How does MS2 help ensure that the proper security safeguards are in place?

Experienced and certified information security professionals developed and tested MS2 control surveys to meet generally accepted industry security standards and practices. The applicability of these controls has been validated in work with many customers concerned with security and compliance. 

Standards and practices include, but are not limited to, those published by:

• National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
• Information Systems Audit and Control Associations (ISACA)
• Information System Security Association (ISSA)
• International Standards Organization (ISO)

MS2 assesses 28 administrative, physical technical security topics ranging from human resource practices, to information disposal to wireless networks and web hosting. It contains over 750 optional survey questions about safeguarding security in different business circumstances and IT environments. These questions are regularly updated to reflect “best practices” and “generally accepted security practices.”

MS2 is a complete security compliance solution that also includes robust threat and vulnerability risk assessments and security safeguard gap assessments. It categorizes gaps, provides guidance in how to address gaps, tracks compliance activities, and produces a comprehensive set of easy-to-use compliance reports.