RSI Security

Category: Cybersecurity Solutions

Discover comprehensive cybersecurity solutions including threat detection, vulnerability management, AI-driven defense, and strategic implementation guides to fortify your organization’s defenses.

  • Key Elements Of An Enterprise Information Security Policy

    Key Elements Of An Enterprise Information Security Policy

    No matter what business or industry you’re in, odds are that you’ll be a target for hackers and cybercriminals at some point in time. According to recent statistics from Accenture, there are over 130 large, enterprise-scale targeted cybersecurity breaches per year. And that number is growing at a rapid rate of 27 percent per year.

    That’s not to mention the cost of cyber incidents and attacks that enterprises incur year after year. The average cost of a malware attack to companies is $2.4 million, and costs an average of 50 days for companies to effectively address. Avoiding cyber attacks, and the damage and costs associated with them are why companies are wise to focus a significant portion of their IT budgets and resources on developing (and implementing) an Enterprise Information Security Policy (EISP).

    With the threats to enterprise cybersecurity growing at such a rapid pace, companies are now designing an enterprise information security program policy that serves to both minimize risk and help achieve key business goals and objectives.

    What is an EISP? And what are the specific elements of an enterprise security policy that’s in alignment with an organization’s overall vision and goals, but also provides concrete strategies and tactics to prevent (and respond to, if necessary) cyber incidents and attacks? Whether you’re deciding to implement an enterprise policy in cybersecurity for the first time, or update one that you already have, read on to find out how to improve your cybersecurity practices with our helpful guide to the elements you need to address.

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  • What Is the Incident Management Life Cycle?

    What Is the Incident Management Life Cycle?

    Preparing for cyber incidents involves more than merely being ready to react
    to (and neutralize) a one-off cyber attack. It involves the ability to respond effectively, plan proactively, and to defend your critical systems and data assets. To get ahead of evolving threats, and to recover thoroughly when attacks do occur, you need to be familiar with the Cyber Incident Management Life Cycle.

    Cyber incidents can run the gamut, from a simple email phishing attack to sophisticated malware or ransomware. Organizations now are investing more than ever in cyber-incident and attack preparedness, with 74% of companies saying Best Practices for incident prevention are their number one cybersecurity priority, followed by compliance mandates at a close second. A major part of this investment in readiness is the Incident Management Lifecycle, which lays out a framework of event management and how companies should respond in the event of an attack, hack, or breach.

    But what exactly is the incident response lifecycle? What are the various stages in the life cycle of incident management, and what specific elements, steps, and processes do they entail?  Read on to learn about the incident management lifecycle process, and how it can be used to protect your business.

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  • Best Practices for Testing Your Cyber Incident Response Plan

    Best Practices for Testing Your Cyber Incident Response Plan

    Although you might think that your cyber defenses are virtually impenetrable, every organization needs a plan just in case a cyber attack or breach does in fact happen. That’s exactly why you need to formulate, and continually test, a detailed cybersecurity incident response plan.

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  • Navigating PCI DSS and the Cloud

    Navigating PCI DSS and the Cloud

    Cloud computing is an important resource for organizations of any size and has seen increasing use in recent years for payment processing. Despite the prevalence of moving cyberinfrastructure to a cloud environment, many organizations fail to properly assess how if and how they will be able to maintain compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) when their cardholder data environment (CDE) exists entirely in the cloud. Understanding how to maintain PCI DSS compliance when utilizing cloud services is essential for the numerous modern organizations that rely on the scale and convenience that cloud services provide.

    In this article, we’ll break down some important considerations for organizations that are looking to maintain pci compliance storing credit card data in the cloud. In order to provide some context, we’ll outline what is cloud computing, what some of the advantages of cloud computing are, and explore some of the challenges of meeting the requirements of pci dss regulations when your CDE has either partially or fully cloud-based services.

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  • How to Build an Effective Vulnerability Management Program

    How to Build an Effective Vulnerability Management Program

    Vulnerabilities can wreak havoc on your network if you don’t take the necessary precautions to combat them. Having a robust cybersecurity program in place that is focused on vulnerability management can help your organization stay on top of potential security risks before they happen.  

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  • What Is Patch Management?

    What Is Patch Management?

    Security measures are never foolproof. No matter how many precautions companies and users take, threat actors always find a new point of entry to exploit. Identifying and fixing vulnerabilities requires time, and there lies one of the greatest challenges — deploying sound fixes within a tight time constraint.

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  • Patch Management Best Practices

    Patch Management Best Practices

    Cybersecurity threats are constantly escalating and the current landscape means the majority of successful cyber attacks exploit well-known vulnerabilities that can lead to system breaches and loss of sensitive information.  The time between discovery of a system vulnerability and the start of malicious exploits is getting shorter, often a matter of hours before attempted attacks. Increasingly complex enterprise networks, use of bring your own device (BYOD) and other protocols for higher productivity, and the broader array of applications and devices leveraged for business use also provide a larger target for compromise.

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  • IT Security Frameworks: What You Need To Know

    IT Security Frameworks: What You Need To Know

    Keeping hackers, cybercriminals, and malicious actors out of your critical systems is a constant battle. But just like any king might defend his castle, you need some kind of overall plan to seal off all the entry points that hackers might look to exploit. Which is exactly why having an Information Technology (IT) security framework is so important.

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  • Cyber Security Awareness Training Topics

    Cyber Security Awareness Training Topics

    There are many things that put your network at risk. The primary thing people tend to think about is “The Bad Guys.” Hackers. Corporate espionage. Saboteurs. There is also the concern of physical risks like fire, flooding, and earthquake. You may be surprised to learn that the number one risk to your network, by a lot, is your own employees.

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  • Cyber Security Training For Employees

    Cyber Security Training For Employees

    Having a solid cybersecurity defense plan is arguably just as important as having a robust offense.  Case in point, a recent Experian report found that nearly two-thirds (66%) of the data protection and privacy training professionals that were surveyed labeled their employees as the weakest link when attempting to safeguard their organization from cyber threats.  Even though tedious cybersecurity tasks are becoming automated, it’s still best to provide online security awareness training for employees to prevent future issues for your company’s security.  Being prepared when that time comes is paramount to the continued success of your organization and requires that an ironclad training program be conceptualized and implemented before threats become breaches.  With this in mind, let’s review the importance of cybersecurity awareness training and how you can build an organization that is compliant and focused on defending against cyber threats.

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