Reciprocity

DECEMBER 17, 2024

These tools can help centralize policy management and streamline documentation. Consider tools that centralize and streamline the evidence collection process. This can significantly reduce the time and effort needed during the assessment phase.

Authorization 52

Authorization Gap Analysis Audit Vulnerability 52

LogisManager

JANUARY 14, 2025

Automation tech lets you integrate your HR systems, IT platforms and compliance tools, automating tasks like document collection, compliance training and policy understanding. Missing a signature or misplacing documents can set onboarding back, while automated workflows keep tasks recorded and on track.

Audit 52

Audit Risk Management Security Vulnerability 52

Reciprocity

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

An audit of your IT systems can identify and fix those potential disruptions before they happen – and an IT audit checklist can ensure that your IT department has the necessary resources in place to keep your systems safe. What Is the Main Goal of an IT Audit Checklist?

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Audit Backup Healthcare Asset Management 52

Reciprocity

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Organizations will need to maintain detailed documentation of all security policies and procedures, conduct annual compliance audits, and implement regular penetration testing. Response times to potential compliance issues lag behind threats, as staff struggle to maintain proper audit trails across expanding virtual platforms.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Audit Authentication Consulting 52

Reciprocity

DECEMBER 21, 2022

If your company is a service organization and your customers trust you with their data, you may need to pass a SOC 2 (System and Organization Controls 2) audit. Compliance and certification are the goals of a SOC 2 audit. The SOC 2 compliance audit gives them that assurance. Develop a SOC 2 Audit Framework. What is SOC 2?

Audit 52

Audit Gap Analysis Security Cybersecurity 52

Stratogrid Advisory

JANUARY 29, 2019

Not another BCM Program audit? Last Updated on May 31, 2020 by Alex Jankovic Reading Time: 4 minutes Another Business Continuity Management (BCM) Program audit. At its core, an audit is simply an assessment used to discover which areas the business will require a focus in the future.

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Audit BCM Impact Analysis Disaster Recovery 52

Stratogrid Advisory

JANUARY 29, 2019

Not another BCM Program audit? Another Business Continuity Management (BCM) Program audit. Some organizations think of audits as tedious, and often unnecessary, accounting procedures, rather than as a powerful business tool that can be used to improve the organization’s capabilities. BCM Program Audits.

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Audit BCM Impact Analysis Disaster Recovery 52

Reciprocity

MARCH 15, 2025

Compliance teams routinely struggle with overwhelming challenges: overlapping requirements, duplicative evidence collection, constant audit fatigue, and stretched resources. Organizations typically spend thousands of hours annually on compliance activities when managing multiple frameworks separately.

Audit 52

Audit Strategic Healthcare Technology 52

Alternative Resiliency Services Corp

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Last-minute Compliance items and Audit remediations. ​Here are two high-value low-investment end-of-year activities to keep your Business Continuity programs on track and ready to face the unexpected in 2020! Note that an Assessment is different from an Audit. ​It’s that time of year again. Closing the books.

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Audit Outage Business Continuity Evaluation 130

LogisManager

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Download Now Adopt the Three Lines of Defense In addition to the tactical changes that banks will need to make regarding the frequency of compliance activities, the adoption of the 3 Lines of Defense of Risk Management may also serve as an adjustment that is needed.

Banking 98

Banking Corporate Governance Audit Risk Management 98

LAN Infotech

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

These are foundational tools to reduce the likelihood of an attack and show that your business is actively working to protect its data. Routine Security Audits Regularly auditing your cybersecurity defenses and conducting vulnerability assessments help ensure your systems stay secure.

Insurance 52

Insurance Insurance Cybersecurity Authentication 52

KingsBridge BCP

AUGUST 14, 2022

We develop plans for our clients, we help mentor clients on how to build their plans themselves, we review existing plans for gaps, and we audit plans. You should be able to use the same BCP to respond to a fire, a train derailment, a power outage, or an active threat. As Business Continuity professionals, we see a lot of plans.

