As a corporate security personnel, one’s major concern would be ensure that the business is threat proof. To make sure that a business remains threat proof, the organisation must identify its vulnerability against threats. The heat map to protect the business is incomplete until a thorough risk assessment is done and the gaps are not plugged.
Overtime, threats that businesses face, has emerged as a major management-level concern. Threats are only getting more and more sophisticated. Often the damage caused by an unbridled threat can ruin reputation, loss of business and more. So how can businesses make their operations full-proof against threats.
As discussed in the above paragraphs, any risk assessment in incomplete if all the threats are not identified. Threats can be identified by making an assessment about the nature of assets a business has and how vulnerable they are to any foreseen and unforeseen threats. Threats can damage a business if vulnerability is overlooked.
So, for any organisation, the management must begin by counting the assets and ranking their degree of vulnerability. This can be done internally or by a third-party service provider, like Netrika Consulting India Pvt. Ltd. Netrika is a leading security risk assessment company and can provide a 360-degree risk assessment for businesses. Their team enjoys good reputation in the industry.
As most businesses now have a digital footprint, it is most crucial that businesses conduct regular information security risk assessment. Data suggest that overlooking this aspect of security can cost companies both business as well as reputation.
What does Netrika offer?
Netrika is a recognised member of CERT-In service provider. The government of India created the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) office under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) in 2004. CERT operates as the nodal agency to prevent and deal with cyber security threats such as hacking and phishing. The company performs IT security audit and recommends ways to plug the gap between threat and vulnerability.
Netrika performs the following audits — IT Security Audit (ISO 27001, ISO 20000) Process & Technology, IT Internal Audit, Process and Technology Audit, Pre- Certification Assistance and certification advisory services, Cyber Security Implementation, Cyber Security Products/Solution Selection, Cyber Security product/Solution effectiveness review, Cyber Security Solution Implementation and more.
As part of its Information Security Management, the company also looks at Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration testing, Network Security, Web Application Security Testing, Security Products, Wi-Fi Network Security, Hardening of IT Infrastructure.
So as a management person, now you know a risk assessment of threat and vulnerability of the business is the first step towards securing the company. Hiring a well-recognised risk assessment company to conduct an assessment and implementing their customised solutions is the way to secure the business for future.
Reference Source:- https://netrikaconsultingindia.medium.com/want-to-mitigate-threat-vulnerability-begin-with-risk-assessment-43a0bea8dfbe