As ransomware attacks continue to rise in frequency, sophistication, and impact, organisations must move beyond reactive defence and embrace proactive readiness. At Tenendo, we help clients prepare for the inevitable—not by scaring them, but by strengthening their resilience. Our Ransomware and Cyber Incident Readiness Assessment is designed to evaluate, test, and improve your organisation’s ability to prevent, detect, respond to, and recover from ransomware and other major cyber incidents.

Why It Matters

A ransomware attack doesn’t just lock systems—it can halt operations, expose sensitive data, and damage reputations. The cost is not only financial; it includes legal risk, regulatory pressure, and customer trust.

Readiness isn’t just about having backups. It’s about knowing:

• How fast can you detect an intrusion?
• Do you have a coordinated response playbook?
• Who takes charge during an incident?
• Are your partners and vendors prepared too?
• How long will recovery take, and what will it cost?

Our assessment helps answer those questions with clarity and evidence.

Our Approach

Our methodology is structured yet tailored, balancing technical analysis with operational insight. Here’s how we approach readiness assessments:

1. Threat-Informed Scoping

We understand your organisation’s size, sector, regulatory landscape, and threat exposure. This helps us model realistic attack scenarios that ransomware operators would likely use against you.

2. Gap Analysis Against Industry Standards

We assess your controls, procedures, and policies against recognised frameworks such as:

• NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) v2.0
• ISO/IEC 27001
• ENISA Ransomware Protection Guidelines
• DORA (for financial entities under EU regulation)

This step identifies where your current posture aligns—and where it doesn’t.

3. Technical and Process Review

We examine:

• Endpoint protection and detection capabilities
• Backup strategies and restoration testing
• Patch and vulnerability management
• Email and web filtering
• Identity and access controls
• Network segmentation
• Incident response playbooks
• Staff awareness and phishing resilience

We also review the technical controls and logging necessary to detect ransomware behaviour (e.g., mass file encryption, lateral movement, privilege escalation).

4. Tabletop Exercise or Simulated Attack

If desired, we can run a ransomware tabletop exercise or red team simulation to test your real-time response. This practical element reveals blind spots that policies alone can’t fix.

5. Maturity Scoring and Recommendations

Your readiness is measured across key dimensions: Prevention, Detection, Response, and Recovery. We provide:

• A maturity score for each area
• Prioritized recommendations
• A remediation roadmap tailored to your business goals and resource constraints

Objectives and Outputs

We identify key deliverables of the assessment as follows:

Readiness Assessment Reports

• Detailed vulnerability assessment findings with an executive summary

• Risk-prioritised remediation recommendations specific to infrastructure

• Comprehensive gap analysis against CAF/NIS2/NIST CSF 2.0 compliance requirements

• Company maturity scoring across key security domains

• Tailored short-term action plans addressing critical vulnerabilities

Strategic Roadmap

• Consolidated findings identifying system-wide vulnerabilities and risks

• Cross-cutting recommendations addressing shared infrastructure challenges

• Maturity improvement framework with clear progression milestones

• Resource requirements and implementation timeline projections

• Governance model recommendations for ongoing security enhancement

• Performance metrics for measuring security posture improvement

Scenario Simulation Outcome Reports

• Detailed evaluation of response effectiveness for each simulation exercise

• Analysis of decision-making processes during simulated incidents

• Communication and coordination effectiveness assessment

• Technical response capability evaluation

• Specific recommendations for procedural improvements

• Training requirements identified through simulation outcomes

Key benefits from completing these assessments include:

• Uncovering hidden vulnerabilities

• Measuring Response Efficacy

• Targeted Improved Roadmap

• Enhanced Readiness

• Early Attack Detection

• Improve Response Efficiency