SECURITY GOVERNANCE METHODOLOGY

A Governance-First Security Operating Model

CRJ Security’s methodology provides leadership with objective visibility, formal accountability, and audit-ready governance through structured assessment and executive reporting.

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Phase 1
Security Maturity Assessment Report

What it is
A structured evaluation of your organization’s current security posture across governance, policies, and oversight practices.

Prerequisites
Completed 50-question Security Maturity Survey

Delivery Timeline
Report delivered within 24 hours after completion of the 50-question Security Maturity Survey.

What leadership receives
▶ Clear maturity scoring
▶ Identified governance gaps
▶ Prioritized areas for improvement

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Phase 2
Policy & Governance Analysis

What it is
An assessment of whether existing security policies adequately support your systems, risks, and business operations.

Prerequisites
▶ Completed Security Maturity Assessment Report
▶ Access to existing security and governance documentation

What leadership receives
▶ Visibility into documentation gaps
▶ Misalignment between practice and policy
▶ Clear areas requiring formalization

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Phase 3
Governance Establishment & Authorization

What it is
Formalizes cybersecurity governance through the creation, refinement, and executive approval of policies, roles, and accountability structures aligned to assessed risk.

Prerequisites
▶ Completed Security Maturity Assessment Report
▶ Completed Policy & Governance Analysis
▶ Executive sponsorship or designated governance ownership

What leadership receives
▶ Approved security policies (created or updated where gaps exist)
▶ Governance charters defining authority and oversight
▶ Clear role definitions and ownership (RACI-aligned)
▶ Documented executive authorization of security expectations

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Phase 4
Oversight, Review, and Re-Assessment

What it is
An ongoing governance oversight phase focused on maintaining effectiveness, relevance, and audit readiness as organizational risk, scale, and regulatory expectations evolve.

Prerequisites
▶ Formally approved governance artifacts
▶ Completed Security Maturity Assessment and Policy & Governance Analysis
▶ Defined review cadence

What leadership receives
▶ Periodic governance and policy reviews
▶ Updated security maturity and governance assessments
▶ Comparative reporting to track progress over time
▶ Sustained audit-ready documentation reflecting current risk posture

Designed for Objectivity and Oversight

What these engagements include
CRJ Security focuses exclusively on cybersecurity governance, documentation, and executive-level reporting. Our engagements are designed to establish clarity, accountability, and defensible oversight — without operational bias.

What these engagements do not include
We do not sell security tools, provide remediation services, or operate managed security programs. This separation is intentional.

By remaining independent of implementation and tooling decisions, our assessments and reports remain objective, defensible, and aligned to leadership and board-level decision-making.