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Date: May 15, 2018
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201-896-4100 info@sh-law.comIf your company does not yet conduct internal cyber audits to assess and manage your cybersecurity risks, it’s time to start. For those businesses that do, it is equally important to promptly address any vulnerabilities that are detected.
The City of Atlanta recently learned the hard way how important it is to head the warnings of a cyber audit. The city was recently hit by a ransomware attack that The New York Times called “one of the most sustained and consequential cyberattacks ever mounted against a major American city.”
According to media reports, Atlanta officials were warned last summer that the city’s IT infrastructure was vulnerable to attack. An internal audit found, “the large number of severe and critical vulnerabilities identified has existed for so long the organizations responsible have essentially become complacent and no longer take action.”
The audit further stated, “departments tasked with dealing with the thousands of vulnerabilities … do not have enough time or tools to properly analyze and treat the systems.”
While creating a cybersecurity plan is critical to safeguarding your company, testing for effectiveness and efficiency is equally important. After all, it’s far better to discover your weaknesses in a test situation rather than in real life.
When conducting a cyber audit, be sure to take IT, business, and legal concerns into account. Audits, which often require the assistance of outside professionals, must be comprehensive enough to address all points of entry. Below are several key areas that should be taken into consideration:
Of course, internal audits can also be invaluable in a number of other related areas, including testing your business-continuity and disaster-recovery plans. To determine if your existing policies and procedures pass muster, we encourage businesses to work with knowledgeable IT and legal professionals.
Do you have any feedback, thoughts, reactions or comments concerning this topic? Feel free to leave a comment below for Fernando M. Pinguelo. If you have any questions about this post, please contact me or the Scarinci Hollenbeck attorney with whom you work. To learn more about data privacy and security, visit eWhiteHouse Watch – Where Technology, Politics, and Privacy Collide (http://ewhwblog.com).
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