I found this article on News Blaze and decided to Blog about it since we are covering it in class.
Abingdon, UK, 28 October 2011 – Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content and threat management solutions, has joined forces with The Bathwick Group, a strategic research and consulting company, to discover how companies are using IT to respond to changing business needs.
Kaspersky Lab created an online questionnaire called "Be Ready Assessment" for companies to complete and then receive a personalized evaluation of their security risks. In return for completing the questionnaire, companies will receive an instant, personalised evaluation of their IT security risks.
This ‘Be Ready Report’ will provide information on security priorities and potential areas of focus along with suggested next steps and quick wins to help the company prepare for the threats that lie ahead. Participating companies will also benefit from free early access to the full research report and personalised peer comparisons.
I think this is just a way of marketing ploy for their products. It says that they have empiracal data from hundreds of assessments to draw from. I would still be cautious of this since the Be Ready assessment is still depending on someone at your company filling it out and an expert is not gathering the data. Assuming that the person filling out the assessment has the expertise, why would you do one of these then?
It could prove a benefit if you have an inexperienced person like in our case study doing the analysis just so that nothing ins missed and a way forward is determined. I would also think that some best practices or benchmarks could be gathered from this report to help sell the recommended controls to management so that risks are mitigated accordingly.
In conclusion, it could go either way whether this would prove a benefit for your organization.
http://newsblaze.com/story/2011102807000500001.we/topstory.html
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