Risk assessments and business impact analyses are crucial resources in a disaster recovery plan. While the two processes might sound similar on the surface, they each serve a different critical ...

A risk assessment framework (RAF) is a strategy for prioritizing and sharing information about the security risks to an information technology (IT) infrastructure. A good RAF organizes and presents ...

The widespread use of information technology (IT) can introduce various risks that affect financial reporting and the audit process. To assist auditors in identifying and addressing these risks, the ...

As IT organizations seek to make better risk-based decisions about security practices, perhaps the No. 1 component for success is the IT risk assessment. However, even when organizations actually ...

In today’s world of interlocked companies and IT service providers, it’s standard practice for a company to ask its tech suppliers to fill out detailed questionnaires about their security practices.

Every business needs a risk management plan, whether it is as simple as purchasing liability insurance or so complex as to require full-time risk managers to execute it. Risk assessment and ...

Between 2021 and 2022, 56 percent of K-12 education organizations were hit by ransomware, a nearly 25 percent increase from the previous year. That’s a staggering number, and a clear indication that ...

CEO of Schwenk AG & Crisis Control Solutions LLC, a leading expert in risk and crisis management for the automotive industry. In the intricate tapestry of the modern business landscape, every thread ...

Keeping up with the latest security threats can be a full-time job. Bad actors constantly find new ways to infiltrate company servers, databases and websites. The result is lost data, locked systems ...

With data at the core of any highly functioning and mature business, AI tools like Microsoft Copilot and Gemini are exposing vulnerabilities in the management of sensitive information. As these ...

ITRA covers Sections 2 and 5 of the Security Standard for the Solutions Life Cycle Management (SLCM) process. You can find a link to the Security Standard: Solutions Life Cycle Management process in ...