How can you effectively defend against unknown threats? Businesses must know what they are protecting and what points of entry to monitor in order to protect against cyber threats.
Vulnerability Scanning
Vulnerability scans protect your business from cyber threats by continuously assessing your weaknesses from the inside of your network. A rigorous process reduces business risk by using the scans to identify and fix weak points.
Risk Assessments
Many industries require businesses — and sometimes their third-party vendors — to complete risk assessments. These assessments provide objective insight against a standard industry framework about where risk can be expected.
Compliance
Regulation compliance requires alignment between policies, controls, people, and processes. Many government regulations necessitate compliance for certain types of businesses to operate. Compliance is not a switch that can be turned on overnight — it can take years for companies to reach a high level of compliance.
Penetration Testing
Do you know how vulnerable your business is from outside attacks? Penetration tests help organizations test their security, and are sometimes an industry requirement. Security professionals use a variety of tools and methods to attempt to gain access to a company's network to see what can be accessed.
Policies
What regulations do you follow? What policies will ensure adherence? A business must make decisions regarding policies and determine what is an appropriate stance to take to protect their systems.
Security Strategy
Developing a game plan for how a business is going to protect the critical assets of a company is commonly the responsibility of the executive leadership team. Having a clear security strategy in place decreases risk significantly and increases the likelihood for a business to continue to operate without incident.
