Security Oversight

In November 2015, the FFIEC updated their Information Technology Information Handbook [for Management]. The updates address several new recommendations for bank management, including:

“Oversee the adequacy and allocation of IT resources.”
“Hold management accountable for identifying, measuring and mitigating IT risks.”

If your institution is relying on internal resources to manage and monitor your IT risks, you may be falling short. Utilizing outside resources to provide insight into gaps in your IT risk strategy and provide security oversight is key to preventing security breaches.A financial organization’s core businesses should always be the focus of the underlying vision and strategy. Many financial organizations get inundated with compliance obligations that are not right sized for its specific business needs: Constantly chasing the information security compliance dragon without realizing any benefit. This is why a thorough security oversight plan is not just useful, but fundamental.

3 Policy Changes That Will Change Your Business Strategy

Trade and Foreign Investment Policies – Trade policy is the set of agreements, regulations, and practices by a government that affect trade with foreign countries.
Cybersecurity and Privacy Policies – Cyber and privacy policies protect companies from hackers and other individuals or groups who may gain access to company-stored personal identifying information.
Tax Policies – Tax policy is an administrative apparatus that is built to levy and collect tax, through applying different tariff and basis taxation.

Security Oversight Services

Many third party providers can provide thorough breach assessments, perform white-hat hacking and penetration testing, and implement ongoing Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) services to help provide institutions the oversight they need to avoid breach or theft of data.

Our All Covered Finance Practice team will discuss our Audit and Reporting Service Bundle for financial institutions. This bundle is designed to help clients meet regulatory compliance while accomplishing their IT objectives.