What is an information security audit and why is it carried out?

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Information plays a key role in doing business, especially in the context of digitalization of economic processes.

Even 15 years ago, it was difficult to imagine that it was possible to entrust a computer with trade secrets, documentation, signatures, and payments. Today it is the norm - the Internet is used by both recipients and service providers to conduct 90% of the volume of transactions. Business owners have begun to spend significantly less time in face-to-face meetings and have moved a significant percentage of their communications “online”.

Cashless payments, automated logistics, currency exchange, transactions, conferences, documentation - all this is now at the mercy of security systems. As they work, so will your business.

Attackers typically initiate the following types of attacks on confidential information:

• Hacking sites of service providers.
• Hacking of users' personal pages.

If ordinary users can relax - they are of little interest to anyone, then for the company the only way out is a set of measures to prevent leakage of confidential data. And the most effective of them will be timely prevention - information security audit.

This term has appeared relatively recently, and this activity is part of strategic planning in the field of IT systems security.

The task of this type of audit is to determine the current state of information security, not only from the point of view of the reliability of protection of confidential data, but also from the point of view of the economic efficiency of this protection.

As a rule, when auditing a corporate security system, a large-scale systemic process of quantitative and qualitative analysis of the state of information protection is launched.

This is a test if a resource can effectively resist different types of threats.

Who needs an information security audit?

Any company that expects to be successful. If your site has been repeatedly hacked and other types of attacks, at first you will be ignored by search engines and, with all your efforts, you will not rise to decent places in the rating.

Then, especially with accompanying hosting problems, the bounce rate will rise due to slow page loading, and this reduces your audience loyalty and traffic.

A vicious circle, the result of which is at least a decrease in sales efficiency and other financial losses. It is probably unnecessary to talk about the leak of confidential commercial information.

Information security audit is literally an investment in the stability and growth of a company.

Qwerty Networks company is engaged in information security since 2001.

We have created our own multi-level system for testing and blocking hacker attacks, so the sites on our hosting and software are completely protected from leaks and hacks.

We will conduct an audit of the information security of your company according to the following scenario (as well as include it in the framework of a set of IT and web outsourcing measures):

• Analysis of the current protection status of your information system.
• Analysis of the risks of external and internal threats.
• Assistance in organizing the security system.
• Creation of a list of recommended technical and organizational measures to eliminate possible vulnerabilities.
• Information security strategy development.
• Recommendations for the correct distribution of investments in information security.
• Control of the IS system in the future.

Practice shows that most site owners are unaware of hacker intrusions, losing their reputation on the Internet, time and money.

Contact X Networks to analyze the security status of business information and take action in time!

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