FireEye Cyber Risk Assessment Tool
The First Step to Simpler, Complete Cyber Security
As an IT professional, you work within a dangerous cyber threat landscape every day. In addition to attacks, you also must deal with constrained security budgets, internal and executive communications, increasingly mobile and evolving workforce demands and emerging regulatory requirements. Any one of these issues can complicate your ability to build, deploy and maintain a sustainably relevant and effective security program.
Getting a clear picture of your current activities and cyber risk enables you to make clear, effective and affordable decisions about what your organization needs in terms of cyber security. It allows you to communicate those needs to executives who manage the budget and to better plan for new regulations and reporting requirements.
To help you assess the status of your business environment and security program, IDC, along with sponsors FireEye and DXC Technology, developed the Cyber Risk Assessment Tool. After taking the assessment, you’ll know how mature your security program is relative to a baseline developed against 500 European organizations. You can then determine where your greatest risks lie and what actions you might take to improve your security posture.
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Expert advice on how to improve your security posture
What security maturity looks like in Western Europe
To develop the baseline for the Cyber Risk Assessment Tool, IDC recently conducted a survey of 500 businesses across Europe. Although the organizations varied considerably across size, industry and nationality, analysts were able to draw six general trends regarding cyber security maturity in Western Europe.
What can be done about ransomware
It is impossible to consistently make the best tactical and strategic security decisions without a cohesive and coherent plan. And in fact, mismanagement can ultimately aggravate the impact of cyber attacks such as ransomware.
Whom to involve in cyber risk escalation
Internal communications are a critical aspect of managing cyber risk. Informing the correct executives at the right time, with the correct level of technical detail has considerable effect on threat management and regulatory compliance.
Why use risk awareness to justify security
New EU rules include mandatory breach notification clauses. Employees continue to force technical evolution in organizations. Your board members may not understand the technical details of security, but you can still connect with them.
How MSSPs fit into cyber security strategy
Security involves far too many activities for any organization to manage on its own. Managed security service providers (MSSPs) have a role to play in alleviating stressors on security teams and improving security postures.
How to view regulations as a benefit for security posture
Mandatory breach notification requires robust and deep auditing practices. They might be stressful to your organization, but they can also help guide your security strategy.