Combat Threats and Ensure Compliance with Visionet’s Audit Management & Managed Services

In today's digital age, information is one of the most valuable asset of an organization. As businesses rely heavily on technology to conduct their day-to-day operations, it has become increasingly important to ensure the security and protection of sensitive data. This is where IT security audits and internal audits come into play. These audits help organizations identify potential security risks and vulnerabilities in their IT infrastructure, assess the effectiveness of their security controls and policies, and ensure compliance with relevant regulations and industry standards. With the rising threat of cyber attacks and data breaches, IT security audits and internal audits have become necessary to ensure the long-term success and sustainability of an organization.

Let’s take a look at how Audit Management and Managed Services can secure your business’s critical data.
 

How can Information Security Audits open new possibilities?

To enable business owners to focus on their core operations without compromising security, organizations require best-in-class technology, robust processes, and skilled technical consultants. Effective evaluation and management of security risks associated with business applications, networks, and mobile devices allow stakeholders to address emerging threats while ensuring compliance with relevant regulations, statutory requirements, and industry standards. Therefore, it is imperative to proactively rectify design defects and provide IT security assurance within the business system to avoid legal consequences, regulatory fines, consumer lawsuits, and reputational harm.

Clients across various industry sectors receive assistance from IT security audit management services. They determine the level of compliance of technical security controls with applicable regulations, legislative and standard requirements such as ISO 27001, SOC2, NIST, GDPR, CCPA, and HIPAA.

Visionet provides Audit services that ensure methodical investigation into a system, process, or element to help organizations achieve their certification journey or ongoing sustenance of compliance to various industry-recognised frameworks. We reassure when the standards are being met and provide confirmation that the organization's systems are operating as planned and that they adhere to the desired standards. 
 

Visionet's IT Security Audits

Visionet provides independent assessment of an organization’s internal policies, controls, and activities. Businesses can use an audit to assess IT controls' presence and effectiveness and ensure those controls comply with stated policies. In addition, audits assure that organizations comply with applicable regulations and other industry requirements. Lastly, organizations must also address the risk exposures within the IT systems and assess the controls and integrity of information systems.

 
Understanding Product Function Audits

An information security audit is a comprehensive evaluation that helps identify potential security threats and vulnerabilities within an organization's IT infrastructure. Any risk exposure not only affects the security of the infrastructure and systems but also has an impact on the entire business operation. Information security includes ensuring the security of both information and data, as well as IT security.

Phishing Awareness

⦁    Developing security awareness program
⦁    Executing & sustaining security awareness
⦁    Verifying the security awareness program

Vendor Risk Management

Understanding a vendor's role in corporate objectives and projects is crucial. Vendors and other third parties may fulfil a small, one-time demand for a specific project or they could become a long-term business partner as well. Since third parties can pose a variety of risks, including financial, reputational, compliance, legal, and more, managing vendor risk becomes a critical aspect of vendor management. Safeguarding against vendor risks is always in the best interest of the organization. Whether this is carried out before starting a vendor relationship or after it has ended. Vendor risk management ensures that the use of service providers and IT suppliers does not increase the risk of disrupting business operations or negatively impacting business performance.

Effectiveness of V-CISO

If your organization lacks the resources or internal expertise to implement an ongoing leadership and comprehensive security program, our virtual CISO services can be of great assistance. Our virtual CISO can assist in identifying the appropriate compliance frameworks, security maturity level, and design an all-encompassing program that manages technology, processes, and people. By leveraging the experience and skills of our virtual CISO, you can implement a program without incurring the high expenses associated with a full-time position. With Visionet’s V-CISO, you can benefit from a cost-effective solution that meets your organization's security needs.

Functions of a V-CISO

·       Business experience
·       Cyber threats and security
·       Stakeholder management
·       Compliance

The Scope of V-DPO

A proficient and knowledgeable privacy partnership DPO can serve as your official regulatory point of contact for GDPR compliance and carry out all duties imposed on the DPO by Article 39 of the GDPR.

Components for V-DPO

·       Adherence to global standards & frameworks including annual audits and assessment
·       Staff training & education
·       Managing and monitoring compliance
·       DPIAs, TIAs
·       Record of processing

The Advantages of Security Audits

As a reliable partner, it is essential to ensure the security of your clients' sensitive assets. Information security audits are not just a task, but an investment that can provide your organization with a valuable advantage, a stronger security stance, and most importantly, the ability to win clients' trust and confidence. By conducting a security audit, you can identify the root cause of any performance issues and receive guidance on the necessary actions to eliminate or reduce their severity, thereby improving the efficiency and output of your team. This will help you maintain your clients' trust and faith in your organization, which is crucial to retain their business.

Additionally, you must show that your current technology investment is yielding a profit. Your security audit will identify inadequacies and assist in warranting that your resources are being used to their full potential.

Conclusion

Thoroughly inspecting an organization's infrastructure and security posture is the primary objective of an information security audit. By conducting such audits, the organization can assess its level of risk exposure and identify security flaws and vulnerabilities that could potentially harm its security. These audits enable the organization to manage risks, implement effective risk governance, prepare for business continuity and incident management, manage third-party risks, and comply with the industry's best standards and regulations.

If you need more information to make this decision, do get in touch with us and our experts will connect with you.  Set right your organization’s compliance today!