The business world is increasingly reliant on technology to supply information and communications facilities to staff, partners, and customers. Securing organizational information and the systems that are used to manage and transmit data has become a high profile function. Failure to secure information can have a severe impact on business credibility.
Threats to an organization come in a variety of forms, for example from hacking, viruses, and simple human error. The types of threats change constantly, so management must sponsor, design, and implement business and technical processes to safeguard critical business assets. To create a more secure business environment the organization must:
• Assess business exposure and identify which assets to secure.
• Identify ways to reduce risk to an acceptable level.
• Design a plan for mitigating security risks.
• Monitor the efficiency of security mechanisms.
• Re-evaluate effectiveness and security requirements......
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