Managing Risks in Digital Transformation (ePub)

Secure your business in a post-pandemic world: Master digital risk identification and defense

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Key Features

• Become well-versed with sophisticated system-level security risks and the zero-trust framework


• Learn about remote working risks, modern collaboration, and securing the digital data estate


• Keep up with rapidly evolving compliances and regulations and their impact on cyber risks

Book Description

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.

What you will learn

• Become aware of and adopt the right approach to modern digital transformation


• Explore digital risks across companies of all sizes


• Study real-world cases that focus on post-pandemic digital transformation


• Understand insider threats and how to mitigate vulnerability exploitation


• Get to know how cyberwarfare targets infrastructure and disrupts critical systems


• Discover how implementing a regulatory framework can safeguard you in the current and future data landscapes

Who this book is for

This book is for three categories of readers-those who own a business and are planning to scale it; those who are leading business and technology charters in large companies or institutions; and those who are academically or disciplinarily targeting cybersecurity and risk management as a practice-area.

Essentially, this book is for board members, and professionals working in IT, GRC, and legal domains. It will also help technology leaders, including chief digital officers, chief privacy officers, chief risk officers, CISOs, CIOs, as well as students and cybersecurity enthusiasts with basic awareness of risks to navigate the digital threat landscape.