Art Provost, VP of Security Services at Filament Essential Services and a 30-year security veteran with deep experience as both the auditor and auditee, shares best practices for streamlining the collection and presentation of evidence, articulating compliance with controls, and, most importantly, safeguarding the sensitive information at the heart of the process. Watch the full webinar from March 22, 2023.

Webinar Outline

Overview

  • The Audit Process
  • Challenges with Traditional Evidence Management
  • Using Apptega
  • Evolving Solutions
  • Results

The Audit Process

  • Scoping the Review
  • Evidence Request List
  • Gathering Evidence
  • Interviews!
  • Draft Report
  • Remediation
  • Final Report
  • More Remediation

Challenges with Traditional Evidence Management

  • Directories
  • Sub-directories
  • Sub-sub-directories
  • Organizing and Re-Organizing
  • Version Control

Using Apptega

  • Build a Living Security Program
  • Change the Approach to Audits
  • Crosswalking
  • Security for Marketing (and Sometimes Profit)

Evolving Solutions and Missteps

  • Multiple Copies of Evidence
  • Scheduling Issues and Calendar Crowding
  • Auditor Training
  • Naming Conventions

Results

  • System Security Plan / Notes
  • Audit Process Re-visited
    • Scoping the Review
    • Evidence Request List
    • Gathering Evidence
    • Interviews!
    • Draft Report
    • Remediation
    • Final Report
    • More Remediation

Conclusion

  • Establish and maintain a security program.
  • Make it work for you.
  • Use governance risk and compliance tools.
  • Take the stress out of audits.

Questions

 

Contacts

Art Provost
Filament Essential Services
Vice President, Security Services
• 402.479.6848
artp@filamentservices.org

Robert Hilson
Apptega
Vice President, Marketing
• 786.436.3157
robert.hilson@apptega.com

 

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