Information, data and network security risk - management in a structured way

Interconnectedness has grown exponentially.There are very few enterprises and organizations do not rely on connections and digital technology, individuals and companies often take this big deals.It is difficult to imagine modern life without online business.

This makes everyone is likely to be opportunistic and organized crime group, the main target of crime.The personal information stored in the database can be access by credit card data, financial assets and intellectual property rights.Criminals can be in the absence of any physical barrier to limit the information of the normal visit, this blackmail software attack can blackmail from eager to restore its victims of network control large ransom.

Evaluation of enterprises and organizations today is no longer as in the past only look at the quality of its services and products.Now enterprises be evaluated is the enterprise of the management of a series of content, such as safety, equality and diversity, the environment and sustainability, and information security, etc.The listed company to accept covers all of the above even more ESG rating.

This is why the organization to become more attractive in today and is regarded as successful, will need to show the commitment to all these aspects and governance.Information security is considered in the past only applies to information and communication technologies.Because everyone is at risk and that governance becomes a requirement, how to solve this problem by nature and the constant attention of the board of directors.

No one can from attack

False offer via E-mail and social media can be to individuals swindled.Government, education institutions, health agencies and power network caused by blackmail to pay sums in order to prevent the necessary system paralysis.Important business assets will be robbed of business organizations, ICT and telecommunications service providers due to the way of can provide into the organization is likely to be the target of attack.

From individual hackers just for fun by malicious damage and penetrating network, to the criminals to the masses to carry out a small amount of money, crime of fraud, and then to organizational entities will be asked to pay huge ransom, attacking intentions have changed.

Due to significant risk, all companies need to evaluate the risk types and vulnerable to threats and attacks.In their evaluations, the company also need to investigate the attack on May come from its customers or suppliers, and the attack on its own system is how to affect the value chain.

Although threat still exists, but the past common virus and hacker may be the most easy to deal with.Organizations are now fighting against the network crime, but unfortunately the total Internet crime step behind.Although the organization has handled the recognition of all threats, but criminal activities have been carried out to the next phase.

Establish business flexibility and stakeholder trust

Every disposal threats can be regarded as experience and lessons, and used to forecast development and defensive attack.However, information security management not only reduced the short-term risk, also establish long-term resilience.Establish a framework for strong, in order to identify, manage and mitigate risks, and will promote continuous improvement, set up a structured management and strengthen business continuity.

Conform to the ISO/IEC 27001 and other international best practices for information security management system (ISMS) help the company understand the risk of actual situation, and the deployment of the measures to prevent security vulnerabilities and event handling process.In addition, information security management system for developing and implementing process and safety control provides a structured framework, such as to ensure the management commitment and employee training.

Although the development of the organization of information security management system is a smaller team work, but need to let all employees involved in the implementation.Most attacks are caused by careless behavior of an employee, such as fishing click on the links in the email, use the infected U disk, set password strength weak, or share with strangers, and so on.Employee's mistake operation is rarely deliberately, but tend to be at risk.Through proper training can avoid the happening of this kind of situation, but companies need to ensure that training throughout the company and all employees should be covered.

Organizations can according to their own or the ISO/IEC 27001 standard development information security management system, internal or second party audit to verify its compliance.Organizations build the system, however, cannot be independently to clients and their stakeholders show that the system has been in the company deployed and running.

ISO/IEC 27001 certification provides the information security management system meet the requirements of the standard independent proof.It within the company to build confidence and to be able to show to customers, suppliers and other stakeholders your information security management system has been by a third party certification bodies assess and prove their requirements.Authentication is required to annual audit management system, and prove that it is still applicable, thus establishing business flexibility and the trust of the stakeholders.