Security Assessments
Nowadays, ensuring and maintaining data confidentiality is as vital to a business entity’s sustainable existence and long-term prosperity as human resource management and flexible financial planning. There are protective practices such as security assessments that allow one to evaluate the degree of security of crucial company data and find solutions to eliminate breaches in software (Maria, 2018). However, some senior managers still underestimate the necessity and potential positive impact of such procedures. Understanding the benefits of security assessments for different categories of employees is key to developing a persuasive approach by which Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) can convince upper management to provide them with the resources to carry out these procedures.
Benefits for CISOs
It is obvious that the primary group that benefits from security assessments is the CISOs themselves. These strengthen their vision of internal and outside processes and operations related to the firm’s private data. A security assessment is also an opportunity for Chief Information Security Officers to demonstrate their value to the company and their professional impact as staff members (Norris, 2017). It is human nature to pay little attention to prevented damage and threats, and this evaluative practice makes it possible for CISOs to highlight their efforts.
Benefits for Information Technology Workers
Information technology (IT) specialists are another staff category for which security assessments are especially beneficial. It increases their awareness of the existing and potential risks that their company’s software is exposed to (Norris, 2017). Moreover, these also allow IT employees to upgrade and adjust their information security strategy and policy. One can say that security assessments help IT departments to identify future objectives and guide their efforts.
Benefits for the Firm
From an organizational perspective, the firm is also a beneficiary of security assessments. These practices reveal to upper management the level of competence and preparedness of their IT employees and the professionalism and qualifications of their CISOs. Another benefit is that security assessments give firms an opportunity to check how well they adhere to local and international cyber-privacy rules and digital policies of their industries (Thomas, 2021). Public regulations regarding online space are still a complex topic in many business sectors.
References
Maria, G. (2018). Everything you need to know about security assessments to safeguard your data. GetApp. Web.
Norris, K. (2017). 5 major benefits of security assessments. Cadre Information Security. Web.
Thomas, R. (2021). 3 key benefits of security risk assessment. Enterprise Security. Web.