IT & Cybersecurity Audits

If we designed it, somebody else grades it.

That rule is the foundation of our audit practice. An audit is only worth what its independence is worth. Apogee audits the program your team built and runs: the controls as they actually operate, not as the binder describes them. We do not audit or attest to a program Apogee designed; when your program is ours, we prepare you for the external assessment and sit beside you on assessment day.

The audit is conducted by practitioners who have sat on both sides of the table: building programs inside federal agencies and the Fortune 500, and answering for them under examination. Findings are ranked by business impact and written for the people who have to act on them.

The engagement includes

• An independent review of control design and operating effectiveness against NIST CSF 2.0, NIST 800-53, CMMC, ISO 27001, and SOC 2 as relevant
• Evidence sampling that tests what the program does, not what it documents
• A findings register ranked by business impact, with named owners and remediation sequence
• A gap read against the assessments and certifications that gate your revenue
• An executive report written for the board and the audit committee

The engagement is scoped from the four services at a briefing, runs in a defined interval with stated objectives, and is measured at the gate. Audit results are protected and shared only with the parties you authorize.

The boundary, stated plainly. Apogee does not grade its own work, and we do not issue certifications. We deliver the independent read that tells you whether the program will hold before someone with enforcement power asks.

Start with a briefing: forty-five minutes with a senior advisor, and a straight answer on whether your program is ready to be graded.