Security News > 2021 > August > Stop the breaches! Four steps to minimize security risks

While it is paramount that the IT department and the security teams are strong partners in protecting the company, the best practice is to have a separation of duties to ensure the group delivering the IT services is not also responsible for monitoring and managing the security risk.

Examining the security posture of every system to understand what is being used and where the risks reside, and having a mitigation plan to protect employee, company and customer data is critical.

Validate findings and examine new risks as you prepare to mitigate security issues.

Ensure your team trains and gets certified to meet industry information security standards such as the Certified Information Systems Security Professional.

Employ best-of-breed security technology and align your security operations to industry recognized best practice.

In choosing one, make sure that the partner can bring end-to-end security analytics and behavior analysis to detect and stop attacks and insider fraud.

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