An important factor in digital era is Information Security. In the age of the Internet, protecting our information has become just as important as protecting our property. But what have we done for our most important asset, information?
Let’s start with a few simple questions:
- Do you know the value of your information??
- Do you know how much is your loss if your information is compromised?
- Are you sure that your information is secure and unauthorized people has no access to it?
- If the data is damaged or deleted, can you recover it?
Given the importance of information security, almost all governments have some obligations about it such as GDPR, but unfortunately these obligations usually are not completely implemented because implementation of Information Security is not so simple. Many organizations facing a lot of problems in implementing Information Security Management System (ISMS), which results in a halt to project execution, or delays and imposition of unforeseen costs. Even the vast majority of those who eventually implement the system and even had got the certification do not have the right security level.
Much like the human body, the health of your business is a constant struggle between methods of infection and protection against illness. That makes information security vital to your business’s survival.
While bad guys have their methods for conducting attacks, your business needs to utilize different methods to keep its information safe and secure. Even if your business has the personnel with security expertise, the process of information security is never complete. Employees come and go and processes change, and through it all you need to maintain security.
Security is often challenged in many businesses because of their reliance on solutions, each of which provides only a part of the security puzzle. Unfortunately, most of these Inconsistent solutions are not designed to work together, and over time they exacerbate problems in the organization’s security program.
Maybe you have already implemented some security systems and solutions but if you:
- Can’t measure the value of each of your assets according to your business point of view.
- Don’t know how much is your loss if your information being compromised.
- Haven’t defined your Security Objectives in a SMART way according to your Business Objectives.
- Haven’t developed your Security Strategy or it is not aligned with your Business Strategy.
- Can’t calculate the effectiveness of the security solutions you have already implemented.
- Can’t calculate the ROSI (Return Of Security Investment) in your organization.
- Don’t know what are the mandatory security tasks and how much of them are doing in your organization and are the security tasks properly assigned to your Security Organization.
- Don’t know if training courses for your staff are defined based on the task they should do.
And if you are not:
- Realizing that information security is a corporate governance responsibility (the buck stops right at the top)
- Realizing that information security is a business issue and not a technical issue
- Realizing the fact that information security governance is a multi-dimensional discipline (information security governance is a complex issue, and there is no silver bullet or single ‘off the shelf’ solution)
However, the number of and precise content of dimensions are not the most important factor the fact that there are different dimensions, and that they must collectively contribute towards a secure environment, is important.
The following dimensions can be identified without much difficulty:
- The Corporate Governance Dimension
- The Organizational Dimension
- The Policy Dimension
- The Best Practice Dimension
- The Ethical Dimension
- The Certification Dimension
- The Legal dimension
- The Insurance Dimension
- The Personnel/Human Dimension
- The Awareness Dimension
- The Technical Dimension
- The Measurement/Metrics (Compliance monitoring/Real time IT audit) Dimension
- The Audit Dimension
- Realizing that an information security plan must be based on identified risks
- Realizing (and leveraging) the important role of international best practices for information security management
- Realizing that a corporate information security policy is absolutely essential
- Realizing that information security compliance enforcement and monitoring is absolutely essential
- Realizing that a proper information security governance structure (organization) is absolutely essential
- Realizing the core importance of information security awareness amongst users
- Empowering information security managers with the infrastructure, tools and supporting mechanisms to properly perform their responsibilities
Then, still there are some rooms to make your security system better and we can help you a lot.
Or maybe you are suffering from some security issues but don’t know how to start securing your business. For this purpose, we recommend you first implement information security governance by:
- Prioritizing security in goals and strategy of the organization
- Defining your security objectives based on business objectives
- Defining proper scope of security project
- Estimating required budget and time to meet your security objectives
- Determining the custodian of the security system in the organization
- Hiring specialized personnel in the field of information security
And also
- Having a project-oriented view on the implementation of information security systems
- Not being reluctant to perform security tests and audits
- Giving necessary security trainings to staff
- Allocating sufficient budget and time for implementation
- Providing cooperation and coordination of among different business units
We as a professional information security company, can provide all your requirement and solve all your challenges in the field of information security by providing professional advices in the following areas:
- Readiness Assessment for Successful Implementation of Information Security Implementation
- Preparation for Successful Implementation of Information Security and Solving Challenges
- Information Security Governance Implementation
- Security Needs and Goals Identification
- Choosing your proper Security Architecture
- Choosing best security standards, models and best practices for your business
- Estimating the appropriate budget
- Providing RFP for your project
- Information Security Systems Design and Implementation including:
- Asset Evaluation using a very Advanced Methodology
- Security Posture Assessment
- Risk Assessment using a very Advanced Methodology (Quantitative and Qualitative)
- Risk Treatment Plan considering your security objectives and effectiveness of different solutions for your identified risks and also cost, duration and other required resources for their implementation.
- Security Gap Analysis according to many, security maturity models
- Defining Information Security objectives based on Business Objectives
- ROSI Calculation
- Smart definition of proper Information Security structure
- Smart definition of Training Courses and Awareness for each personnel separately
- Business Continuity Plan & Disaster Recovery Plan development