Strengthen your business with information security administrative controls from Birmingham Consulting
In today’s increasingly complex cyber threat landscape, safeguarding your organization’s sensitive data is more important than ever. At Birmingham Consulting, we specialize in providing comprehensive information security administrative controls that form the core of your security strategy. With our expert solutions, you can ensure that your organization effectively manages access, reduces risks, and stays compliant with security regulations—while empowering your workforce to act securely.
What are information security administrative controls?
Information Security Administrative Controls are the policies, procedures, and guidelines established by your organization to regulate how information is accessed, used, and protected. These controls are essential for reducing human error, preventing unauthorized access, and ensuring your team follows best practices in data security. At Birmingham Consulting, we focus on creating custom administrative control strategies that not only protect your data but also foster a culture of security across your entire organization.
Book a consultation to discover what information security administrative controls could benefit your business
You can trust Birmingham Consulting to cover all the bases of your overall information security with the best protective measures for your business. Book an information security consultation with us to find out how our services can augment your plans, tools, procedures and policies. Click below or call (289) 895-8948 to schedule.
FAQ’s about information security, administrative controls and more:
What is a cyber warranty?
Why wait for cyber insurance payouts to come through when you need money right away during a cyber incident?
You might need to buy new equipment right away, start pricy forensic analysis, and then recovery costs. And while insurance should cover all of that (if you have the right sized policy to cover your potential liability), it doesn’t help you on Day 1. Cyber warranties provide you with money ASAP when you’re experiencing a cyber incident. It will also cover your deductible! A law firm recently benefited from their cyber warranty – they had money that day, in hand, and were able to cover immediate costs and protect their cash flow.
A cyber warranty is an information security product designed to provide both technical protection and financial security for businesses. It guarantees that the information security measures a company has implemented will perform as intended. In the event of a cyber incident, such as a data breach or malware attack, a cyber warranty offers financial coverage if the technology fails to prevent the breach or mitigate its impact.
Unlike traditional warranties for consumer products, which typically offer replacements or repairs, a cyber warranty often includes insurance-backed financial protection. This means that if the covered technology doesn’t function as promised—like missing a cyber threat—the business may be reimbursed for related costs, such as remediation or legal fees.
Are cyber warranties different than cyber insurance?
Cyber warranties differ from cyber insurance, though both serve as complimentary components of a comprehensive information security strategy. While cyber insurance primarily covers financial losses after an attack, cyber warranties focus on guaranteeing the performance of information security tools and technologies before a breach occurs.
For businesses, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMBs), cyber warranties offer an added layer of protection by ensuring that the security measures in place are not only functional but also financially backed, which can be crucial when facing evolving digital threats.
What’s the difference between cyber insurance and cyber warranties?
Why are information security administrative controls important?
These controls play a pivotal role in mitigating the risks associated with data breaches, unauthorized access, and compliance failures. Unlike physical or technical controls, administrative controls focus on the human element—managing how individuals interact with your organization’s information systems, resources, and sensitive data. Implementing these controls enables you to:
- Define access levels to ensure only authorized personnel can view or modify critical data.
- Establish security policies that dictate how employees should behave in various information security scenarios, from password management to incident response.
- Ensure compliance with industry regulations and legal standards to avoid costly fines or reputational damage.
The benefits of information security administrative controls
- Risk Mitigation: Minimize the risks associated with unauthorized access, data breaches, and non-compliance with industry regulations.
- Compliance Assurance: Stay compliant with global information security regulations relevant to your industry, helping you avoid legal penalties and reputational damage.
- Enhanced Security Culture: Foster a security-conscious workforce through training and awareness programs, ensuring everyone is aligned on security best practices.
- Operational Efficiency: Streamline security processes and procedures to reduce errors, improve productivity, and ensure a smooth running of daily operations.
Our information risk assessments help you respond to identified cyber risks
Following an assessment, organizations are given a score outlining vulnerabilities identified. They are also provided recommendations on how to strategically respond to each of those risks, through:
Avoiding the risk: Completely eliminate the risk.
Mitigating the risk: Reduce the probability or impact of the risk.
Transferring the risk: Shift the risk to a third party, typically through Cyber Liability Insurance.
Accepting the risk: Acknowledge the risk and choose not to address, transfer, or mitigate it.
Information security is the inclusive management of technical, physical and administrative processes and tools.
People often use the terms information security and cyber security interchangeably, but key differences exist between the two.
Information security, also known as InfoSec, is managing risk to the Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability of information through Administrative, Physical and Technical controls. It involves the processes and tools implemented to safeguard information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction. Therefore, it encompasses a variety of security tools, solutions, and processes designed to safeguard information across devices and locations. Together, these help businesses and individuals defend against cyber attacks and other forms of cyber incidents.
Whereas, cyber security is a subfield of information security that focuses only on the technical controls involved in defending computer systems and networks.
This means that information security is crucial because it addresses all aspects of protecting a business from both the occurrence and the impact of a cyber incident. For instance, ensuring that a business’ cyber insurance coverage and premiums correctly match their risk profile.
Therefore, by implementing strong information security, including compliance with your own policies and procedures, you can significantly reduce your cyber risk.
Learn more: What is information security
How can you determine where to invest in information security?
So, risk severity can be determined using the following calculation:
The likelihood of something happening
X (Multiplied by)
The impact on the organization.
Therefore, something that is high-risk means that it has a high likelihood of happening and would have a big impact. So you should invest in avoiding, transferring, or mitigating it. Whereas a low-risk might be something you simply accept.
Brace for financial impact with our Cyber Liability Calculator
Estimate the financial impact to your business from a cyber incident with our free and anonymous Cyber Liability Calculator.
Results include email fraud, ransom demand, downtime cost, remediation cost per industry statistics, 1st-Party liability, number of Personally Identifiable Records, Third-Party liability, legal costs associated with Third-Party liability and more!