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BCP Outage Audit Continuity Professionals 89

Solutions Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Description: Archer IT & Security Risk Management enables users to document and report on IT risks and controls, security vulnerabilities, audit findings, regulatory obligations, and issues across their technology infrastructure. The Best Risk Management Software. Platform: Archer IT & Security Risk Management. MetricStream.

Risk Management 98

Risk Management Management Audit Hospitality 98

Reciprocity

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

This means skilled professionals spend valuable hours clicking between documents, formatting reports, and chasing evidence when they could be strengthening their organization’s risk posture and driving compliance innovation. But there’s good news: Artificial Intelligence isn’t just another buzzword in the GRC space.

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Strategic Risk Management Technology Security 52

Solutions Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The rise – and sophistication – of ransomware attacks has been documented by all parties concerned. Two-thirds say securing backups and storage was addressed in recent external audits. What level of auditing do we expect? Ongoing risk management Storage and backup security demands active, ongoing risk management.

Financial Services 105

Financial Services Security Backup Audit 105

Security Industry Association

MAY 30, 2023

Efforts like these would not be possible without the support and active participation of our member volunteers. We encourage interested SIA members to contribute their passion and expertise by getting involved in our standards committees, groups and activities.”

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Pure Storage

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Documentation of current security measures: Gather information on existing data protection, access control, and backup policies. This documentation will help the assessment provide a more accurate analysis of your security posture. Conduct threat-hunting activities to identify potential indicators of compromise proactively.

Security 52

Security Vulnerability Backup Evaluation 52

Reciprocity

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Internal controls assure the audit committee, board of directors, and senior management that the company’s financial reporting is reliable and compliant with applicable laws and regulations. Multiple checks and balances deter employees from fudging financial information and indulging in fraudulent activities and accounting behaviors.

Audit 52

Audit Banking Authorization Activation 52

Reciprocity

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Internal controls assure the audit committee, board of directors, and senior management that the company’s financial reporting is reliable and compliant with applicable laws and regulations. Multiple checks and balances deter employees from fudging financial information and indulging in fraudulent activities and accounting behaviors.

Audit 52

Audit Banking Authorization Activation 52

Reciprocity

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

These ideas include internal audits, continual monitoring, and corrective or preventive measures. Management must provide documentation proving the effectiveness of controls throughout the audit period. This requires you to monitor your vendors’ activities continuously. What Is a SOC 2 report?

Audit 52

Audit Accreditation Acceptable Risk Security 52

Reciprocity

MARCH 24, 2022

Internal fraudsters might engage in fraudulent activity for years by taking advantage of their “trusted insider” status. Without a robust control environment, fraudsters can exploit a weakness or take advantage of their position or influence to commit a fraudulent activity. Internal Audits.

Audit 52

Audit Banking Activation Authorization 52

Solutions Review

MARCH 31, 2025

According to the Auvik IT Trends 2025 Report, 61 percent of IT professionals update network configurations weekly, yet nearly half only document those changes monthly or less often. This creates a four-week window where documentation lags behind. Without a backup, you risk losing this crucial data.

Backup 59

Backup Resilience Cyber Resilience Vulnerability 59

Fusion Risk Management

AUGUST 17, 2021

The policy should be actively reviewed by the board and reflected in meeting minutes – not just in a rubber-stamp exercise. Practices outlined in the policy should be regularly audited (trust me, if your business practices are tweaked and pretty soon policy doesn’t meet work product and vice versa, you’ve got an audit finding – or worse).

Management 52

Management Audit Outsourcing Risk Management 52

IT Governance BC

OCTOBER 17, 2019

However, there may still be room to improve your practices, and it might even be the case that your activities aren’t necessary. Understand your GDPR and PECR compliance gaps by contacting IT Governance for a privacy audit. A bad auditor might be satisfied by documentation and a cursory look at whether it’s been implemented.

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Audit Accreditation Consulting Government 64

Reciprocity

MARCH 3, 2025

Manual vendor management creates critical vulnerabilities through fragmented documentation and inconsistent security assessments. Regulatory Consequences : Beyond immediate penalties, organizations often face increased regulatory scrutiny, mandatory external audits, and enhanced ongoing monitoring requirements.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Management Risk Management Audit 52

Reciprocity

MARCH 24, 2022

Emerging businesses that are just starting or organizations with no established vendor risk management activities. Initial vision and ad hoc activity. The organization is considering how to implement third-party risk activities, or third-party risk management operations are carried out on an as-needed basis.

