Finding the RIGHT ONE

Finding the right outsourcing company for your Information Technology security is just like finding your the one in plenty fishes in the sea. It takes a lot of courage to the take the risk of trusting the IT security solution providers because your company’s operations depend on it including your sensitive information and intellectual property. However, just like humans, companies may change their attitude after the contract is signed. Thus, we should know the background of the IT security company before making any commitment, or we would rather safeguard ourselves and hire an internal security staff to do security of our internal data.

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Despite the mentioned risks, if you are lucky enough to find your right one IT service company, it can help your company do efficient works and reliability by professionals on their teams and lower expenses on your part in maintaining an internal security personnel.

 

But most of the data breaches happened around the world by hacking IT service companies or worse, their insider may compromise sensitive data from your organization. 

With this, it is important to know first the pros and cons of outsourcing IT security before taking the leap of faith. The organization must also prepare their risk management plan and business continuity plan in order to mitigate the risks and ensure that the operations and services of the company will not be hampered when worst case scenario happened.

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Just like any other relationships, if you have seen red flags, like data breaching occur in the outsourced company that compromised your organization, it is time re-evaluate the relationship. If the security company is still needed or there is a need to increase their cybersecurity, depends on how you assess the factors that needed to be considered. Nevertheless, looking for another perfect company will not guarantee that your organization will be safe from hacking, but it is important to know if you are ready to commit and take the risk again.

References:

Information Security Outsourcing Risks and Solutions - Identity Management Institute®. Retrieved 8 March 2022, from https://identitymanagementinstitute.org/information-security-outsourcing-risks-and-solutions/

Froehlich, A. (2019). What are the pros and cons of outsourcing IT security?. Retrieved 8 March 2022, from https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/answer/What-are-the-pros-and-cons-of-outsourcing-IT-security

What are the Risks of Outsourcing IT Services? (What to Consider). Retrieved 8 March 2022, from https://www.netcov.com/what-are-the-risks-of-outsourcing-it-services/