What is risk-based security and why it is more effective than a compliance-focused approach?

Adopting a risk-based approach helps you achieve three vital objectives:

Better planning of investments:

Once you assign reducing risk as the primary goal, you are able to direct your investments towards the implementation of strategies or purchasing of solutions that will increase the effectiveness of your cybersecurity program

Leveraging a framework approach to guide implementation:

Lofty risk-reduction targets can be refined down to effective program implementation, including both strategic and practical controls, adopted across the organization from C-level executives to frontline workforce.

Build controls to preemptively strike the most dangerous threats:

A risk-based approach shifts the organization’s focus from building controls across all functions to building appropriate controls for the most critical security vulnerabilities, those that target your business’s most vital functions. Read More

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