Risk Management 52

Risk Management Management Audit Cybersecurity 52

Reciprocity

DECEMBER 21, 2022

If using an ISO audit software tool to achieve ISO certification is on your compliance roadmap, here’s a quick primer to get you up to speed and jumpstart your ISO compliance efforts. The ISMS provides tools for management to make decisions, exercise control, and audit the effectiveness of InfoSec efforts within the company.

Audit 52

Audit Accreditation Gap Analysis All-Hazards 52

LogisManager

AUGUST 28, 2024

Twelve redesigned reports specifically tailored for Enterprise Risk Management, Third Party Risk Management, and Internal Audit. These reports seamlessly integrate with our Solution Packages, ensuring a cohesive experience across all your risk management activities. Ready to try them out?

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Audit Risk Management Mitigation Publishing 52

Reciprocity

OCTOBER 8, 2024

That said, if your business is a service provider, you should consider investing in the technical audit required for a SOC 2 report anyway. SOC 2 audits were developed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) to provide assurance over a service provider’s cybersecurity controls. What Is SOC 2?

Audit 52

Audit B2B Capacity Cybersecurity 52

Reciprocity

OCTOBER 8, 2024

That said, if your business is a service provider, you should consider investing in the technical audit required for a SOC 2 report anyway. SOC 2 audits were developed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) to provide assurance over a service provider’s cybersecurity controls. What Is SOC 2?

Audit 52

Audit B2B Capacity Cybersecurity 52

Fusion Risk Management

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

At the enterprise level, this could result in the formation of an organizational compliance committee, but moving down to an individual regulation, your primary governance document could be a standard operating procedure. Auditing and Monitoring – Build robust functions that differentiate between auditing and monitoring.

Technology 52

Technology Audit Government Communications 52

Reciprocity

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Internal controls are policies, procedures, and other activities implemented by a business to assure that it can achieve its objectives. Control activities. Internally generated reports periodically summarize audit results and control activities for auditors and stakeholders to consider. Monitoring activities.

Audit 52

Audit Risk Management Mitigation All-Hazards 52

PagerDuty

JUNE 26, 2024

Immutable centralized incident record : PagerDuty provides a time-stamped log of all activities and resolution steps relating to an incident. This central record provides a clear audit trail for all incidents, simplifying compliance with DORA’s reporting requirements. Finally, there’s one overarching point worth making.

Resilience 52

Resilience Financial Services Alert Response Plan 52

Solutions Review

JUNE 16, 2023

Storage & Backup Compliance is Time Consuming Some organizations spend countless hours manually preparing for compliance-related activities such as a PCI audit. Audit Logging Misconfigurations Many backup systems are not configured sufficiently for audit logging. billion Euros due to violations of GDPR.

Backup 52

Backup Audit Retail Vulnerability 52

Reciprocity

AUGUST 15, 2022

Regular audits of the compliance program. A public, written document, known as a compliance plan, outlines the rules an organization intends to follow while putting compliance aspects into practice. It is a living, breathing document. Compliance Audit. A compliance program that works is not a “thing in a box.”

Management 52

Management Audit Banking Media 52

Reciprocity

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Not only can an integrated risk management program save you money by avoiding business disruptions; it can also help your accounting team come audit time. It’s also crucial to document the steps to risk mitigation (the actions that will be taken to manage each risk.). Control Activities. ERM also has financial benefits.

Risk Management 52

Risk Management Management Audit Strategic 52

LogisManager

MARCH 14, 2024

The NTSB investigators found Boeing had not documented critical assembly line steps, including the reinstallation of bolts essential for holding the plug in place. Public trust in Boeing has waned, with travelers actively avoiding Boeing flights, opting for alternatives, or abstaining from air travel altogether.

Airlines 59

Airlines Risk Management Management Transportation 59