmap for risk mitigation based on business impact and likelihood. Our assessments empower stakeholders to make informed decisions, improve security postures, and prepare for regulatory scrutiny with confidence.

Developing Remediation Plans:

Based on risk assessment findings, we create custom remediation plans that target your most critical security gaps. These step-by-step action plans prioritize fixes, allocate resources, and define timelines to ensure timely, effective mitigation. Whether addressing outdated software, access control issues, or misconfigured systems, our remediation strategies are designed to accelerate compliance, reduce exposure, and harden your environment against future threats.

Continued Monitoring of Risks:

Cyber threats don’t rest—and neither do we. Maple Woods implements continuous risk monitoring solutions to track, detect, and respond to emerging threats in real time. By integrating SIEM platforms, behavioral analytics, and automated alerting, we help your organization maintain a proactive cybersecurity stance. This ongoing vigilance ensures that as risks evolve, your security posture adapts—keeping you a step ahead of attackers and in alignment with compliance mandates.