For business owners and executives
Understand business risk, likely exposure, compliance pressure, cyber insurance requirements, budget priorities, and the security work that should be handled first.
Orange County Cybersecurity Audit
Cybersecurity Audit, Compliance, and vCISO Experts for Orange County Businesses
Plan cybersecurity audit and compliance experts with authorized scope, clear criteria, reliable evidence, reproducible testing, and findings that leadership and technical teams can act on.
CISO-led guidance from Ali Hassani, backed by 25+ years of IT, cybersecurity, compliance, and infrastructure experience.
What OC Security Audit Helps You Solve
Move from uncertainty to a clear cybersecurity action plan.
Many organizations know they need better security, but they do not know whether to start with Microsoft 365, cloud security, firewall rules, ransomware readiness, vulnerability management, cyber insurance, compliance evidence, or executive governance. OC Security Audit brings those pieces into one professional review process.
For IT managers and CISOs
Validate controls, document gaps, prioritize remediation, improve evidence quality, and communicate security status to leadership without vague technical noise.
For regulated organizations
Prepare for HIPAA, PCI DSS, SOC 2, NIST CSF, ISO 27001, CMMC, IRS WISP, vendor reviews, and customer security questionnaires with practical readiness support.
Cybersecurity Services
Security audits, compliance readiness, cloud security, and vCISO leadership in one place.
OC Security Audit focuses on professional cybersecurity assessment and advisory work: finding real risks, explaining business impact, building remediation priorities, and helping leadership make informed decisions.
Cybersecurity Audits
Independent security audits for network, cloud, identity, endpoint, firewall, Microsoft 365, Azure, and external exposure risks.
Cybersecurity Risk Assessment
Business-focused risk reviews that connect technical findings to leadership priorities, remediation sequence, and budget planning.
Internal Security Audit
Review internal controls across Active Directory, endpoints, servers, file shares, backup, privileged access, logging, and operational practices.
External Security Audit
Assess public-facing exposure including DNS, remote access, web applications, open ports, vendor-hosted services, and attack surface risk.
Microsoft 365 Security Audit
Review identity, MFA, Conditional Access, Exchange Online, Defender, SharePoint, Teams, admin roles, and audit evidence.
Azure Cloud Security Audit
Evaluate Azure identity, subscriptions, networking, logging, key management, privileged access, workload exposure, and cloud governance.
Firewall Security Audit
Review firewall rules, VPN exposure, NAT, segmentation, logging, remote access, risky services, and change control.
Network Vulnerability Assessment
Prioritize exploitable vulnerabilities, missing patches, weak services, exposed management interfaces, and remediation evidence.
Compliance Consulting
Practical readiness support for HIPAA, PCI DSS, SOC 2, NIST CSF, ISO 27001, CMMC, IRS WISP, and cyber insurance requirements.
Virtual CISO Services
CISO-level leadership for governance, security roadmap, executive reporting, risk registers, policy review, and remediation accountability.
Incident Response & Digital Forensics
Guidance for investigation, containment, recovery, executive communication, evidence handling, and post-incident remediation.
Cybersecurity Risk Management
Ongoing risk planning, control ownership, vulnerability prioritization, vendor risk, and security program coordination.
Free Cybersecurity Tools
Start with a structured self-assessment before requesting a full audit.
These browser-based tools help you quickly review common risk areas and prepare better questions for a professional discussion. They are for initial guidance only and do not replace a professional cybersecurity audit, compliance assessment, penetration test, or legal/compliance review.
Quick Security Readiness Tools
Cloud, Identity, and Microsoft Security
Network, Endpoint, and Resilience Tools
- Active Directory Security Audit
- Firewall Configuration Risk Check
- Vulnerability Management Readiness Assessment
- Endpoint Security and EDR Readiness Assessment
- Server Security Hardening Assessment
- Backup and Disaster Recovery Readiness Assessment
- Wi-Fi and Guest Network Security Assessment
- Remote Workforce Security Check
Compliance, Incident, and Third-Party Risk
For deeper review, OC Security Audit also provides dedicated free tool collections for CISO and governance readiness, internal audit controls, and external attack surface review.
