In the present day, all the organizations or enterprises manage their IT systems so as to protect themselves from any potential threats. For the purpose of risk management most of the businesses perform a risk assessment on the information technology systems that they posses. Risk is often calculated as the consequence of a poor outcome multiplied by the probability of such an outcome. IT based business risk can always create a negative impact on the finance directly or indirectly. A risk assessment technique is very important because of the fact that it enables you to learn about the potential losses before you step into a business.
Being an owner of an organization based on information technology are you aware about the different types of IT risk assessment tools? These tools range from software to consulting services that are provided by the companies that are professionals in this field. This article focuses on some of the IT risk assessment tools so that you can learn more about them.
Norman sand box, exploit detection and DNA matching
Have you heard about Norman ASA? Well, this is an agency that provides you with different tools for maintaining the IT security, provides content security and some forensics malware tools. Another company known as Norwegian company is known for providing malware analyzers for the cause of IT risk assessment. Such analyzers provided by this company would enable the evaluation of a specific company’s IT risk by enabling the technicians to identify the files that are suspicious. This tool also sorts out the different assessing threats to the system as well as identifies different types of malware. Among the products for IT risk assessment under the name Norman the ones that mainly dominate that market are Norman DNA matching, Norman Sand Box and Norman Exploit detection.
RWI Risk Direct
Software known as RWI Risk Direct software, the tool formulated by the company Risk Watch International assists the risk assessment process thereby allowing the different companies to perform the risk assessment of the infrastructures based on information technology. RWI Risk Direct software by Risk watch International also includes some of the basic standards that are seen in the products of National Institute of Standards and Technology. This software will enable you to shortlist a number of threat frequencies. It also monitors all the data relevant for the business and comes up with a management report.
Insight consulting Ltd
Insight Consulting is known to be and Irish company started back in the year 1996. This company was established mainly for the purpose of providing some IT risk assessment tools and consulting services to the businesses. The company also succeeded in providing support in the fields on software quality as well as the improvement of software process. Consulting services are mainly meant for enlightening the customers on software applications and issues. The insight consultant provision provided by the company performs the assessments and sorts out any room for improvement.
The various IT risk assessment (Interesting information for you could be that the Danish term is IT-risikovurdering) tools in practice today can be outdated within no time, as efforts for devising more and more tools are being performed daily. For the application of such tools, the first and foremost thing necessary is a plan which conveys how these can be used.