CYBER AS A BUSINESS ENABLER

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1 CYBER AS A BUSINESS ENABLER Operationalizing Cyber Risk Analytics Exclusive Sneak Peek!

2 Cyber as a Business Enabler: Operationalizing Cyber Risk Analytics We hear you loud and clear. Cyber risk enough talk! Nehemiah Security is leading the charge to put cyber risk into motion. Let us introduce you to our risk methodology, which guides companies like yours to transform your Cybersecurity operations into a business enabler. The wait is almost over. This Fall, Nehemiah is releasing their newest ebook, Cyber as a Business Enabler: Operationalizing Cyber Risk Analytics. This introductory guide arms the modern-day Cybersecurity leader to leverage existing resources to launch this transformation. Topics covered in this book include: 1. The end goal of cyber risk analytics 2. Where to gather the right data 3. Key stakeholders involved 4. What it takes to quantify cyber risks financially Nehemiah Security 2

3 SNEAK PEEK! Chapter 2: What We re Proposing We are proposing the impossible: To align Cyber with the set of risk management tools currently used by businesses most notably, the risk register. Companies maintain this centralized tool to facilitate discussion of and dealings with the most prominent risk items. For business leaders and Governance Risk & Compliance (GRC) professionals, the concept of a risk register is well-established. For cyber professionals, it remains foreign. Chapter 2: Proposing We are not lazy, this is just difficult! To build a risk register of any kind, including cyber, you need data. There is no such thing as a thumb in the air risk register. Companies make major decisions based on the risk register that determine the success and survival of the company. No one would want these decisions made based on anyone s thumb.

4 Cyber as a Business Enabler: Operationalizing Cyber Risk Analytics This is not a data problem. Professionals from all corners of the organization protest that there is not enough data to wrestle cybersecurity into the risk register. We have heard arguments such as the enemy is unknown and the attacks are invisible, and there are thousands of new attacks engineered every day and those attacks continue to change and evolve. These are all true things. But they are not reason to throw in your cards. Nehemiah Security 4

5 Here s the good news there s ample data to work with More than most companies can handle. Technologies have blossomed such as threat and industry intelligence, vulnerability assessments, and SIEMs, that ensure that volume of data is not an issue. The issue is more about aggregating the entirety of this data and cutting through all the noise. Doug Hubbard, author of the game-changing book How to Measure Anything in Cybersecurity Risk, notes, We have more [cyber] data than we need, and need far less than we think. If Hubbard is correct, then the next step is to determine what data we need. We have more [cyber] data than we need, and need far less than we think.

6 Cyber as a Business Enabler: Operationalizing Cyber Risk Analytics To avoid getting lost in the weeds, let s start at the top. At its core, Cyber risk is a function of three components: 1. The Attacker 2. The IT environment 3. The Business For the sake of simplicity, here is a set of narratives that help to illustrate and test the notion that these are the right three components: 1 2 Attackers target key business applications and servers because that is how they get their reward They gain access to key business applications and servers through The IT Environment Oftentimes, optimizing IT environments for business (faster, more connected, not taken offline, etc) makes them more susceptible to access by attackers (go back to the first narrative) Nehemiah Security 6

7 Thanks for reading this sneak peek! 3 IT Environments are optimized for The Business how it operates and competes. Cyber as a Business Enabler: Operationalizing Cyber Risk Analytics is a must-read for the modern-day security leaders actively pursuing a cybersecurity operation aligned with the business. For more, visit nehemiahsecurity.com and sign up to receive the full book.

8 Cyber as a Business Enabler: Operationalizing Cyber Risk Analytics About Nehemiah Security Nehemiah Security works with enterprises around the world to elevate the security conversation and answer the question, How does cyber risk impact my business? Our mission is to empower security leaders to integrate their operations into the suite of functions corporations monitor and invest in every day. nehemiahsecurity.com Nehemiah Security 8