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ISO 27001 Certification Requirements & Standards

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Rather than implementing controls as a checkbox activity, risk-driven organizations proactively choose controls that best mitigate their risks. Perform a Gap Analysis. You should implement controls to manage or mitigate risks identified in the risk assessment. Third, create a project plan and a project risk register.

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The Most Overlooked Security Issues Facing the Financial Services

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to governments finally addressing the issue, like in last year’s White House memo : “ Test the security of your systems and your ability to defend against a sophisticated attack.” As such, the key to mitigating (and ideally neutralizing) that threat is to secure data in storage and backup. Ransomware is focused on data.

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Audit Checklist for SOC 2

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Risk mitigation. Perform a SOC 2 Gap Analysis. Once you’ve completed your audit preparation, you should perform a gap analysis. While performing your SOC 2 gap analysis, you must select an audit firm to conduct your SOC 2. Risk management processes and internal corporate governance.

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Preparation Continues for the Digital Operational Resilience Act

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While the methodology or framework for resilience may differ, the expectations are clear: businesses must adapt to the changing environment, mitigate potential impact, and continue to deliver important services to customers. To meet the DORA’s standards, firms must update their technology risk management governance. Risk Management.

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5 Steps To Developing A Corporate Compliance Program

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More broadly, a corporate compliance program reinforces a company’s commitment to mitigating fraud and misconduct at a sophisticated level, aligning those efforts with the company’s strategic, operational, and financial goals. Importance of a Corporate Compliance Program. If it isn’t, they won’t.

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5 Steps towards an Actionable Risk Appetite

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As a governance professional, it’s your job to make sure these decisions are directly in line with the company’s unique goals and objectives. This means that process owners must evaluate their assessments and, if a risk exceeds a set tolerance, adjust mitigation activities, procedures, or controls to get within the tolerance.

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Choosing a Governance Risk and Compliance Tool: Constant Vigilance

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Managing all your governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) needs is no easy task. GRC is an integrated approach to managing the organization’s governance, IT and security risks, and regulatory compliance functions. The three pillars of a GRC program are governance, risk management, and compliance. Governance.