IT organizations deploy a number of strategies and frameworks to assess their organization’s risk and security posture – everything from ISO to COBIT. But while these frameworks are often helpful to security professionals and IT risk champions, they do little to help communicate the business value of IT and risk to various business leaders within the organization. Here's where a security blueprint can help.
A comprehensive security blueprint can help close the gap between IT and business by enabling an organization to evaluate its IT security posture and communicate the results back to business leaders. Using such a methodology, IT professionals assess the maturity of security program capabilities, identify areas of strength and opportunities for improvement, recommend an action plan, and communicate the overall security posture and plan of action to executive management.
A complete security blueprint includes an assessment of strategy, operations, and technology, and can be conducted by evaluating the following seven key elements contributing to an organization’s security and risk posture:
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