Operations security
Business drivers are considered to be the essential inputs as well as activities which are responsible for driving the business operations as well as financial prowess of the business. The typical examples of business drivers include salespeople, the website traffic, number and price of products, and so on. In a business, it is essential to gain knowledge of business drivers for business prosperity (Prange et al., 2017).
Examples of business drivers which has an impact on organizational security policies include:
What you don’t know could hurt you.
Assessments are always opted to reveal hidden issues in cases they are performed as desired. Security teams or experts have always performed assessments which have identified critical issues to the security of a company. Discovering problems, resolution determination, as well as remedying matters before becoming critical and providing immense value to an organization (Aurigemma, 2013).
Studies have demonstrated that one among five employees are likely to open the suspicious email, and half of them shall click on an attachment. The human factor is, indeed, the most significant weakness. Security awareness pieces of training must be part of business strategies to help in mitigation against any targeted email attacks.
What gets measured, gets done; who is measuring your security posture?
Amongst the significant tendencies that DSM have identified as far as many assessments are concerned is the unavailability of control in place to ensure enforcement of policies. Previous researches indicate that essential tasks are likely and in most cases, shall be overlooked. The critical components, which in most cases are missed, are patching as well as following the best practices for backups (Booth, 2015).