An actual cyber security breach would put Hard Rock Hotel and Casino at the front of the corporate wreckage A-List and be hard hitting on both the business and careers.

The past twelve (12) months have produced cyber security breaches at Sony, Target, Neiman Marcus, Michaels, Affinity Gaming, P.F. Chang’s, Albertson’s and SuperValu, Home Depot, JP Morgan Chase, Staples and the list goes on. News that the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino may be joining the roster was reported by CNBC on May 4th 2015.

For the first time in history CEOs are losing their jobs because of data breaches. Scrutiny of corporate leadership’s management of cyber security preparedness and incident response will undoubtedly continue to increase in the form of litigation and regulatory action after a major incident. The impact an actual cyber security breach would have on Hard Rock remains to be seen.

The escalating prevalence of widely publicized cyber security breaches has lit the fires for change in the attitudes of business leaders and consumers when it comes to cyber security. Gone are the days when board members and the C-suite ignore the drastic business impact a cyber security breach has on a company.

Within this firestorm, consumers are adding fuel by demanding more transparency, accountability and rapid remediation from businesses after a data breach occurs. The result is that cyber security is one of the highest priorities facing businesses and regulators. All of these high-profile security breaches were avoidable through the diligent application of proactive cyber security assessment, audits and strategy.

Michael Peters, CEO of Lazarus Alliance said “It is undeniable that prevention is the better alternative to incident response. A company can be either proactive or reactive to cyber security and only one approach will keep a company off the breach reports!”

Despite overwhelming evidence, businesses will increase focus more on cyber security breach controls against external hackers and cyber criminals this year, many more will miss the importance of protecting against insider and trusted partner threats. Employees and trusted Third-Parties negligence will continue to be the leading cause of cyber security breach incidents for the foreseeable future.

Between human error and trusted insiders with malicious intent, history has shown that the majority of cyber security breaches originate inside the company’s technological and physical walls. Employees and negligence are the leading cause of cyber security incidents but remain the least reported issue.

The Proactive Cyber Security™ services at Lazarus Alliance is years ahead of this issue by offering IT Audit & Compliance, IT Risk Management and IT Governance & Policy solutions to companies that would rather proactively prevent data breaches than be in the news and in the next industry data breach report. These services include proactive SSAE 16 internal audit services.

Lazarus Alliance assessors have a deep wellspring of cyber security, regulatory and assessment experience to draw from. Continuing to shape the industry with breakthrough proprietary technology such as the IT Audit Machine (ITAM), the Policy Machine and Proactive Cyber Security™ methodology all of which exceed baseline requirements providing superior results to our clients.

Learn more about Lazarus Alliance and why Lazarus Alliance is Proactive Cyber Security™

Lazarus Alliance SSAE 16 Assessment Services

From SSAE 16 Audits to IT Security Consulting, the experts at Lazarus Alliance provide a variety of services to fulfill your audit needs. SOC 1, SOC 2 and SOC 3: We are ready when you are!

Lazarus Alliance is completely committed to you and your business success. Regardless of whether you represent the private sector or the public sector, we stand ready to partner with your organizations. Our competition may want to keep you and your employees in the dark where security, risk, privacy and governance are concerned hoping to conceal their methodology and expertise. We don’t prescribe to that philosophy. We believe the best approach is transparent and built on a partnership developed on trust and credibility creating sustainability within your organization.

Lazarus Alliance’s primary purpose is to help organizations attain, maintain, and demonstrate compliance and information security excellence – in any jurisdiction. Lazarus Alliance specializes in IT security, risk, privacy, governance,cyberspace law and compliance leadership solutions and is fully dedicated to global success in these disciplines.

Certifications Overview
SOC 1: Once a company has made the decision to enlist a third party to provide a service, they want assurances that those services will be provided timely, accurately, and securely. A SSAE 16 audit shows your commitment to maintaining a sound control environment that protects your client.s data and confidential information.

Not sure which report is right for your organization? Ask yourself these questions:

Will the report be used by your customers and their auditors to plan or perform an audit of their financial statements? If so, then the SOC 1 report is right for you.

SOC 2 and SOC 3: Service Organization Controls (SOC) 2 and 3 reports are designed to provide comfort over the following principles: Security, Confidentiality, Processing Integrity, Availability, and Privacy (if applicable) of a System in-scope. A System is holistically comprised of the Technology, People, Processes, and Data used to complete the services provided.

The following is a brief description of the goals to be achieved with each principle:

• Security: The system is protected against unauthorized access (both physical and logical).
• Confidentiality: Information designated as confidential is protected as committed or agreed.
• Processing Integrity: System processing is complete, accurate, timely, and authorized.
• Availability: The system is available for operation and use as committed or agreed.
• Online Privacy: Personal information obtained as a result of e-commerce is collected, used, disclosed, and retained as committed or agreed.

Still not sure which report is right for your organization? Ask yourself these questions:

Will the report be used by your customers or stakeholders to gain confidence and place trust in a service organization’s systems? If so, then the SOC 2 or SOC 3 report is right for you.

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Do you need to make the report generally available or seal? If so, then the SOC 3 report is right for you.

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