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“Prepare for” an Audit or “We are Ready” for an Audit – Big Difference!

Prism International

Early Monday morning an email from the Compliance Officer (CO) of a large client organization has been received by the Operations Manager (OM). Planning to visit the record and data center on Wednesday, he requests the OM suggest a convenient time. Audit Challenges. Audits by a CE are evidence-based. Audit Focus.

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How Keeping Track of Microsoft’s Product Plans Can Keep Your Network Secure

LAN Infotech

Performing regular network audits, keeping software up-to-date, and keeping abreast of planned software retirements can help businesses and organizations eliminate this source of risk. Schedule one now if you haven’t performed a network audit in a while (at least six months). Planning to Retire Older Software Applications.

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Are Your Backups Safe From Ransomware? Your 8-Point Checklist for Backup Security & Data Protection

Solutions Review

The global report also shows that just 8% of organizations manage to get back all of their data after paying the ransom. Do your security incident-response plans include cyberattacks on your backups? Are all obsolete and insecure protocols disabled Is there comprehensive and secure event logging and auditing of your backups?

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Unlocking Climate Change Resilience Through Critical Event Management and Public Warning

everbridge

Becoming proactive and investing in disaster risk reduction and enterprise resilience; through critical event management solutions, public safety solutions , and Public Warning systems. This is what, in the climate environment, the World Meteorological Organization and Disaster Management Agencies at national Government levels are doing.

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Five Cybersecurity Sessions to Attend at ISC East

Security Industry Association

All Times EST Cloud Security, Data Breaches and Incident Response Workshop Tuesday, Nov. In this session , attendees will explore the anatomy of a data breach, including how breaches occur, the potential consequences and the importance of incident response plans. 14, 10:00-11:30 a.m. 14, 2:00-2:45 p.m. 14, 2:00-2:45 p.m.

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ISO 27001 Certification Requirements & Standards

Reciprocity

If using an ISO audit software tool to achieve ISO certification is on your compliance roadmap, here’s a quick primer to get you up to speed and jumpstart your ISO compliance efforts. The 27001 standard provides requirements for businesses to implement and operate an Information Security Management System, or ISMS.

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Internal Controls & Fraud Prevention

Reciprocity

Employees or senior management create fictitious revenues, understate revenues, hide liabilities, or inflate assets in financial statement fraud. Internal Audits. Solid internal audit procedures limit the risk of fraud. External Audits. Financial Statement Fraud. Segregation reduces the risk of inappropriate actions.

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