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Managing Risks in Digital Transformation

By : Ashish Kumar, Shashank Kumar, Abbas Kudrati
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Book Image

Managing Risks in Digital Transformation

5 (1)
By: Ashish Kumar, Shashank Kumar, Abbas Kudrati

Overview of this book

With the rapid pace of digital change today, especially since the pandemic sped up digital transformation and technologies, it has become more important than ever to be aware of the unknown risks and the landscape of digital threats. This book highlights various risks and shows how business-as-usual operations carried out by unaware or targeted workers can lead your organization to a regulatory or business risk, which can impact your organization’s reputation and balance sheet. This book is your guide to identifying the topmost risks relevant to your business with a clear roadmap of when to start the risk mitigation process and what your next steps should be. With a focus on the new and emerging risks that remote-working companies are experiencing across diverse industries, you’ll learn how to manage risks by taking advantage of zero trust network architecture and the steps to be taken when smart devices are compromised. Toward the end, you’ll explore various types of AI-powered machines and be ready to make your business future-proof. In a nutshell, this book will direct you on how to identify and mitigate risks that the ever- advancing digital technology has unleashed.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
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Part 1: Invisible Digitization Tsunami
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Chapter 1: Invisible Digitization Tsunami
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Part 2: Risk Redefined at Work
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Part 3: The Future

Insider risk – behaviors and technical trends to look 
out for

Defense in depth focuses on the identification of certain behaviors that can be indicators of threats (intentional or unintentional). Some of these behaviors and indicators are covered next.

Behavioral indicators

Behavioral indicators can be identified and noticed based on the following scenarios:

  • Attempts to circumvent physical and logical information security controls
  • Routine risk exception requests for enterprise policy violations or training
  • Displaying resentment toward co-workers, partners, and clients
  • Unapproved and emergency leave away from work
  • Being silent and quiet at work
  • Dissatisfied or disgruntled employees, contractors, vendors, or partners

Technical indicators

Technical indicators can be tracked from the number of logs and alerts within an organization’s security operation center or by an IT team, by analyzing the number of patterns from the...