A Security Program is a set of activities supporting the business and managing the risk. The security program should enable the management and maintenance of Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability of information.
Our Security Program Development Services
At Anvaya Solutions, we take a holistic view of the organization from a security perspective. We then develop a security program that best suits the business – contextually and holistically.
Fast Facts
- In a study of cyber resilience, 77% of respondents didn’t have a formal cyber security incident response plan (CSIRP) applied consistently across their organization. — IBM, 2018
- 57% of business leaders said it takes longer to resolve cyber incidents, and 65% said that the severity of the attack is increasing. — IBM, 2018
- 60% of Small Businesses do Not Have a Cybersecurity Policy – CISO Magazine
Why is a comprehensive security program important?
A program for cyber security is a combination of policy, training, security architecture, security design, and descriptions of current IT security services and control practices. The overall program describes the required technical, operational, and administrative safeguards information systems involved in the processing and storing sensitive information.
A comprehensive Security Program provides business value by enabling the delivery of applications and data to authorized users in an integral fashion (The C-I-A triad of cyber security). Appropriate information security is crucial to the business to manage the risks. The organization should be proactive instead of reactive when it comes to Cybersecurity.
What are the facets of a security program?
A good security program starts with assessing the Business context, appetite for risk, impact of the risk, and evaluation if that risk even makes sense. Does the organization have policies, procedures, and guidelines; assessment of the training to follow them and making them available to all users?
Does the organization follow a security framework? Anvaya Solutions’ security team, with its exposure and experience, can help identify the security best practices for the broad spectrum of technologies.
Security is everybody’s responsibility. They are executives, program/project management, help desk/computer support, system/network administrators, end-users, training department, and engineers. A comprehensive security program transcends all boundaries. Security needs to be top-down, bottom-up, and sideways.
How can Anvaya help?
NIST and ISO have provided many frameworks, particularly NIST CSF and ISO27001. Anvaya can help implement NIST CSF and ISO27001 for organizations that choose either. We suggest starting with NIST CSF as that covers the five functions of a mature organization.
- Program Design. Anvaya team of security experts will look at what the client has and the regulatory requirements depending on the interviews and contracts existing.
- Gap Analysis. The team will conduct a gap analysis based on NIST CSF maturity as it applies to the business and develops a Security Maturity Model.
- Implementation. The team will develop an implementation model based on the existing resources and identify if additional resources are required.
- Auditing and reporting. The team will develop an auditing and reporting plan on the progress of the remediation and how it improved the organization’s security maturity.
- Sustaining the certification. Security is an ongoing effort, and security programs must evolve constantly. An organization must evaluate its security program as it grows, at least annually.
