InfoGuard AG (Headquarter)
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InfoGuard AG
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Switzerland
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80687 Munich
Germany
Managing cyber-risks is becoming more and more important. We told you about it in a previous blog. Cyber risks are ever-present, and they affect not just your business, but also your customers, partners and suppliers. Furthermore, cyber risks are highly dynamic. In this blog post, you will learn how you can maintain an up-to-date picture of your cyber risks.
Cyber risk management helps you identify threats and risks in advance, deal with them and proactively define the actions and measures that need to be taken if an incident occurs. All the same, many companies still underestimate the general level of cyber risk.
We realise that there are multiple challenges in tackling cyber security risks. In our daily consultancy work, we repeatedly come across four fundamental difficulties related to this:
So it is no surprise that companies resign themselves to what they assume is all the effort involved, and ineviatbly cyber risk management degenerates into a one-off – which can be very dangerous!
Everyone who is running a business knows that the economy is constantly changing and companies have to react to the changing circumstances. On top of this, a company's risk tolerance may also change over time. Therefore, your risk analysis must also be permanently checked for its relevance and coherence, so you need to be permanently (or at least regularly) monitoring your cyber risks and, where necessary, adapting your risk strategy (reducing, accepting, outsourcing, etc.).
Unfortunately, cyber risks are not static situations, they are highly dynamic events. That is why it is crucial to keep an eye on cyber risks at all times, because:
Cyber risk management and the monitoring associated with it are therefore important aspects of a company's overall security system. However, you cannot treat cyber risks separately from your business environment, which is why we strongly recommend that you also include your third parties, such as partners/suppliers, in the cyber risk assessment to the extent that this is relevant and appropriate. Third party management is an important stage and focuses on identifying and managing cyber risks to external third parties (i.e. partners, service providers, hardware and software suppliers, outsourcing providers, cloud service providers, etc.). By implementing cyber security requirements in formal contracts, risks should be managed in a targeted manner. For example, supply chain management has grown in importance in recent years - especially in terms of addressing aspects of information security. The only way to obtain the transparency needed on cyber risks and cyber security maturity within the supply chain is to consciously extend your own risk management and cyber security to your suppliers.
We are well aware that cyber risk management and monitoring current cyber risks is a real challenge. In this white paper, you will learn how to set up a good, efficient cyber risk management system. We have also put together some important points and tips for implementing a realistic cyber risk management system. Good luck with implementing it!
A clear, up-to-date overview of your essential cyber risks is a major challenge, but it is also the prerequisite for effective cyber risk management. Increasing dynamics and changing assessments have a significant impact on your company's risk exposure. We can help you with this – have an up-to-date view of your cyber risks at all times with our Digital Footprint Risk Monitoring Service. With comprehensive analysis functions, you and your company get a detailed insight into the vulnerabilities in your infrastructure and do so from the perspective of a potential attacker. Moreover, our cyber security experts are available to you with advice and support to analyse your risk landscape, show you the relevant cyber risks for your company and suggest the appropriate security measures. The best thing is that with our platform, not only do you have your own company covered, but this cover can also be extended to your partners and suppliers, which means that you have solved three of the four challenges described above at the same time.
Our Digital Footprint Risk Monitoring Service helps you identify your security risks and enables you to manage them and report them transparently (at any time). We would be happy to show you the options available in a personal consultation – contact us with no obligation, or find out more about our service on our website: