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Cyber Security Audit Services in Pakistan
Framework-based audits that benchmark and prioritize your posture.
What it is
A structured evaluation of your security programme against a recognised framework — policy, process and technical control alike. Where a penetration test asks whether one system can be broken, an audit asks whether your organisation is managing security in a way that holds up to scrutiny.
Types of Security Audits we deliver
ISO 27001 gap audit
Where you stand against the standard today, control by control, and what has to close before a certification body will pass you.
SOC 2 readiness audit
Control design and evidence reviewed against the trust services criteria, before an auditor finds the gaps at your expense.
PCI DSS scope and gap audit
What is genuinely in your cardholder data environment and what can be taken out of it. Scope reduction is the cheapest PCI work there is.
Technical configuration audit
Servers, network devices, cloud accounts and endpoints reviewed against hardening baselines rather than against an opinion.
Third-party and vendor audit
Reviewing the security of the suppliers who hold your data or connect to your systems, weighted by what each one can actually reach.
Post-incident audit
After an incident: what failed, what the controls were supposed to do, and which of them were never actually operating.
How we do it
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Framework selection
We agree the standard to audit against — ISO 27001, SOC 2, NIST CSF or CIS Controls — based on what your customers and regulators actually ask for.
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Documentation review
Policies, procedures, registers and previous audit results read against the control set.
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Control interviews
Sessions with the people who operate each control, because documented and actual practice routinely differ.
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Technical verification
Sampling to confirm controls are implemented as described, not merely written down.
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Gap analysis
Each control rated, with evidence, and the gap stated in terms of what is missing.
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Roadmap construction
A sequenced plan to close gaps, ordered by risk reduction and effort.
What's included
- Audit against your chosen framework
- Policy and procedure review
- Interviews with control owners
- Technical sampling to verify practice
- Evidence-backed control ratings
- Prioritised remediation roadmap
Who needs it
- Organisations preparing for certification or a customer audit
- Boards wanting independent assurance on security posture
- Teams inheriting a security programme they did not build
Deliverables
- Control-by-control assessment with evidence cited
- Gap register with owners and effort estimates
- Executive summary written for a board audience
- Remediation roadmap with sequencing
What Security Audits costs
Priced on the number of controls assessed and the size of the estate behind them.
The figure depends on scope, so we quote one fixed price in writing before any work begins. These are the things that move it:
- Which framework — ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS and a general review are different control counts and different evidentiary standards.
- How many locations and business units — Each one has its own processes and its own interviews. Three offices is three sets of evidence, not one larger set.
- The state of existing documentation — An organisation with current policies and records is assessed. One starting from nothing needs those built first, which is a separate and larger piece of work.
- How many people must be interviewed — Control evidence comes from people as much as systems, and interview time is a real part of the schedule.
- Whether technical testing is included — A control audit asks whether a control exists and operates. Proving it withstands attack is penetration testing, scoped alongside.
A short gap analysis first is almost always cheaper than a full audit that surfaces the same gaps later, with a certification deadline already running.
Where we deliver Security Audits
Audit work mixes document review, which is remote, with interviews and walkthroughs, which are better in person. We run both across Pakistan, and being based in Multan means on-site audit days in southern Punjab do not arrive with travel costs attached.
Further reading
- PISF 2026 and the third-party audit provision — the cabinet pressed for independent audit, which is why self-assessment is unlikely to be enough
- SBP independent assessment obligations — what BPRD Circular 07 of 2016 requires of banks, DFIs and microfinance banks, and the breach-record rule most firms miss
Compliance relevance
Frequently asked questions
No, and no consultancy can. Certification is issued only by an accredited certification body. What we do is audit you against the standard so you know where you stand before that body arrives.
Typically two to four weeks depending on organisation size and how much documentation already exists. Interviews are the constraint more often than the technical work.
That is a common starting point and worth saying plainly. The audit will show it, and the roadmap becomes a build plan rather than a gap list.
An audit asks whether your controls exist, are documented and are operating; a penetration test asks whether one of them can be broken. An audit covers policy, process and technology across the organisation. A test goes deep on a system. Compliance usually needs both, and they answer genuinely different questions.
No, and nobody who prepared you can. Certification against ISO 27001 is issued by an accredited certification body, and SOC 2 reports come from a licensed CPA firm. We find and help close the gaps so that audit goes well; the certificate comes from the independent auditor.
Two to six weeks for most organisations, depending on size, how many sites and systems are in scope, and how much documentation already exists. The document review is quick. Interviews and verifying that controls actually operate are what take the time.
Someone from IT or engineering who knows how things really work, someone who owns the processes being audited, and a management sponsor for an hour at the start and the end. We work around your team's availability; what we cannot do is audit from documents alone.
A report stating each control's status with the evidence behind that judgement, a gap list ranked by risk and by effort to close, and a remediation roadmap with realistic timelines. Where a control is partially in place we say so, because an audit that scores everything pass or fail is not describing any real organisation.
Banks, microfinance banks and payment service providers operate under SBP technology governance and risk management expectations that drive periodic assessment and review. The precise obligations depend on your licence category, so we scope against what applies to you rather than a generic checklist.
Priced on the number of controls assessed and the size of the estate behind them. Beyond that the figure depends on scope — mainly which framework, how many locations and business units and the state of existing documentation. We quote one fixed price in writing before any work begins, so the number does not move once the engagement starts. A short gap analysis first is almost always cheaper than a full audit that surfaces the same gaps later, with a certification deadline already running.
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