Ali Hassani, CISO
Cybersecurity guidance from a hands-on IT and security leader.
OC Security Audit is led by Ali Hassani, CISO, a cybersecurity consultant and IT security leader with 25+ years of real-world experience across network security, Microsoft infrastructure, Office 365 and Microsoft 365 security, Azure security, firewall security, vulnerability management, compliance auditing, healthcare IT, MSP services, and IT operations.
- Certifications include CISSP, CCISO, CCNP, CCNA, MCSE, MCSA Security, MCITP, MCP, and MCTS.
- Experienced with executive communication, audit findings, remediation planning, Microsoft environments, networks, cloud platforms, endpoints, backup, and incident response.
- Focused on practical, business-ready recommendations instead of fear-based security messaging.
Compliance and Audit Readiness
Turn requirements into evidence, control owners, and remediation priorities.
OC Security Audit helps organizations prepare for security and compliance expectations without pretending that a checklist alone is enough. The work connects policies, technical controls, cloud settings, identity practices, vulnerability management, incident response, backup resilience, vendor risk, and executive reporting.
HIPAA, PCI DSS, SOC 2, and ISO 27001
Assess safeguards, access controls, logging, policy coverage, risk analysis, evidence gaps, and remediation ownership.
NIST CSF, CMMC, IRS WISP, and Cyber Insurance
Build a clearer view of control maturity, business impact, third-party expectations, and insurance questionnaire support.
Microsoft 365, Azure, and Cloud Evidence
Review tenant security, identity controls, privileged access, logging, conditional access, email security, data exposure, and cloud governance.
After the Audit
When findings require implementation, keep the roles clear.
OC Security Audit can identify risks, validate controls, and help leadership prioritize remediation. When the next step requires hands-on implementation, IT operations, Microsoft 365 administration, Azure support, backup improvements, endpoint management, network changes, server work, monitoring, patching, or help desk support, Ali’s separate IT Perfection team may be a fit for implementation follow-through.
Microsoft 365 and Azure implementation
For tenant administration, identity changes, secure collaboration, and cloud operations support after security recommendations are approved.
Managed IT and help desk
For user support, onboarding, offboarding, patching, troubleshooting, monitoring, and operational IT follow-through.
Backup, network, endpoint, and server projects
For practical remediation work involving backup resilience, endpoint management, network infrastructure, servers, and recurring maintenance.
Contact OC Security Audit
Request a cybersecurity consultation.
Use the form to describe your audit, compliance, Microsoft 365, Azure, firewall, vulnerability management, cyber insurance, incident response, or vCISO need. For urgent matters, call directly.
Email: support@OCsecurityAudit.com
Service area: Irvine, Orange County, Los Angeles County, and Southern California.
Questions Businesses Ask First
Practical answers before you schedule a review.
Can I start with the free tools?
Yes. The free tools are a good starting point for identifying obvious gaps and preparing for a professional conversation. They are not a replacement for a formal audit, compliance assessment, penetration test, or legal/compliance review.
Do you work with internal IT teams and MSPs?
Yes. OC Security Audit can provide independent assessment, vCISO guidance, audit readiness, and remediation prioritization while your internal IT team or MSP continues operating the environment.
Which services are most common for Orange County businesses?
Common requests include Microsoft 365 security audits, cyber insurance readiness, firewall reviews, vulnerability management, HIPAA readiness, PCI DSS readiness, SOC 2 readiness, incident response planning, and vCISO support.
What happens after findings are identified?
OC Security Audit explains the risk, business impact, likely priority, and recommended next steps. When implementation work is needed, the remediation plan can be handed to your IT team, MSP, or a separate implementation provider such as IT Perfection when appropriate.