A Build Review is a critical assessment of your IT systems’ configurations, ensuring they align with industry standards and security best practices. By examining devices, servers, and cloud services against trusted benchmarks, CyberLab helps identify vulnerabilities and misconfigurations that could jeopardise your organisation’s security.
Proactive Risk Mitigation
Identifies misconfigurations and vulnerabilities before they can be exploited, reducing the risk of security breaches.
Enhanced Security Posture
Strengthens the security of your IT systems by ensuring they align with industry-standard benchmarks and best practices.
Compliance Assurance
Helps meet regulatory requirements by ensuring your systems adhere to security standards like NCSC guidance and CIS benchmarks.
Tailored Remediation
Provides actionable recommendations for improving configurations, ensuring your systems are optimally secured.
Thousands of organisations across the UK trust us, here’s why…
CREST & CHECK Accredited
We are certified for both CREST and CHECK Green Light testing - an achievement not all testing companies can claim.
Clear and Concise Reports
We provide easy-to-understand reports with detailed findings and actionable recommendations.
CREST Infrastructure & App Testing
We are certified in both CREST Infrastructure and Application testing to the highest standards.
Specialised Testing Teams
Developer-trained testers deliver comprehensive app, API, and cloud testing for deeper, more effective results.
Experienced & Senior Consultants
Our team consists of highly experienced, senior consultants and penetration testers with over 15 years of expertise.
We Save You Time and Money
Clients consistently tell us that we deliver higher-quality testing in less time.
Outstanding Communication
We establish dedicated Teams or Slack channels to ensure seamless two-way communication between all.
Forward-Thinking Security
Our team goes beyond identifying vulnerabilities, offering proactive solutions to mitigate future risks.
Build Reviews: The CyberLab Approach
Our Build Review process follows a structured, step-by-step approach to thoroughly assess and strengthen your IT systems. By identifying misconfigurations and vulnerabilities, we ensure your systems align with industry benchmarks, providing actionable recommendations to enhance security and reduce risk.
The first step involves understanding the scope of the review, including identifying the systems, devices, and services that will be assessed. Information about the organisation’s IT environment is gathered to tailor the review accordingly.
Security experts manually log into systems or administrative consoles to review configurations. This step involves comparing current settings against trusted industry benchmarks such as NCSC guidance and CIS benchmarks.
During the review, any misconfigurations, unnecessary services, weak access controls, or other vulnerabilities are identified. These could include insecure passwords, incorrect permissions, or outdated software versions.
Identified vulnerabilities are evaluated based on their potential impact. Risks are prioritised, categorising them by severity (low, medium, high) to ensure critical issues are addressed first.
After identifying vulnerabilities, actionable recommendations for remediation are provided. These may involve updating configurations, disabling unnecessary services, enhancing security settings, or applying patches.
A detailed report is generated, summarising the findings and providing a clear set of recommendations for improving security configurations. This report also includes steps to maintain secure configurations moving forward.
Once remediation actions have been implemented, a follow-up review may be conducted to verify that the security measures are correctly applied and functioning as intended.
Why Choose CyberLab for Build Reviews?
Unmatched Expertise
14-strong UK team, including 7 CHECK Team Leaders, 6 CTMs, and SC/NPPV3-cleared consultants.
ProvenTrack Record
Over a decade of high-stakes testing for public sector and regulated industries, building on our ex-Armadillo Sec heritage.
Trusted by 1,200+ Organisations
Including NHS, local authorities, housing,
manufacturing, education, and financial services.
RapidResponse
Next-day testing for compliance deadlines, audits, and urgent stakeholder needs.
No Jargon, NoOrphaned Reports
Just clear, evidence-based security improvement.
SUCCESS STORY
NHS
This NHS Trust is now able to use Microsoft 365 to its full potential, safely and securely across the organisation.
“Having used CyberLab before in a previous Head of IT role, I had no hesitation in engaging them again to assist us with our security needs. Simply, I wouldn’t use them if they didn’t consistently deliver value.”
CREST, CHECK & Cyber Scheme Certified
CREST (the Council of Registered Ethical Security Testers) is an international accreditation with a strict Codes of Conduct and Ethics. CHECK is the Government-backed accreditation from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) which certifies that a company can conduct authorised penetration tests of public sector systems and networks.
All our penetration testers are certified by CREST, with senior consultants certified by CREST to the highest CCT Level. Our testers are also either CHECK Team Leaders (CTL’s) or Team Members (CTM’s).
Security testers that pass the Cyber Scheme exams demonstrate ‘competence and skill at the highest levels’ as defined by the National Technical Authority for Cyber Security (NCSC).
Our team have decades of combined experience and take pride in operating at the highest level of the industry – conducting a broad range of government and commercial tests – and always aim to go the extra mile.
Build Review FAQ's
Everything you need to know about Build Reviews
A Build Review involves evaluating the security configurations of your IT systems, ensuring they align with industry best practices and security benchmarks. This helps identify vulnerabilities and misconfigurations that could be exploited by attackers.
Build Reviews proactively identify and address security weaknesses in your system configurations, reducing the risk of breaches and ensuring your IT environment is securely configured against evolving threats.
A cyber security build review involves a systematic assessment of the security configuration applied to devices and systems within your organization’s IT environment. This includes servers, laptops, mobile devices, and network equipment such as firewalls, routers, and switches. The review evaluates the effectiveness of current security settings, identifies misconfigurations or deviations from best practices, and uncovers any weaknesses that could expose your organization to potential threats.
Build Reviews should be conducted regularly, especially after significant changes to your IT environment or systems. It’s also recommended to perform reviews annually to ensure your configurations remain secure and compliant with the latest security standards.
A Build Review should be conducted by certified security professionals with expertise in configuration management and security benchmarking. CyberLab’s team is CREST and CHECK certified, ensuring compliance with industry standards and best practices.
While Penetration Testing simulates attacks to identify exploitable vulnerabilities, Build Reviews focus on manually inspecting system configurations against security benchmarks to identify misconfigurations and hardening weaknesses before they can be exploited.
Yes, you will receive a comprehensive report that outlines the findings, categorising vulnerabilities by severity, and providing actionable recommendations to enhance your systems’ security.
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This page was reviewed by Steve Clarke, Head of Penetration Testing at CyberLab, on 11.05.26.
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