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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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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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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LogisManager

OCTOBER 31, 2023

This includes business units, departments, and individuals directly responsible for managing and executing processes and activities that generate risk. Their role is to provide oversight, guidance, and monitoring of the first line’s risk management activities.

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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?

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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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Pure Storage

JANUARY 20, 2022

By evaluating customer behavior, companies can create strategic marketing plans that target a particular customer cohort—for example, by offering personalized recommendations based on previous purchases or social media activity. With big data, companies can also identify the activities that keep current customers satisfied.

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BMC

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Every security breach incident and response activity should be analyzed. The documentation and knowledge management activities should be designed to facilitate convenient access of information and contribution with new information in the form of reports, employee feedback or other insights generated across the organization.

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Zerto

JULY 6, 2023

Data Protection Delivering Real-Time Monitoring and Behavior Analysis Data protection vendors have started providing the ability to monitor data activity. By evaluating the code’s characteristics, such as its encryption algorithms, heuristic analysis can detect ransomware strains that do not match known signatures.

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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. Platform: Archer IT & Security Risk Management. Fusion Risk Management. Platform: HighBond.

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Reciprocity

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Why GRC Software is Critical for FedRAMP Compliance FedRAMP’s comprehensive requirements present several key challenges: Managing hundreds of security controls across different systems Maintaining extensive documentation and evidence Coordinating continuous monitoring activities Preparing for assessments and audits GRC software transforms these (..)

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Pure Storage

JANUARY 20, 2022

By evaluating customer behavior, companies can create strategic marketing plans that target a particular customer cohort—for example, by offering personalized recommendations based on previous purchases or social media activity. With big data, companies can also identify the activities that keep current customers satisfied.

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Pure Storage

MAY 2, 2024

Continuous monitoring: Zero trust continuously monitors network activity and user behavior in real-time. Any suspicious activity or deviations from normal behavior can trigger alerts or automated security responses. Monitoring is limited to the perimeter, not internal activities. But monitoring the perimeter alone is not enough.

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everbridge

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Technology allows for the optimization and automation of appropriate incident response, including early warning systems, standard operating procedures, escalation policies, best practices, and response team and device activations. ANALYZE – Evaluate actions taken and understand patterns to improve disaster risk reduction.

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FS-ISAC

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

One of my main duties included briefing the Commander on the latest research/threat intel on cyber domain adversary activity. I quickly realized I had trained him to ‘go to his happy place’ and ignore me because I was briefing him on generic threat activity so it was not anything he would ever make a decision on.

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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.

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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.

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LogisManager

OCTOBER 31, 2023

This includes business units, departments, and individuals directly responsible for managing and executing processes and activities that generate risk. Their role is to provide oversight, guidance, and monitoring of the first line’s risk management activities.

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FS-ISAC

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

You can hire a professional audit firm to benchmark the bucket against peer buckets. To fill the bucket, we must shift our mindset away from inch-deep, mile-wide program sweeps and instead focus on laser-targeted specific attack scenarios that are supported by active threat intelligence. Or you could fill it with water.

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Pure Storage

AUGUST 12, 2024

Evaluating your data storage solutions against NIST 2.0 This involves evaluating hardware, software, and network infrastructure for weaknesses that could be exploited by cybercriminals. Impact analysis: Evaluate the potential impact of data breaches on business operations and reputation. Essentially, the appearance of NIST 2.0

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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?

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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?

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LogisManager

MAY 9, 2023

They evaluate their vendor and partner communities to identify the third parties they depend on the most and map them to the business risks, controls, and testing that rely on them. For example, SVB had a Moody’s A1 issuer rating and KPMG signed off on SVB’s bank’s audit just 14 days before it declared bankruptcy.

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Pure Storage

AUGUST 3, 2023

This can be a serious threat to audit trails and other compliance controls. Assets that are vulnerable to repudiation include logs, audit trails, and digital signatures. Regularly monitor and block suspicious activities. Conduct regular security audits and vulnerability assessments. Implement certificate pinning.

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Solutions Review

MARCH 31, 2023

Deduplication—eliminating duplicate copies of data—also helps organizations limit their attack surface by establishing policies, technologies and auditing that reduces the data footprint. Automation tools and fully autonomous data management also have the benefit of freeing up IT staff to focus on more strategic and transformational activity.

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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.

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BMC

DECEMBER 23, 2024

In GRC, governance is necessary for setting direction (through strategy and policy), monitoring performance and controls, and evaluating outcomes. Streamlining GRC Activities Monitoring compliance, risks, and governance can be automated to reduce manual work. Many tasks can be systematized to save time and reduce errors.

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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.

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Castellan

OCTOBER 8, 2021

All organizations and individuals participating in Cybersecurity Awareness Month are encouraged to use the hashtag #becybersmart to promote cyber awareness activities and to encourage others to get involved. .; and Cybersecurity First. Get The The Cyber Response Builder. DOWNLOAD NOW. Don’t wait until there is an incident to do these reviews.

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everbridge

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

To fulfill duty of care standards, corporations, educational institutions, hospitals, and government agencies should evaluate and test the health of communication networks and information systems before a severe weather event occurs. Emergency Management During a Hurricane. Hurricane Preparedness on Campus.

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Reciprocity

DECEMBER 17, 2024

This can significantly reduce the time and effort needed during the assessment phase.

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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. This systematic, step-by-step, process involves risk identification , evaluation, and prioritization. Control Activities. ERM also has financial benefits. Risk Assessment.

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LAN Infotech

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Year-End Action: Evaluate your current collaboration tools and ensure they’re up-to-date and well-integrated for seamless team interactions in the New Year. Periodically audit who has access to critical project information and adjust permissions as needed. Year-End Action: Audit your current cybersecurity measures.

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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.

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Reciprocity

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Audit third-party vendors for compliance An audit is the only way to see what’s really happening with your vendor’s security, so perform those audits whenever necessary (say, with particularly high-risk data you’re entrusting to a vendor). Hold quarterly reviews to evaluate your vendor’s performance metrics and security posture.

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Reciprocity

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Be aware, however, that certification is evaluated and granted by an independent third party that conducts the certification audit. Once the ISO 27001 audit is complete, the auditor gives the organization a Statement of Applicability (SOA) summarizing its position on all security controls. Communications Security, Annex A.13

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Reciprocity

OCTOBER 9, 2024

How to prepare for a NIST Audit: Checklist What is a security impact analysis? Additionally, we’ve included links for deeper exploration and a practical guide to preparing for a NIST compliance audit. AU – Audit and Accountability: Keeping detailed logs to monitor and analyze actions that could affect security.

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