Live API Verification for Enhanced Security Stacks with JSOC IT’s AUTOPSY Platform
AUTOPSY: Revolutionizing Cybersecurity Assessments
A new cybersecurity platform, AUTOPSY, has been launched by JSOC IT, aiming to revolutionize the way organizations assess their security posture. Unlike traditional self-reported security assessments, AUTOPSY utilizes live API integrations to verify an organization’s security stack, providing a more accurate picture of its defenses.
Security Verification: A New Category in Cybersecurity
The platform’s flagship product, READY, replaces manual questionnaires with API-verified telemetry, examining an organization’s security stack across 15 domains, including endpoint detection, identity and access management, backup and recovery, and vulnerability management. This approach introduces a new category in cybersecurity: Security Verification, which focuses on proving the effectiveness of a security program rather than simply documenting its claims.
According to JSOC IT’s CEO, Sam Sawalhi, the cybersecurity industry has long relied on an honor system, where organizations self-report their security posture and earn certifications without undergoing rigorous verification. AUTOPSY’s READY assessment aims to change this by providing a comprehensive verdict on an organization’s security readiness.
The Readiness Gap
Data from JSOC IT’s assessments reveals a significant discrepancy between self-reported security posture and actual security reality, with an average gap of 20 to 35 percentage points. This “Readiness Gap” highlights the difference between what a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) believes about their environment and what AUTOPSY verifies.
A Case Study: Uncovering Critical Security Issues
A case study with a mid-market financial services firm demonstrates the effectiveness of AUTOPSY’s approach. The platform uncovered several critical security issues that had gone undetected by the organization’s existing tools and audit processes. These included silent endpoint detection and response (EDR) coverage failures, multifactor authentication (MFA) exclusions on internet-facing systems, untested backup infrastructure, and dormant privileged accounts.
Integration and Delivery
AUTOPSY connects to an organization’s security stack via live API integrations across five major security frameworks, including NIST CSF 2.0, CIS Controls v8, SOC 2, ISO 27001:2022, and MITRE ATT&CK. The platform currently integrates with 24 security tools and plans to expand to over 40 integrations by the end of Q3 2026.
The AUTOPSY platform is delivered through a three-phase engagement model. Phase 1, the AUTOPSY: READY assessment, provides API-verified findings and quantifies the Readiness Gap. Phase 2, the Rebuild, involves JSOC IT’s engineers working with the client to remediate the identified security issues. Phase 3, Always On, ensures continuous API-verified monitoring to maintain the organization’s verified security posture.
As Sawalhi emphasized, “Deployed is not the same as defended. Every organization we’ve worked with had security tools, but what they didn’t have was verified proof that those tools were working.” AUTOPSY aims to provide this proof, ensuring that organizations can rely on their security stacks to defend against threats.
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