How Good IT Asset and Risk Management Can Protect You From Ransomware

IT complexity is rapidly increasing as organizations continually adopt new tools and technology. While IT assets are a necessity to increase productivity and performance, they can become hard to keep track of, resulting in IT security vulnerabilities for enterprises. 

Since COVID-19, the US FBI has reported a 300% increase in reported cybercrimes, and ransomware is the latest hot topic due to recent highly publicized attacks in the US. In this session, we’ll use the Colonial Pipeline as a case study, discussing what went wrong to understand how you can improve your IT asset and risk management practices to proactively protect your organization from ransomware. ​

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Key Takeaways: ​

• Analyze ways to prevent IT asset management from becoming your ’Achilles heel’ ​
• Outline how to implement strong controls to track and manage IT assets throughout their lifecycle  ​
• Discuss considerations for assurance over third party risk​
• Review how technology can help you mature your IT asset and risk management programs​​

Speakers

Colin Henderson

VP, Security

OneTrust