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Audit Checklist for SOC 2

Reciprocity

.” The most prevalent types of service organizations to which the SOC applies include, but are not limited to: Software as a service (SaaS) businesses that offer software, applications, and websites. Therefore, select the trust services criteria that are appropriate and applicable to your services. Monitoring activities.

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The Most Overlooked Security Issues Facing the Financial Services

Solutions Review

…to analysts like Gartner … “ Harden the components of enterprise backup and recovery infrastructure against attacks by routinely examining backup application, storage and network access and comparing this against expected or baseline activity.” …to Now comes the stage of implementing the controls that were previously defined.

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ISO 27001 Certification Requirements & Standards

Reciprocity

Rather than implementing controls as a checkbox activity, risk-driven organizations proactively choose controls that best mitigate their risks. Perform a Gap Analysis. The Risk Treatment Plan (RTP) and Statement of Applicability (SoA) are critical papers for an ISO 27001 compliance project. Develop a Risk Documentation.

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RTO vs. RPO: What’s the Difference and How are They Used?

Castellan

According to ISO 22300:2021 , a Recovery Time Objective (RTO) is the “period of time following an incident within which a product or service or an activity is resumed, or resources are recovered.”. Email application: 4 hours Finance systems and services: 1-2 days Customer Relationship Management System (CRM): 1 day.

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The 5 Golden Rules of When Business Continuity Software Goes Bad

Plan B Consulting

Business continuity software usually has additional functionality so that you can model data, see recovery critical paths, do gap analysis against existing application RTOs and RPOs, and compare them against the organisation requested RTOs and RPOs.

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The 5 Golden Rules of When Business Continuity Software Goes Bad

Plan B Consulting

Business continuity software usually has additional functionality so that you can model data, see recovery critical paths, do gap analysis against existing application RTOs and RPOs, and compare them against the organisation requested RTOs and RPOs.

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5 Steps towards an Actionable Risk Appetite

LogisManager

This guide will explore the difference between risk appetites and risk tolerances, as well as 5 major steps you can take to ensure these statements are actively propelling your business toward a better tomorrow. Tactical goals describe high-level activities which facilitate the achievement of strategic goals.