Want to tackle your cybersecurity? Start with an asset inventory and risk assessment
Want to improve your cybersecurity, but not sure where to start? That sounds familiar. The choices can often be overwhelming: tools, procedures, frameworks…
However, there is a smart first step that will help you get started with a pragmatic approach to cybersecurity: combining an asset inventory list with a risk assessment.
Why? Because then you know exactly:
- What you want to protect (your assets)
- Where the risks lie (your risk analysis)
Without that insight, you are working in the dark. With this insight, you have a concrete plan in your hands.
At the finish line, you will enjoy an overview that will help you with:
- Set specific priorities and ensure compliance
- Justify why certain measures are necessary (ideal for management or the board)
- Save costs by focusing on the most urgent risks first
Ready for frameworks such as Cyberfundamentals and ISO27001 in one go
Cybersecurity frameworks such as Cyberfundamentals (CCB) and ISO27001 always require you to know:
- What assets you have
- How important they are
- What risks are associated with them
With a good asset inventory and risk assessment, you already meet these basic requirements. This makes the step towards certification or audit much easier.
Additional benefits for your organization:
- Complete insight into your digital environment
- Resolve incidents faster because you know which systems and data are involved
- Targeted training of employees based on the most significant risks
- Better collaboration between IT, management, and other departments, because everyone has the same view of priorities
Hoe het werkt
De volledige aanpak bestaat uit drie logische stappen:
- Maak een asset inventory: breng alle belangrijke hardware, software, data en mensen in kaart.
- Classificeer je assets: bepaal hoe belangrijk ze zijn met de CIA-triad (Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability) en eventueel Privacy.
- Voer een risk assessment uit: identificeer dreigingen en kwetsbaarheden, bepaal kans en impact, en prioriteer je acties.
In de volgende blogs van deze reeks duiken we dieper in elke stap. Je krijgt praktische tips, concrete voorbeelden én handige methodes om het meteen zelf toe te passen.
Wij helpen je bij elke stap
Of je nu wil voldoen aan wetgeving, je voorbereiden op een audit, of gewoon zeker weten dat je organisatie veilig , wij begeleiden je graag bij:
- Het opstellen van je asset inventory
- Het classificeren van assets
- Het uitvoeren van een risk assessment
- Het koppelen van resultaten aan frameworks zoals Cyberfundamentals en ISO27001
Samen zorgen we voor een concreet, onderbouwd en haalbaar plan.
Next time in this series:
In the next blog, you will discover how to map your entire IT landscape in a structured and efficient manner using an asset inventory and how to classify it.