A Taxonomy for Cybersecurity Control Sets To improve capabilities of the business and IT Security implementations, a line-of-sight must be established so that all levels of the organization understand the high-level assessment and are able to reference where a security control is being implemented. A referenced taxonomy of controls permits governance to be aligned with …

Managed Service Providers (MSP/MSSP) provide security services to customers. As part of the cybersecurity program, performing security risk assessments, identify security gaps and provide remediation to protect customer data and consumer privacy to meet regulatory compliance and security audits. MSPs Need SaaS based IT Assessment Software To Gain Competitive Edge  As part of the cybersecurity …

With the increasing volume and sophistication of cyber threats, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) created the Cybersecurity Assessment, to help institutions identify their risks and determine their cybersecurity maturity. The content of the Assessment is consistent with the principles of the FFIEC Information Technology Examination Handbook (IT Handbook) and the National Institute of …

Cyber Security assessments and compliance is manual and tedious with control questionnaire collecting answers to the questions and documents in organizations for GRC. 1Have you done security assessments from operations level from Asset Owners and Process Owners rather than a third-party company doing assessments? 2Do you want to see the security posture of your organization …

Risk Visibility 1 Lack of visibility to enterprise 2 Risk metrics that do not lead to a resolution Compliance 1 Non-compliance or no evidence of compliance 2 Addressing demands from governments and regulatory organizations Manual , Expensive and Complex Implementation 1 Too many manual processes continue to persist 2 Complex, expensive and long implementation How …

The Cybersecurity risk assessments consist of questionnaire for various regulatory compliance( PCI, SOX, HIPAA, GDPR, CCPA, FFIEC) based on the standards and frameworks such as NIST, CIS Controls and ISO27001. 1 Cybersecurity Taxonomy To Correlate Controls for Regulatory Compliance 2 Eliminate Same Question is Answered For Multiple Compliance Assessments 3 Cybersecurity Risk Assessments and Remediation …

Security risk assessments are manual and tedious work to get answers for questionnaire from asset and process owners. Cybersecurity risk assessments are requited to assess the security posture and profile to find our the security gaps in an organization. Establish Purpose Establish purpose based on control standards (NIST, CIS Controls, ISO27001) and business objective such …

Reasons to ditch Spreadsheets for GRC Processes President Biden’s Cybersecurity EO presents a watershed event for the Governance Risk & Compliance (GRC) industry. Rules and requirements defined in the EO will dictate how federal agencies will procure and use software and handle security incidents. This EO puts the industry using spreadsheets for on the same page. …

SecurEnds GRC and President Biden’s Executive Order SecurEnds GRC and President Biden’s Executive Order In wake of recent cyberattacks, President Biden issues an Executive Order (EO) on “Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity (14028)” on May 12, 2021. The directive covers a wide array of issues and processes, setting numerous deadlines for recommendations and actions by federal …