Secure the ‘health’ of Your Organization: Why an Information Security Health Check is Vital

Posted on the 29 October 2012 by Litcom

Your corporate information and intellectual property are probably the most important and valuable assets to your business.

  • Do you know what the biggest areas of risk are?
  • Do you have an overall view of how effectively your security plan is working?
  • Are the right IT security controls in place to protect the information that is critical to your business?

Organizations are extremely dependent on information systems and services which mean they are even more vulnerable to security threats.  It is therefore of the utmost importance that senior management are aware of the criticality of information security because they are ultimately accountable for the organization’s performance and success.

By analyzing the security requirements and current security situation, an information security health check determines whether the organization has:

  • Sufficient protection
  • Appropriate tools, technologies and processes necessary to safeguard company digital assets
  • Gaps, exposures to risks related to the I.T. environment

So how do you determine whether you are allocating appropriate funds in this area? If you’ve experienced security incidents in the past, how do you know that it won’t happen again??

The Litcom Approach

Litcom has developed an Information Security Health Check that consists of industry standards such as ISO 27001/27002 and COBIT frameworks.

Our Information Security Health Check is designed to:

  • Assist organizations understand how information security threats translate to business risk;
  • Assess the organization’s readiness to face today’s threats; and
  • Assess the effectiveness and adequacy of existing controls against industry leading practices.

For more information, please contact us at: info@litcom.ca

Want to learn more? Check out http://www.litcom.ca/category/resources/information-security-health-check/ .