A study by the Ponemon Institute in 2017 concluded that more than 25 percent of data breaches globally were caused by negligent employees or contractors, while another 28 percent were due to system glitches, including both IT and business process failures. This means 53 percent of all global data breaches last year came from within organizations.
A few ways to combat these threats include āāØAccess Management, Employee Education and Internal Audits.
Enterprise IT networks are never static. Networks are dynamic entities; they continuously evolve, expand, change and morph.
Internal users bring their own devices to the network infrastructure or install software in their devices connected to the network. These activities can have drastic repercussions on the network and its security.
It is even more important if your business is in a regulated industry, such as BFSI (Banking & Finance), Insurance or Health Care where you may also have external auditors as part of your compliance.
For the modern enterprise of the day it is important that the CISO organization of IT administrators and Network administrators should be aware of the state of the network, hardware or software.
The recommended means to do this are audits.
The audits usually require the CISO organization to evaluate the hardware, software, data, and the users.
Network audits are carried out by IT professionals who are well-
versed with different information systems of a firm and how they
can be used to prevent the abuse of organizational resources.
IT systems play a direct role in the value of an organizationās
business; therefore, improving them is a must. It involves
evaluating the hardware, software, data, and the users.
The audits require the enterprise to have experts in IT,
Network and Security domain who are well-versed with
different information systems of a firm, the access layout,
the compliance requirements and overall security
implementation.
In addition, the dynamic and ever-changing structure of
the network creates a situation wherein the audits can
never be entirely conclusive. Hence, running the audits
frequently is essential. The frequency of auditing depends
on the nature of the business, the industry standards and
government policies.
This is a daunting task if done manually even if the
required expertise is available.
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