

For most companies, keeping information and operations secure is important. For professional services firms, it’s critical. Even a few hours of down time can have a disastrous impact on the bottom line. And a seemingly minor security breach can put confidential client data at risk, detroying your client’s trust, damaging your reputation and threatening your very business. In addition, increased regulation is forcing many services firms to develop comprehensive risk management programs. Firms are rushing to comply with regulations like Sarbanes-Oxley and with the demands of agencies such as the FDIC, NCUA and OTC.
Effective business continuity (BC) and security programs require tools, people, training, expertise and governance—an expensive proposition. Outsourcing them can leverage economies of scale to deliver better results at a lower cost. Assurity River has extensive experience conducting security and risk assessments, developing security and BC strategies and plans, updating out-of-date BC or disaster recovery plans, testing plans to prove their effectiveness and increase internal awareness/preparation, and managing ongoing security and BC programs.