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KEY BENEFITS OF IMPLEMENTING AN ISMS
- Due to an ISMS's risk assessment and analysis approach, organizations can save on costs spent on indiscriminately adding layers of defensive technologies that may not work.
- An ISMS helps protect all types of information, including digital and paper-based data, intellectual property, trade secrets, data on devices and in the cloud, hard copies and all personal information.
- By constantly adapting to changes both in the environment and within the organization, an ISMS reduces the threat of ever-evolving risks.
- An ISMS protects your entire organization from technology-related risks and other, more general threats, such as poorly informed employees or ineffective processes.
EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND ISMS: INFORMATION SECURITY VULNERABILITIES ARISE FROM INCREASINGLY COMPLEX INTERRELATIONSHIPS
The recently released RIMS (Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc.) Executive Report provides insight and guidance on integrating emerging risks into the risk management program. Incorporating so-called “emerging risks” is necessary to avoid future threats. Strikingly, only 27% of companies surveyed in the report consider the impact of emerging risks in their risk assessments. Only 34% consider emerging risks when determining their business strategy. Cloud computing, the Internet of Things (IoT), blockchain, Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are just a few of the emerging technologies that are changing the way people live and work today. New forms of attack, such as Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS), are also evolving in response to technological advances. Enterprises are moving away from on-premise IT infrastructures and toward cloud-based technologies and shared service providers, automating and networking manufacturing lines via the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and adopting next-generation digital identification systems. Security professionals and business leaders face numerous opportunities and difficulties arising from today’s digital technologies and systems.
Information security vulnerabilities are becoming more complex as the world becomes increasingly technologically interconnected. With the expected widespread adoption of the Internet of Things (IoT) and increasing reliance on operational technologies, security approaches must be developed. Adoption of new technologies is a way forward and emerging technologies must be leveraged to benefit enterprises. Organizations must not remain static in order to stay secure, but it is critical for anyone handling sensitive data to verify that existing security mechanisms are adequate for the risks posed by evolving technologies. Anyone working with sensitive data or evolving technologies, not just IT professionals, needs to be aware of the risks and how to manage them. In today’s increasingly complex technological ecosystem, security professionals need to increase their situational and technology awareness and work closely with business leaders to actively consider how to minimize these evolving threats.
