Are you prepared?

Are you prepared for the prospects of cyber-attacks on your systems?  
 
Do you have adequate policies and procedures in place to protect the information you've been entrusted with?  
 
Have they been tested lately?

Take a minute to take this brief 9 question assessment and see if any of these questions stimulate thoughts that could help improve your information security policies.    
  
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* 1. Do you know where your data comes from;  how and where it's used, how it's stored and how it's disposed of?

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* 2. Do you document regularly scheduled data security health checkups to test for data loss and system breaches?

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* 3. Do you regularly execute comprehensive penetration and social engineering testing even though they may disrupt business operations for a period of time?

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* 4. Is your risk assessment strategy flexible so when there are any significant operational or structural changes it can be adjusted accordingly?

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* 5. Do you have a tested and effective incident response procedure in place?

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* 6. Are you 100% certain that your incident response procedures and capabilities are sufficient? You have no doubts about your ability to quickly respond in the event of a data breach.

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* 7. Do you know exactly what your legal obligations are if you're the victim of a cyber attack or security breach?

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* 8. Do you keep offsite data backups?

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* 9. Are your backups regularly tested?

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