Whenever there is a noticeable problem with the operations for an entity, finding out the events that could lead to compromise of confidentiality, integrity and availability of assets of the company is mandatory. Information Security Risk in Qatar has a lot to do with identifying the hazard and advising on the best solution to take to deal with the problem and protect the assets of a company.
As much as businesses cannot expect to fully take down a threat, following all the management process can provide workable solutions. To start off, identification of important assets of the company is done. This involves finding out the things that are precious to the entity and if compromised it could have an impact on the confidentiality and integrity of organization processes.
Finding out the weaknesses of some processes within the organization is the next step. This helps determine what deficiencies an entity has and how it can affect the integrity and confidentiality of the company. Identifying the threats that can be a potential cause of compromise to the company. For instance, threats such as social engineering, disclosure of information and passwords, human and natural disasters are examples of threats.
Looking for the available control measures that the company already has towards these threats is also a step in the process. The control measure used can either fix the threat found or simply lessen the impact of the vulnerability. This is later followed by an assessment which combines the information gathered that is the assets, vulnerability and controls so as to define a risk.
To deal with the hazards, treatment procedures are advised. A company can choose to go with mitigation as a treatment this works to reduce the impact that the identified hazard will have on the assets of the company. The other treatment procedure that works differently is remediation which focuses on completely rooting out the problem or nearly fixing it. Depending on the capabilities of a company, either can work.
To supplement mitigation and remediation, transference can work well as a treatment. Instead of the company catering for all the costs incurred when a threat is identified, it can transfer this to an insurance company which will provide a coverage. This allows them to recover from the entire cost that comes with the exploitation of vulnerable systems. However, this method cannot replace mitigation and remediation.
Acceptance of threat found is yet another option to take. This mostly happens when the risk identified has less impact or will not greatly compromise the integrity of the assets of company. This calls for the organization to accept the situation instead of spending countless hours and finances fixing the problem at hand.
Avoiding any possibilities of being vulnerable or opportunities for threats to take place is also important. To avoiding the risk of having your sensitive data to be exploited, check on the operating system and whether it can no longer receive security patches from the creator of the operating system. This allows companies to transfer sensitive data to a server that is table and later the non-sensitive data.
As much as businesses cannot expect to fully take down a threat, following all the management process can provide workable solutions. To start off, identification of important assets of the company is done. This involves finding out the things that are precious to the entity and if compromised it could have an impact on the confidentiality and integrity of organization processes.
Finding out the weaknesses of some processes within the organization is the next step. This helps determine what deficiencies an entity has and how it can affect the integrity and confidentiality of the company. Identifying the threats that can be a potential cause of compromise to the company. For instance, threats such as social engineering, disclosure of information and passwords, human and natural disasters are examples of threats.
Looking for the available control measures that the company already has towards these threats is also a step in the process. The control measure used can either fix the threat found or simply lessen the impact of the vulnerability. This is later followed by an assessment which combines the information gathered that is the assets, vulnerability and controls so as to define a risk.
To deal with the hazards, treatment procedures are advised. A company can choose to go with mitigation as a treatment this works to reduce the impact that the identified hazard will have on the assets of the company. The other treatment procedure that works differently is remediation which focuses on completely rooting out the problem or nearly fixing it. Depending on the capabilities of a company, either can work.
To supplement mitigation and remediation, transference can work well as a treatment. Instead of the company catering for all the costs incurred when a threat is identified, it can transfer this to an insurance company which will provide a coverage. This allows them to recover from the entire cost that comes with the exploitation of vulnerable systems. However, this method cannot replace mitigation and remediation.
Acceptance of threat found is yet another option to take. This mostly happens when the risk identified has less impact or will not greatly compromise the integrity of the assets of company. This calls for the organization to accept the situation instead of spending countless hours and finances fixing the problem at hand.
Avoiding any possibilities of being vulnerable or opportunities for threats to take place is also important. To avoiding the risk of having your sensitive data to be exploited, check on the operating system and whether it can no longer receive security patches from the creator of the operating system. This allows companies to transfer sensitive data to a server that is table and later the non-sensitive data.
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