The Need for Data

A wider set of stakeholders than ever before are now invested in an organization’s cyber and digital resilience. For CISOs and their teams, there’s more exposure, questions and demands.

To effectively respond to those demands, minimize risk, and drive decision-making, security leaders need data.

Luckily for security teams, enterprises are data-rich. They have a wealth of data that, when harnessed, can transform cybersecurity efforts. But manually collating, refining and reporting on this wealth of data has created a huge burden for security teams.

Regulatory Pressure Forcing Change

Incoming regulatory pressures are only going to exacerbate the problem with more reporting, audit and compliance demands. It’s clear the industry needs a new way of working that utilises technology to automate data handling to elevate the burden.

Extracting actionable insights from data warrants a well-designed Continuous Controls Monitoring (CCM) program and framework. This includes:

• • Identifying, defining and establishing a comprehensive data model
  • Implementing processes to analyse, interpret and transform data into trusted insights
  • Socializing the right information to the right people to take the right action

The Benefits of Continuous Controls Monitoring

With a CCM program in place, teams can move to a more proactive way of working that supports decision-making by addressing hidden risks, demonstrating compliance to regulation, policy and frameworks, and effectively communicate risk to stakeholders by auditing continuously - leaving teams to protect the critical services and revenue they’re tasked with protecting.