Imagine several months passing without having to worry about an IT-related issue. No hassles over software updates or integration, no frustration around downtime and no lost sleep over a security breach. You’re away from the office, feeling confident that your company’s complete IT infrastructure is being fully taken care of.
FIXING ISSUES BEFORE THEY HAPPEN
Step 1: Determine the scope of the risk assessment
A risk assessment starts by deciding what is in scope of the assessment. It could be the entire organization, but this is usually too big an undertaking, so it is more likely to be a business unit, location or a specific aspect of the business, such as payment processing or a web application. It is vital to have the full support of all stakeholders whose activities are within the scope of the assessment as their input will be essential to understanding which assets and processes are the most important, identifying risks, assessing impacts and defining risk tolerance levels. A third-party specializing in risk assessments may be needed to help them through what is a resource-intensive exercise.
Step 2: How to identify cybersecurity risks
You can’t protect what you don’t know, so the next task is to identify and create an inventory of all physical and logical assets that are within the scope of the risk assessment. When identifying assets, it is important to not only establish those which are considered the organization’s crown jewels — assets critical to the business and probably the main target of attackers, but also assets attackers would want to take control over, such as an Active Directory server or picture archive and communications systems, to use as a pivot point to expand an attack. Creating a network architecture diagram from the asset inventory list is a great way to visualize the interconnectivity and communication paths between assets and processes as well as entry points into the network, making the next task of identifying threats easier.
Step 3: Analyze risks and determine potential impact
Now it is time to determine the likelihood of the risk scenarios documented in Step 2 actually occurring, and the impact on the organization if it did happen. In a cybersecurity risk assessment, risk likelihood — the probability that a given threat is capable of exploiting a given vulnerability — should be determined based on the discoverability, exploitability and reproducibility of threats and vulnerabilities rather than historical occurrences. This is because the dynamic nature of cybersecurity threats means likelihood is not so closely linked to the frequency of past occurrences like flooding and earthquakes are for example.
Step 4: Determine and prioritize risks
However, no system or environment can be made 100% secure, so there is always some risk left over. This is called residual risk and must be formally accepted by senior stakeholders as part of the organization’s cybersecurity strategy.

WHAT IS Cyber Security?
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COMPREHENSIVE IT SERVICES INCLUDE
Risk Assestment
Cyber Security Risk Assessment
LAN/ WAN Optimization
Our team of network specialists will design a scalable LAN/WAN network solution that ensures that application delivery and processing time is efficient in the face of workload increases.
Network Devices
Integration of leading network technologies that will support higher throughput, will enable your organization to dynamically provision services to meet benchmarks.
Endpoint management
Client and server endpoints are managed as one estate, ensuring security and stability while maximizing uptime and employee productivity.
Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)
An application delivery controller (ADC) is a device – strategically placed in our high-performing and secure data centers – which loads the balance, takes the pressure off of web servers and enhances performance of applications.
Why choose us
6 REASONS TO PARTNER WITH JERTHER-IT
Quick response
We can log in to your PC or server remotely and resolve many issues immediately without the wait for a technician to travel to your location.
Experienced
In more than 8 years of IT outsourcing, we have gained experience in a wide spectrum of technologies, industries, and application types.
No geek speak
You deserve to have your questions answered in plain English. Our technicians will clearly explain what is happening so you understand.
Business savvy
We design, evaluate and justify technology solutions from a thorough understanding of the business benefit for your company.
One Stop Shop
We handle all aspects of your IT infrastructure including hardware, software management and any other related technology needs.
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