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Businesses are full of risks, and organizations should do their best to identify, evaluate, and treat all of them – or at least the most relevant ones. This is called risk management, which can vary from subconscious decisions to fully aware choices based on complex methodologies and data arrangements. But, …
Read More ...“The human factor is the weakest link in the security.” How many times have we already heard this sentence? How many stories have we already heard about security incidents caused by human failure or inaction? In an effort to minimize this situation, organizations all around the world have been working …
Read More ...In a connected world where hundreds of transactions are made every minute, every second your systems are down or inaccessible may represent a significant impact on your organizations’ business. And, while prevention of infrastructure failures is an immediate and obvious concern for decision makers, a more subtle and insidious threat …
Read More ...A number of high-profile corporate and accounting scandals collapsed several big players like Enron and WorldCom, and played havoc on global investment market. In the wake of these scandals, U.S. SOX law was introduced to restore public confidence of financial information released by public organizations. The laws required new levels …
Read More ...Released at the beginning of April 2017 by BSI (the British Standards Institution), the standard BS EN ISO/IEC 27001:2017 is a corrigendum over previous standard BS ISO/IEC 27001:2013. It has raised some concern among organizations with Information Security Management Systems certified against ISO 27001, the leading ISO standard for information …
Read More ...To focus on their core business, many organizations rely on outsourced suppliers to perform support processes. While this approach may bring benefits like costs savings, and access to expert knowledge and state-of-the-art technology, it can also involve risks related to loss of control over how these processes are performed and …
Read More ...In the Internet environment, big, medium, and small businesses all face similar risks, and many regulatory demands enforce information protection, but differences in resources and knowledge often result in data breaches because of the failure to implement basic security measures. To help handle such situations, the government in the United …
Read More ...Running a business on your own these days is practically impossible. Maintaining high levels of performance in every aspect of your business to stay competitive means draining precious resources that would be better invested in business growth and diversification. Thus, using suppliers becomes an attractive alternative. But, while suppliers are …
Read More ...In the article How to define the ISMS scope we show that scope definition of an Information Security Management System (ISMS) requires clear understanding about what to protect to minimize risks of information compromise, and servers implemented in cloud environments are an extra challenge in this critical step of the …
Read More ...DFARS 7012 is an example of how customers’ concerns about protecting their information in the custody of suppliers and outsourced services has led to the establishment of ever more complex security requirements for those who wish to work with them. And, this increase in customer compliance demands has also increased …
Read More ...The availability of resources is a critical point in any endeavor. You can have the best ideas and the best intentions, but if you lack resources you are doomed to failure. So, it may seem strange that ISO 27001, the leading ISO standard for implementation of Information Security Management Systems, …
Read More ...Allowing employees to work away from the office, i.e., outside of the physical premises of the organization (otherwise known as “teleworking”) is becoming a common practice in the way to do business today. The ability to work remotely is seen as both a source of incentive for an employee’s productivity …
Read More ...In the risk assessment process, one common question asked by organizations is whether to go with a quantitative or a qualitative approach. The good news is that by using both approaches you can, in fact, improve your process efficiency towards achieving desired security levels. This article will present the concepts …
Read More ...“If you do not know where you’re going, you’re unlikely to end there.” This saying from the title character in the movie Forrest Gump describes perfectly why many projects fail: lack of clear requirements. Definition of requirements is so important that, since 2012, all published ISO management systems standards, including …
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