Everyone tells me they have a risk assessment.Almost nobody does.

Give me fifteen minutes on Zoom. You show me the document your IT company handed you, and I will tell you what DFS would make of it.

Book 15 minutes with me

Complimentary. Straight to my calendar.

Walter Contreras

New York State approved cybersecurity instructor · teaches this for Big I New York

Founder & CEO, Motiva Networks

THE PIECE-OF-PAPER TEST

Three questions. If any one is a no,you do not have a risk assessment.

Check what you have against these. Five minutes — the same three things DFS keeps flagging.

1QUESTION 1

Does it name the methodology it was built on?

A passing answer: NIST CSF, NIST 800-30, or another named framework, with risks rated on that scale.

2QUESTION 2

Does every risk have a name and a decision recorded?

A passing answer: an owner for each risk, marked "fixed, and how" or "accepted, and why."

3QUESTION 3

Is it dated after your team started using AI?

A passing answer: a date this year, and a line on what changed. Predates Copilot? It's out of date.

Every April 15th,you sign your name.

Not your IT company. You. The certification says your program meets the requirements, and the risk assessment is one of them.

You cannot certify what you cannot produce.

Bring me what you have.I'll tell you if it holds up.

Send over the document your IT company gave you, or just come with questions. I run it against the same three tests above and you leave knowing where you stand.

Nothing to install, nothing to prepare
Walked through live — never emailed to you
If what you have is fine, I will say so

Book 15 minutes with me

WHO YOU'RE TALKING TO

Approved by New York State to teach this material
SOC 2 Type II
25 years with New York independent agencies

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