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We specialize in over 48 technically advanced cybersecurity and compliance services designed to protect cardholder and other sensitive data and secure in-scope networks, systems, and website applications.

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We specialize in over 48 technically advanced cybersecurity and compliance services designed to protect cardholder and other sensitive data, secure in-scope networks, systems, and website applications.

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Powerful, optimized SIEM running 24/7/365.

Real-time active threat intelligence. Rapidly find and contain intrusions.

Powerful, optimized SIEM running 24/7/365.

Track & Respond To Suspicious Activity In Your Network Traffic

Empower your incident response and security operations functions with real-time active threat intelligence.

Full Spectrum

Solutions

We specialize in over 48 technically advanced cybersecurity and compliance services designed to protect cardholder and other sensitive data, secure in-scope networks, systems, and website applications.

Managed Security Solutions >

Compliance Assessments>

Security Testing >

Consulting Services >

Customer Reviews

we are grateful to receive their feedback on our service.

Who We Are

we are grateful to receive their feedback on our service.

Managed Security Solutions >

Powerful, optimized SIEM running 24/7/365.

Real-time active threat intelligence. Rapidly find and contain intrusions.

Powerful, optimized SIEM running 24/7/365.

Track & Respond To Suspicious Activity In Your Network Traffic

Empower your incident response and security operations functions with real-time active threat intelligence.

Full Spectrum

Solutions

We specialize in over 48 technically advanced cybersecurity and compliance services designed to protect cardholder and other sensitive data, secure in-scope networks, systems, and website applications.

Managed Security Solutions >

Compliance Assessments>

Security Testing >

Consulting Services >

Customer Reviews

we are grateful to receive their feedback on our service.

Who We Are

we are grateful to receive their feedback on our service.

Managed Security Solutions >

Powerful, optimized SIEM running 24/7/365.

Real-time active threat intelligence. Rapidly find and contain intrusions.

Powerful, optimized SIEM running 24/7/365.

Track & Respond To Suspicious Activity In Your Network Traffic

Empower your incident response and security operations functions with real-time active threat intelligence.

Why Choose Us?

Our expert security consultants and QSAs are fully certified across multiple disciplines and have decades of experience helping businesses stay protected against an ever-evolving cyber threat landscape. We build long-term relationships with our clients and provide holistic service offering to meet all their security and compliance needs while outlining a path to continued improvements within their internal security program(s).

Why Choose Us?

Our expert security consultants and QSAs are fully certified across multiple disciplines and have decades of experience helping businesses stay protected against an ever-evolving cyber threat landscape. We build long-term relationships with our clients and provide holistic service offering to meet all their security and compliance needs while outlining a path to continued improvements within their internal security program(s).

Megaplant's Cybersecurity Roadmap 2022.

The Cybersecurity Roadmap For 2022

Stay Informed, Secure, and Prepared For Events In 2022

A Cybersecurity Roadmap is a plan. It details priorities and objectives to drive progress towards business security goals. The roadmap should follow a data-driven path based on answers to critical questions so that organizations can rely on data rather than arbitrary vendor recommendations or the latest industry trends. This article identifies key points to consider as you jump-start this process and prepare your organization for the next wave.

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The Cybersecurity Roadmap For 2022

Planning Ahead

A Cybersecurity Roadmap is a plan. It details priorities and objectives to drive progress towards business security goals. The roadmap should follow a data-driven path based on answers to critical questions so that organizations can rely on data rather than arbitrary vendor recommendations or the latest industry trends. This article identifies key points to consider as you jump-start this process and prepare your organization for the next wave.

Where am I today? Organizations need that situational awareness to understand the current state, compare it with business requirements, and determine the next steps. Evaluating the current state through the lens of external security and compliance requirements provides an additional viewpoint and understanding of the current state concerning external expectations and obligations.

 Where do I need to be, and how do I get there? First, companies need internal baselines and trends to understand how cybersecurity has been functioning to see where it needs improvement. New security controls may require design and implementation for organizations expanding internationally this year to meet external requirements such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) data privacy and security law.

