Any kind of risk to your organization’s data assets –be it related to network security, physical security, third-party vendors, application security, or compliance –is a risk to its business continuity. Data security threats can hamper the continuity of any organization’s business operations and lead to loss of money as well as the trust of your customers. Clearly, remediation of business continuity risks must be made...
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While third-party vendors may help your organization in performing its business operations smoothly, they also make up the biggest risk to your organization’s cybersecurity framework. Risks arise especially because you have no eyes or control over how these vendors perform their functions. Therefore, appropriate risk assessment and remediation plans have to be developed. Since there could be numerous third-party vendors involved in your day-to-day business operations,...
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As cyber criminals around the world are stepping up their game by creating new threats every day, the hope is that organizations protect their business operations with robust information security and compliance policies. These policies must incorporate remediation plans that can be acted upon immediately in the wake of a cyber threat. An important factor that promotes swift remediation measures is integrating your organization’s security...
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Companies that regularly handle any amount of sensitive data belonging to their customers or employees are constantly conducting risk assessments to check their security posture. The next step after identifying the gaps in an organization’s security system is to devise a plan for remediating the risks. Here are some of the steps that companies take to remediate their risks after identifying gaps in information security: Communication The first...
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Organizations may be well aware of the security and compliance risks that their data assets face. They may even have apt remediation plans in place. Still, there are instances of data breaches, even in large and well-established organizations. Where, then, lies the mistake? Many organizations suffer from a disconnect between their security and compliance risks and remediation. These two may seem like two disparate entities, but...
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Any organization that deals with digital information –by generating, procuring, processing, or sharing it –is at the risk of malicious intrusion. These risks could be a result of inefficient security policies or non-compliance with policies. To maintain the security posture of any organization, it is critical that such risks be remediated as soon as they are discovered. Integrating risks with remediation is a way to...
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The term ‘data subjects’ refers to the people who have shared their data –sensitive or otherwise –with your organization to enable some kind of processing, sharing, or transaction operations. These data subjects could be your customers and even your employees. Data subjects are allowed to submit data subject access requests related to their data to know how and where their informationisbeing used. This is part of...
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No matter what scale of business operations your organization runs, your organization’s data assets must be protected from security threats. When a risk penetrates your organization’s security framework, it can either be eliminated from its roots or be contained to minimize losses. Risk remediation refers to the measures taken to eliminate a threat to your organization’s data after it is identified or becomes live. It is...
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Compliance is an aspect of security risk management that no organization should ever ignore. It has the power to free your organization of all security risks, provided your security policies are designed the right way. A key step to ensure compliance in any organization is to conduct regular compliance assessments. However, compliance assessments can be time-consuming and expensive if not performed in an optimal manner. Here...
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As organizations increasingly rely on software and applications to conduct business, IT audits have become extremely important to keep operations in check. However, it can get really tough to conduct audits that are frequent, quick, cheap, as well as efficient. Thanks to new technology, it is possible to automate your organization’s IT audits. Automating helps you schedule future audits, prepare for upcoming audits in advance, and even increase their accuracy. Here...
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