ShiftRight™ is a comprehensive, doctrine-driven framework designed to evaluate, strengthen, and evolve an organization's Cyberspace Defense posture across all operational domains. It goes beyond surface-level compliance checks to deliver real-world readiness assessments, focusing on the actual maturity, capability, effectiveness, and readiness of defensive operations.
Core Principles
Operational Realism Over Theory
Rooted in practical threats and adversarial behaviors—not idealized control sets.
Vendor-Agnostic Philosophy
ShiftRight™ assessments avoid recommending products, focusing instead on resilience, structure, and strategic alignment.
Cross-Domain Integration
Evaluates Business, People, Processes, Technologies, and Functions as interconnected components of defense.
Dynamic Adaptability
Designed to evolve alongside the threat landscape and customer operational models.
Core Components of the ShiftRight™ System
ShiftRight™ Engage (SRE)
Two-day engagement designed to assess and reveal Cyberspace Defense posture via discussion, scenario-driven evaluation, and strategic recommendations.
SR-MCM (Maturity & Capability Matrix)
A detailed control framework (~1100 controls) used to score an organization's maturity and capability across five domains.
SR-Nexus
Expanded analytical model that adds effectiveness and readiness scoring to the core maturity/capability model. In development.
Operational Vulnerability (OV)
Quantifies how exposed an organization is to both contemporary and advanced threats based on their actual readiness and performance.
Micro-Tabletop Exercises (MTEs)
Structured scenario simulations used to uncover real-world response behaviors, decision-making patterns, and latent readiness gaps.
Findings Report & Review Decks
Empirical, regulator-ready outputs offering detailed observations, root causes, and action-oriented recommendations.
Domains Assessed by ShiftRight™
Business
Security governance, executive alignment, risk ownership, regulatory awareness.
People
Staffing, training, security culture, role clarity.
Processes
Incident response workflows, escalation paths, playbooks, and feedback loops.
Technologies
Tooling effectiveness, integration, telemetry, and coverage.
Functions
Execution of operational defense tasks like detection, triage, forensics, and containment.
What ShiftRight™ Delivers
Quantified Maturity & Capability Scores (CDO-MAT, CDO-CAP)
Operational Vulnerability Scores (OV-CT, OV-AT)
Vendor-agnostic Roadmaps for improving posture and resilience
Real-world insights drawn from micro-tabletop scenarios and actual stakeholder behavior
Alignment with threat landscapes—not just compliance frameworks
Ideal Use Cases
Mid to large enterprises and critical infrastructure operators
Government agencies with national security or regulated responsibilities
Organizations struggling to operationalize security investment
CISOs and Risk Leaders seeking operational clarity—not just control checklists
ShiftRight™ is not just a toolset—it's a strategic lens.
It reframes how organizations view cyber readiness by emphasizing what truly matters: the ability to withstand, respond to, and recover from real threats.
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