Highground Cyber

The Highground Advantage

Dedicated Cyber & Compliance Programs

Acceleration Through Prioritization.
Optimization By Reallocation.
Execution with Program Management.
"Highground helped us with a NIST 800-53 implementation on an extremely aggressive timeline. They provided talented practitioners and an efficient program plan supported by intellectual property, policies, job aides, and their Ridgeline SaaS platform. We got three years of work done in 18 months. If your CMMC implementation needs to get done quickly - call the Highground team."
- Evan Rice, VP of IT at CCI Systems

Elite & Proven Guidance

30 Years of Combined Experience in Cybersecurity.
Rapid Implementations of NIST 800-171 & NIST 800-53 in US Critical Infrastructure.
Proven Results Implementing Regulatory Requirements in Manufacturing, Engineering, and Telecommunications.

Your Fractional Team

DoD 8140 Certifications
  • IAT LEVEL III
  • IAM LEVEL III
  • IA SAE LEVEL II
  • CSSP Managers
  • CSSP Analysts
  • CSSP Auditors
  • CSSP Infrastructure Support
  • CSSP Incident Responders
Cyber Industry Certifications
  • CAICO Certified CMMC Assessors
  • CAICO Certified CMMC Professionals
  • CAICO Lead Assessors
  • CompTIA Network+
  • CompTIA Security+
  • CompTIA CASP+
  • CompTIA CySA+
  • CISSP
  • ISSAP
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Start the Right Way

Acceleration through Prioritization

Not All Controls are Created Equal

Practices in CMMC are assigned a criticality factor of one to five - and missing the mark on any practice with a weight of five is an automatic "hard failure" of your assessment. Once the gaps in implementation have been identified, we get to work addressing practices in their order of criticality to provide the most coverage in the least amount of time.

02

GO Faster with the Right Resources

Optimization through Resource Reallocation

Threat and Attack Surface Management

99.95% Threat Reduction
For Average Clients in the First Year
1,000 Hours Reclaimed
Per IT Resource Per Year to Implement Controls
Get the support and guidance to clean up threats, and shift the IT focus of hours toward items that achieve compliance

Asset Inventories

Tag Apps and Devices
By Asset Class, Network, and Much More
50+ Unknown Assets
Discovered & Documented Per Client
Discover and organize the entirety of your environment to keep track of scope, and focus control efforts

Risk Management

Identify and quantify risk. Then focus implementation work to mitigate the largest risks.
$1,000,000,000+
In Business Risk Quantified to Date
Ridgeline
Cyber Program Management Platform

Policy Templates

20+ Templates & Workbooks
Tailored to Your Organization's Needs
Get policies intended for real use and tested in your operations - written by assessors to make your assessor's job easier. This is the surest way to a speedy assessment where everyone wins.

Shared Responsibility Matrix

17 Controls Satisfied
By Ridgeline on Day one
A Shared Responsibility Matrix is required for all external solutions that are part of your CUI Security Domain, and something very few providers can readily produce. Highground provides this and satisfies 17 other controls that are satisfied on day one.

Security Awareness Training

80% Reduction in Phishing Click Rates
using the same tactics and methods as bad actors
Your most important firewall is a human one.
We believe in persistent and realistic training managed by cyber professionals who think like the bad actors. Inoculating employees against real social engineering principles rather than generic training, and equipping them to protect the borders of your organization.

The Highground Advantage

With a vast arsenal of intellectual property and processes available after a decade of implementing security frameworks, Highground also brings valuable man-hours to bear on your implementation activities. The lack of dedicated resources and expertise is no longer an obstacle in getting compliant. Highground knows what skills and subject expertise is required to make this journey in organizations of all sizes. We bring these skills and this knowledge as needed to get you where you need to be, helping you implement at every level of granularity.

We Profit From Partnership - Not Purchases

We are not Managed Service Providers (MSPs). We are not Resellers. We are Assessment Preparation Professionals and Cybersecurity Practitioners. We have zero interest or allegiance to any particular solution beyond what is determined to be most effective for you at the enterprise architecture level. Assessors are barred from making value judgments regarding tools or providers used - so long as they have proven to satisfy controls. We uphold the same standard as consultants preparing you and your environment for assessment.

03

Hit Deadlines with Consistency

Execution Through Program Management

Your Collaboration Center for Tracking Work

Based on Gino Wickman's TRACTION - Facilitate lean, incisive, and productive weekly L10 meetings that track tasks, identify issues, create alignment, and churn through work at faster speeds.

Ridgeline
Cyber Program Management Platform

Data Driven Decision Making

See your journey to the summit taking place at every level of operations. Experience the tangible impacts of every action with reporting on day-to-day activities, all the way up to quarterly and annual progress reports.

Risk and Threat Surface Management In One Place

Get notified of new business risks that impact your program and monitor cyber-related risks to eliminate them from your business. Get real-time network-based vulnerability scanning of your assets to radically increase awareness and remove threats. All from one place.

Program Health for Executives

Get notified with executive briefs on recent major cyber events - with analysis on its impacts to your company's strategic vision. See progress reports on your implementation of CMMC, and KPIs on program health for mutual accountability.