In casual conversation, threats, vulnerabilities, and risks are often talked about interchangeably. The reality is that the three are quite different. Threats represent something that might happen. Vulnerabilities show that systems have inherent weaknesses attackers may exploit. Risks keep business owners up at night by shining a light on potential harm inherent in running an enterprise.
Robust vendor risk management practices has never been more important. It is increasingly one of the top concerns of CISOs around the world. This is because outsourcing, digitization, and globalization have changed the way we do business over the last few decades. These forces have led to innovation in products and services, the ability to focus on core competencies, reduced costs, and new global markets.
The Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act was signed into law on July 30, 2002. The law drafted by congressmen Paul Sarbanes and Michael Oxley aimed to improve corporate financial governance and accountability while protecting shareholders from accounting errors and fraudulent activity. The real fuel for the SOX law came from the inappropriate financial conduct of three large companies Enron, Tyco, and WorldCom.
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Risk management has become a veritable alphabet soup. The advent of the digital age is partly to blame. Virtually every organization is “going digital,” in a growing number of areas. Retail is now “e-tail”; manufacturing plants are increasingly automated; nearly every step of the hiring and contracting process happens online, from the application process to background checks to payroll and beyond.
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The old adage warns “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” The saying becomes even more pointed for threats that, unfortunately, do not yet have a cure. But the lessons of risk management offer a path forward, where prevention takes the form of avoiding, mitigating or reducing risks. As people and organizations confront COVID-19, the novel threat has inspired an array of new strategies to combat the pandemic.
Chances are you understand the impact of poor risk management, particularly third-party risk management and vendor risk management, on your organization's reputation. Technology has increased the speed and scale of commerce and communication, and in turn, has increased your organization's exposure to cybersecurity risk, particularly cyber threats that lead to data breaches and cyber attacks.
