Automated Testing of Security Controls
Automated Testing of Security Controls
Controls are activities performed by an individual or system or a combination to manage a specific risk to an acceptable level.
Control testing refers to the verification if controls are operating as intended to provide assurance to relevant stakeholders and usually involves examination of evidence or reperformance.
As organizations race ahead with their digital transformation endeavour; visibility, control, and compliance become more vital as well as complex because of the following key reasons: Limited Resource Bandwidth, laborious processing and information gathering, Competing business priorities, Distributed data & Technological diversity within environments. BAAR will integrate with required applications/network devices, test controls and report anomalies. Once anomalies are fixed BAAR can retest.
Control testing refers to the verification if controls are operating as intended to provide assurance to relevant stakeholders and usually involves examination of evidence or reperformance.
As organizations race ahead with their digital transformation endeavour; visibility, control, and compliance become more vital as well as complex because of the following key reasons: Limited Resource Bandwidth, laborious processing and information gathering, Competing business priorities, Distributed data & Technological diversity within environments. BAAR will integrate with required applications/network devices, test controls and report anomalies. Once anomalies are fixed BAAR can retest.
- Tests can be scheduled or started manually
- Findings can be reported in a GRC platform (e.g. RSA Archer)
- Tickets can be created in any ITSM platform for exceptions that need to be fixed
- UI with detailed reports provides a detailed snapshot of the control environment
- Remediation can be automated if required and where possible
- Control test data can be pushed to a SIEM if needed
- Custom reports can be created for auditors
