Enterprise Risk Management
Given the ever-advancing internet-access technologies and devices available to businesses, their
employees and business partners ... staying ahead of the "bad guys" that are constantly looking for
ways to benefit from legacy and new software vulnerabilities, that are inherent in business tools and web applications
... can be a losing battle, even for the saviest security and technology-adept businesses.
The core problem is that all business tools and web applications are written and controlled
by software. The software is written as operating systems, as network-acces tools, as word processing
and media playing tools, as database-access tools, as web-browser tools and plugins, as wireless communication tools,
as social-media tools, and on and on. All this software is supplied by many different vendors, is written in a variety of compiled and
interpreted programming languages, and is offered in binary and text forms. The software is proprietary and open-source.
The software is in use as older versions or as latest releases.
How can all this software be controlled and managed to reduce inherent vulnerabilities
and provide more secure business networks and web applications?
How can it be done so businesses can comply with enacted compliance laws and standards that require securing and protecting
the business and personal information that is being used and disclosed in their information management systems?
There is no "silver bullet" or quick fix for the problem. The solution requires a well defined and executed Risk Management Program that involves a
combination of people, processes and technologies ... implemented in an iterative series of progressive steps
that provide a reliable risk management maturity model ... for businesses to better control and manage the information
that is used and disclosed in their information management systems.
From the board of directors, through senior and line management, down to IT administrators and
software engineers ... a common committment to understand and build security into business processes ... from
security policies, to security training and awareness, to building secure web applications with security in mind,
to evaluating and resolving known vulnerabilities, to pro-active penetration testing to uncover new vulnerabilities,
to keeping the software up to its latest releases, to thinking like the "bad guys".
A well executed and monitored Risk Management Program
will enable businesses to better protect their company assets, as well as their customers and employees, while remaining compliant with the standards required for their businesses.
How we can help ... Vosity provides consulting services to help companies assess the current
state of their information management systems, their security & privacy policies and related training, evaluate their network security, assess web application vulnerabilities,
evaluate third-party vendor tools/relationships/contracts, and define a risk management framework and program that can provide an
iterative implementation of processes that will enable companies to become compliant with enacted laws and standards affecting their businesses.
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