Why Are Cybersecurity Assessments Important for Organizations?
There are thousands of cybersecurity vulnerabilities that threaten systems and software, with the potential to cause substantial financial losses for organizations. To protect against these vulnerabilities, organizations need to conduct regular cybersecurity assessments that identify IT security gaps.
Benefits of Cybersecurity Assessments
An assessment enables organizations to make informed decisions on potential threats and measures required to overcome them.
Identifying Vulnerabilities
Conducting a cybersecurity assessment helps an organization identify vulnerabilities in their infrastructure. After identification, the organization can build a cybersecurity plan to tackle potential risks.
Filling Cybersecurity Gaps
A cybersecurity assessment identifies gaps and determines the difference between the current and ideal state of cybersecurity in an organization. After this breakdown, an organization can determine resources that need to be allocated to fill this gap.
Mitigating Future Risks
Following an assessment, an organization has an action plan and is prepared to mitigate future cybersecurity risks and avoid serious financial and reputational damage.
Building A Cybersecurity Business Plan
The most difficult task of implementing an effective Security Program in any organization is determining how to most effectively spend the necessary funds and then measure the effectiveness of the monies spent. Following an assessment, the organization will have a common agreement of an acceptable risk score. The business and Information Technology Management will agree on budgets and remediation plans that align with the risk score. The success of the Security Business Plan can then be measured against budgets and effectiveness.
Further, the Cybersecurity Business Plan will demonstrate to all concerned internal, regulatory, compliance and external parties that a plan is in place and the organization is following and committed to the plan.
Cybersecurity Assessments with LCM
At LCM, we work with industry-leading cybersecurity frameworks to provide the best possible assessments of an organization’s current level of security. Here are some of the assessments we offer:
CIS Assessment: CIS forms the basis for LCM’s entire service model. It is a leading framework adopted globally to instill discipline into an organization’s desire to strengthen its security. It provides best practice guidelines for organization-level security.
NIST Assessment: The NIST Cybersecurity Framework provides a policy framework of computer security guidance for how organizations can assess and improve their ability to prevent, detect, and respond to cyber-attacks. The NIST Framework provides a common language for understanding, managing, and expressing cybersecurity risk to internal and external stakeholders.
ISO 27001 Assessment: ISO 27001 Assessments (formally known as ISO/IEC 27001:2005) is a specification for an information security management system (ISMS). An ISMS is a framework of policies and procedures that includes all legal, physical and technical controls involved in an organization's information risk management processes.
Our complete list of available assessments can be viewed here.
Contact LCM today to get started on your cybersecurity assessment.
Popular Posts
