VioPoint

Needless to say, 2009 was a challenging year across most industries. Corporate restructurings led to a new level of resource challenges, adding to the existing workload across all organizational levels. Cuts in staffing and program reassignments have literally pushed many security programs to their limit.

To compound these challenges, most organizations continue to expand their reliance on digital information (data) as a foundational element for managing the business. Recent studies have shown that most companies will manage 30 times more data in the next ten years. Simply stated...the sheer growth of data creates great challenges for managing and protecting an organization's information assets. Data expansion, coupled with a reduction in available resources to effectively protect it, dramatically increases risk for the organization.

Security Program Challenges

Do you have the resources necessary to manage risk at levels acceptable for your organization? Most organizations struggle to maintain an effective security program. While organizations may recognize the need to balance tactical risk management (reactive) with strategic program oversight (proactive), they often lack the internal security expertise necessary to build and manage a proactive security program...ultimately relying on a reactive patchwork approach . Highly specialized subject matter expertise is required to analyze requirements, manage implementations, create security processes, and maintain the program. In addition, the implementation of a program requires that it be treated as a critical business process, which ensures sustainability over time. A successful program must have the same structure, approach, and support as traditional business processes like Accounting, Human Resources, and Sales. Ultimately, this type of approach will establish a security program that is aligned with the business goals of the organization.

The threats and risks that businesses face will vary by industry type. However, a common flaw that resource-challenged businesses must overcome is managing security in a reactive mode. By leveraging specialized skills to develop and implement an effective security program, organizations will realize the benefits of transforming their security posture from reactive to proactive.

Specialized Expertise

VIOPOINT provides the expertise, tools, and program approach, to deliver a cost-effective security program that will proactively manage risk...without adding additional resources or technology tools. This approach is based on industry best practices and business concepts. Our Enterprise Information Security Program utilizes a defined and repeatable framework that manages risk with an outsourced business model:

• Tailored to address individual client risk components
• Deliver specific security projects
• Manage and deliver on key focus areas (policy, strategy, risk assessments, etc.)
• Implement processes for maintenance and improvement
• Manage activities via Enterprise Information Security Program
• Online portal
• Track program maturity and performance
• Track metrics and process improvements
• Provide subject matter expertise, guidance, and program oversight

Our approach begins by understanding the current security posture of an organization. VIOPOINT utilizes a best practice maturity model that leverages a customer self assessment survey to compile a composite risk score. This baseline is audited by VIOPOINT and used as the foundation for developing a detailed strategy and plan. As part of the program roll-out, Key Goal Indicators (KGI's) and Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) are established to measure progress and improvements. Aided by these measurement components, VIOPOINT's Enterprise Information Security Program addresses one of the most common program challenges...how to measure success.

Sustained Performance

A critical success factor in effectively managing security over time is the ability to change the mindset of an organization from event driven goals to process driven goals. Successful security programs are founded on sound organizational process. To this end, the VIOPOINT approach leverages repeatable processes that are easily incorporated into the operational "fabric" of an organization. From the onset, we focus on a top-down approach that aligns security goals with organizational business goals. This framework provides process, structure, and measurement components to support program goals and objectives. There are specific benefits that companies realize by implementing a program approach to information security.

• Implementing the Enterprise Information Security Program components will establish a proactive security approach that delivers long term savings to your organization.
• Establishing meaningful KPI's will help executive management understand the value of invested security dollars.
• Developing sustainable process will help your organization effectively manage risk to support the exponential growth in digital information.
• Aligning the security program with business goals positions your organization to cost-effectively manage risk and support sustained growth.

VIOPOINT's expertise and experience across major industry segments will deliver efficiency and help your organization address its security goals.

If you would like to know more about how VIOPOINT can help you cost effectively manage risk for your organization, please feel free to contact us at (248) 373-8494 or sales@viopoint.com.