Certification has always been a great way for companies to establish trust with their customers.
While there's certainly an argument to be made that certification doesn't necessarily make your company more secure, today's buyers need to know that they've done their due diligence, and trust seals do help in that regard.
What's more, because the process of preparing for certification forces us to look at our security posures from the perspective of a universal framework, compliance teams often find themselves taking important measures to tighten things up, which certainly helps.
In this sense, CISOs play a crucial role in the certification process, given the intersection between government regulations, compliance certification organizations' security standards, and data protection policies.
As certification standards grow more complex, CISOs face significant hurdles in ensuring their organizations receive cyber GRC certification successfully.
Here are a few ways CISOs can minimize friction when preparing for certification and ensure a smooth process.
Gathering and verifying documentation is one of a CISO's most challenging tasks when preparing for certification.
Whether reviewing code bases or verifying infrastructure standards, CISOs often struggle to gather documentation on time and verify adherence to standards.
Most of these details are maintained by busy teams that cannot spare time to compile data to aid the CISO. This leaves the latter walking a fine line between seeking internal cooperation and communicating the importance of certification.
CISOs can use software to connect different parts of their infrastructure, review them for compliance, and automatically create audit trails.
Cypago automatically updates their logic to reflect the latest changes, giving CISOs all the reports and action items they need to ensure efficient certification prep.
A CISO might be unaware of changes to certification requirements or potential future developments.
In short, a legal team may not have the technical expertise to execute compliance-related tasks, but it will give the CISO the right context for the company's risks and how to best position themselves to ensure certification.
Given the extent of the sprawl, CISOs cannot realistically expect to cover every single node and validate it before certification.
Tools like Solarwinds' Network Topology Mapper are invaluable here, helping CISOs quickly conduct network discovery exercises and detect changes to network endpoints automatically.
Automating access monitoring and security certificate renewal is the best way for CISOs to ensure their infrastructure remains secure at all times, with minimal manual intervention.
Cybersecurity is central to almost every cyber GRC certification process, and continuous monitoring ensures a company will have a smooth time of it.
Conducting regular pentests will reveal gaps in existing security frameworks, giving organizations enough time to fix them, and record any changes to documentation, placing them in an ideal position come certification time.
Securing cyber GRC certification is critical for modern companies, and organizing all available information is stage one.
CISOs play a central role in this process, and with the right approach, they can create a smooth compliance workflow for their organizations.
This Cyber News was published on cybersecuritynews.com. Publication date: Wed, 20 Dec 2023 09:35:08 +0000