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The KHICS Cybersecurity Capability Maturity Assessment tool turns structured stakeholder input and evidence into a defensible current-state baseline, gap view and prioritised transformation roadmap.
KCCMA assessment intelligence
KCCMA is a configurable KHICS assessment tool for cybersecurity, digital transformation and cyber-resilience. It combines stakeholder questionnaires, evidence, current and target maturity, risk context and delivery priorities into a decision-grade view of what must improve and why.
Its assessment method has supported a Tier-1 telecom engagement spanning 12 security domains, 30+ capabilities, 1,000+ structured questions and a prioritised three-year roadmap.
Four complementary dimensions
Current state Target stateAccountability, skills, capacity, organisation, decision rights and stakeholder readiness.
Governance, repeatability, measurement, control ownership and lifecycle discipline.
Architecture, tooling, integration, automation, coverage, configuration and resilience.
Evidence that the capability is consistently performed, governed and improved in operation.
Maturity levels · hover or focus for detail
Assessed beside the four dimensions
Calibrate the organisation's appetite and thresholds for cyber risk so capability targets and investment are proportionate to what leadership is willing to accept.
Establish decision rights, accountability, policy and oversight so security capability is directed, resourced and held to account across the enterprise.
Identify and prioritise the assets, services and data that matter most, anchoring assessment scope and remediation on genuine business impact.
Contextual standards mapping
The questionnaire set is tailored to the capability, sector, regulatory environment and organisation—not limited to a single generic cybersecurity checklist.
Innovation pipeline
KARI explores new platforms, methods and commercially relevant IP. Concepts are disclosed only after the appropriate confidentiality, validation and protection decisions have been made.
Explore KARIInvestigate a meaningful problem and its technical opportunity.
Test feasibility, value and the appropriate IP strategy.
Develop a product, licence an asset or establish a spin-off.
Innovation collaboration
