Without the right cybersecurity tools, organizations can face reputational damage and financial loss following a cyber incident. SecurityScorecard has created resources to help security professionals learn how to take immediate action, stop data loss, and fix vulnerabilities to mitigate risk and increase cyber resilience.


SecurityScorecard’s Digital Forensics and Incident Response team has decades of experience working with companies to respond to cyber incidents. In this ebook, our team provides practical guidance for protecting your organization against cyber threats and mitigating their associated risks for CEOs and CISOs. Implementing these five steps will help to avoid financial loss, disruption of service, and reputational damage.
Download for key takeaways:
- Set a budget
- Assess your team
- Define your plan
- Evaluate your policy
- Implement proactive services


Most security professionals cite cybersecurity as a primary concern
but don’t necessarily have the tools to prioritize it and effectively
protect their companies. Implementing five steps will help
to avoid significant disruption of service and reputational damage,
while saving your organization millions of dollars.
Service Providers
- Expand your security portfolio and professional services with integrated reference architectures.
- Protect your customers with comprehensive security visibility.
- Integrate and certify your product-and-services delivery.
- Grow your business and deepen your customer relationships.
- Gain access to joint marketing opportunities with SecurityScorecard.


Download this free template for outlining the steps SecurityScorecard will take alongside you in the event of an information security incident or data breach. From detection to response, SecurityScorecard will be by your side to quickly contain any loss, mitigate further risk, and ensure that your organization walks away with greater overall cyber resilience.


Reduce Cyber Risk with the predictive power of security ratings
The Marsh McLennan Global Cyber Risk Analytics Center and SecurityScorecard have come together to study how cybersecurity ratings correlate with reduced cyber insurance risk. Marsh McLennan is charged with helping its clients understand and manage cybersecurity risk, which includes risk transfer options using cyber insurance.
SecurityScorecard provides cybersecurity ratings and data, which offer measurable and actionable cyber risk insight.
Cybersecurity in the Board Room Academy Course
In this video, Larry Slusser, SecurityScorecard’s Senior Director of Cybersecurity Operations, outlines key investments for your organization to make that will mitigate risk and enhance cyber resilience. Whether it’s setting a cybersecurity budget, establishing the right cyber defense tools, or investing in cyber insurance, you’ll walk away knowing how to equip your organization with everything it needs to be prepared for a cyber incident.
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Watch as SecurityScorecard’s Larry Slusser underlines the importance of properly assessing your incident response team’s capabilities. Know the critical questions to ask when evaluating their experience: working with law enforcement; conducting preparedness exercises; and the steps they will take immediately following an incident.
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Watch as Howard Williamson, SecurityScorecard’s Director of Digital Forensics and Incident Response, reviews essential information you need to effectively respond to a cyber incident. And learn how cross-team collaboration can improve your team’s ability to contain, investigate, respond, and report.
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In this video, SecurityScorecard’s Howard Williamson highlights the importance of knowing the ins and outs of your organization’s cyber insurance policy, and which questions to ask when looking for coverage. Premiums have increased dramatically over the last two years, and though they appear to be flattening, this knowledge will put you in the driver’s seat as you search for the best fit for your organization.
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Watch as Megann Freston, SecurityScorecard’s Senior Product Marketing Manager, outlines the proactive measures your organization can take to boost its cybersecurity posture and minimize the risk of attacks. These actionable steps will test your security controls, identify vulnerabilities, and get your organization ready to respond effectively and efficiently in the event of a cyber incident.
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Anna Sarnek, SecurityScorecard
Even as technical representation becomes more common on Boards, the list of security remediation recommendations can be overwhelming. One of the many ways that CISOs bring value is by prioritizing which actions to take. Moreover, they can put these remediation activities in the context of the financial and operational impact to the business.
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Jasper Ossentjuk, NielsenIQ
When a breach happens, the “blame game” of firing the CISO or CIO falls short of creating the right accountability. Having cyber expertise on the board and a process by which cyber risk is discussed at board level encourages shared accountability in leadership with a goal toward proper investment, proper governance, improved control environments, and stronger security programs.
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