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Forging the Path to Continuous Audit Readiness

CyberSecurity Insiders

Technology oversight is a common mandate across IT and security frameworks and compliance specifications, but achieving that oversight is difficult. The rise of hybrid workplaces, shadow IT/DevOps, and cloud infrastructure dynamics continue to create cybersecurity risks. CMO at Oomnitza.

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GUEST ESSAY: Top cybersecurity developments that can be expected to fully play out in 2019

The Last Watchdog

From a certain perspective, 2018 hasn’t been as dramatic a cybersecurity year as 2017, in that we haven’t seen as many global pandemics like WannaCry. The risk will rise and eventually this will cause more issues with a few headlines of devices that were used to hack networks. Related: WannaCry signals worse things to come.

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IaaS Security: Top 8 Issues & Prevention Best Practices

eSecurity Planet

Understanding the risks, advantages, and best practices connected with IaaS security is becoming increasingly important as enterprises shift their infrastructure to the cloud. These unlicensed services may not have adequate security measures in place, presenting possible vulnerabilities and raising the risk of data disclosure or loss.

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Implementing and Maintaining Security Program Metrics

NopSec

Cybersecurity metrics are a pertinent part of measuring the successes and failures of your program and the effectiveness of your business outcomes. With so much invested in cybersecurity teams and infrastructure, demonstrating progress and ROI is very difficult – but is absolutely necessary! Foundation: Stakeholder support.

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Implementing Effective Compliance Testing: A Comprehensive Guide

Centraleyes

Compliance testing is a crucial auditing process that focuses on verifying the extent to which an organization adheres to established policies, rules, or regulatory requirements. It serves as a cornerstone in auditing, primarily concerned with evaluating the effectiveness of controls related to regulatory risks.

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11 Key Steps of the Patch Management Process

eSecurity Planet

This step-by-step guide to the patch management process can help you stay ahead of vulnerabilities and reduce cyber risk. Organizations may successfully monitor and mitigate vulnerabilities by completing a thorough evaluation, lowering the risk of possible security breaches and ensuring a safe IT environment.

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Patch Management Policy: Steps, Benefits and a Free Template

eSecurity Planet

Any rule that does not meet compliance requirements should be adjusted to comply with requirements. However, they might find that their state’s cybersecurity requirements require monthly patching and will therefore need to change their patching frequency to monthly to comply. Overview : sets expectations and goals for the policy.