Key Elements For Success

Think strategically and start with the fundamentals. Cybersecurity does not have to be unnecessarily complex or challenging. Organizations are working with people, processes, and technology. Varying combinations of these three elements will either enhance or hinder cybersecurity capability. Decision-makers looking for a “quick win” may purchase the wrong tool or delegate responsibilities to an overstretched team that will not maintain the workload or keep pace with the growing volume of threats and vulnerabilities. For organizations with overstretched teams, it can help to take a step back and evaluate core competencies and contrast that with areas or functions that would benefit from more specialized, third-party providers. Let’s consider the following three areas when identifying priorities and objectives that will elevate the quality and effectiveness of a cybersecurity program:

Leaders and Data
People are critical to the Cybersecurity Roadmap. Individuals and teams support accountability and maintain security programs. Organizations need strong security leadership and support teams to measure, analyze, and drive the Cybersecurity Program forward. Leaders need good data. Alongside leadership, a team needs to regularly evaluate the complexity and effectiveness of cybersecurity processes, the resiliency of current business operations, usage of third-party providers, and detect opportunities to minimize bottlenecks and backlogs.
Follow The Process
A process is essentially a set of actions or steps intended to lead to a particular outcome or result. Documenting and implementing consistent processes for the first time can be challenging and can involve iterative process improvements. MegaplanIT partners with clients to evaluate existing processes and provide recommendations based on industry best practices, external requirements, and the broad experience of our consultants. In addition, our compliance services team works to understand your business and ensure that trusted advisory services and guidance are relevant to your specific business situation and vertical.
Deploy Data Security Tools
As organizations live and breathe data, consider tools to sufficiently secure data and support data lifecycle requirements. Data security may involve file, disk, or record-level encryption, in addition to applications or methods designed to identify data elements and detect when it is time to archive or remove unnecessary data based on data lifecycle requirements.
Implement Centralized Identity & Access Management Services
Do you remember how long it took to find all of the user accounts needed to deactivate personnel before separating from the company? How many tools did you need to use? Having centralized visibility into identity and access provisioning functions can simplify account management, enforce compliance requirements, and streamline personnel onboarding and offboarding processes. In addition, third-party Identity Providers (IdP) can connect to existing directory-based authentication services and enforce additional requirements such as multi-factor authentication (MFA).
Use Dashboards and Reporting tools within Vulnerability Scanners
Vulnerability scans may run weekly or monthly within many organizations. Without reviewing the results and efficiently escalating high-risk issues, vulnerability scanning tools become network traffic overhead and fail to add value to the security program. Many vulnerability scanning tools include dashboards and reporting tools that can quickly present the organization's systems and services' current state and historical trends.
Operational Performance Monitoring
Compute services can be costly, whether you consume cloud-based services based on usage or invest in your infrastructure. Deploying tools to monitor the environment from an operational performance and capacity standpoint can provide greater visibility into unusual deviations from standard baselines. In addition, data gathered by these tools can support workload optimization decisions and lead to the more economical use of limited compute resources.
Third-party Services
With the expansion of Software as a Service and cloud-based platforms, organizations can increasingly leverage security tools and services that require less time to onboard and fewer capital expenditures. However, ongoing monitoring and investigative work can cripple an over-utilized team even with cloud-based offerings. MegaplanIT's Managed Security Service team can help with managed EDR and SIEM service deployments and take over the ongoing management of tools within an organization's existing security stack and consolidate security events into a single platform. In addition, these MegaplanIT and cloud-based services can provide a more unified view of security tools and systems, provide centralized reporting, and simplify ongoing solution monitoring and maintenance.

Plan Ahead With MegaplanIT

Whether an organization is new to security practices or seeking to improve a mature security program, developing a Cybersecurity Roadmap can put your organization back on the right track. We must stay mindful of how security decisions will impact a business and build a case for ongoing improvements using reliable data and measurable performance. In addition, organizations need to have the right leadership team and internal and third-party support balance. At MegaplanIT, we partner with our clients to help you navigate the security landscape from a strategic and tactical perspective. Reach out to a member of our team today so that we can learn more about your goals and provide the necessary support to achieve your priorities and objectives.

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Discover Our Wide Range Of Cybersecurity & Compliance Services

As cyber threats grow in number and sophistication, many organizations are turning to managed security service providers to help secure their digital assets and data. Based at our 24/7/365 cutting-edge security operations center in Scottsdale, Arizona, we provide a suite of managed services to ensure your business stays safe from cyber attacks.

The vast majority of security breaches are made possible by vulnerabilities and configuration errors in an organization’s network or applications. Our fully certified security testing services are designed to help you find and fix weaknesses in your networks and applications and prepare your digital infrastructure to withstand the latest cyber threats.

At MegaplanIT, our expert QSAs are fully certified and have decades of experience helping businesses like yours stay compliant with industry frameworks all year round. We build long-term relationships with our customers and provide holistic services to meet all your security and compliance needs.