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Posted 27th January 2025

Know Your Risk: Why Risk Management Has Never Been More Critical 

In today’s fast-paced business environment, risk management has never been more critical, or more complex.

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Know Your Risk: Why Risk Management Has Never Been More Critical 
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By Nick Rafferty, Co-Founder & CRO, SureCloud

Third-party cloud security consultants can help organisations identify key risks that could disrupt operations, cause reputational damage, or lead to financial losses 

In today’s fast-paced business environment, risk management has never been more critical, or more complex. Organisations face an overwhelming number of potential threats, from cybersecurity risks to regulatory compliance issues. With this in mind, organisations need to understand where to focus their resources. 

Right-sizing your risks 

Right-sizing risk and identifying the risks that impacts your organisation themost will be crucial in 2025 and beyond. Organisations face a range of complex, multifaceted risks. To maintain operational continuity, it is vital that organisations are equipped to first identify the risks, then manage and mitigate these risks effectively. Third-party cloud security consultants can help organisations to break down how to prioritise and manage the risks that have the biggest impact so they can streamline their efforts and protect what is most important. 

The problem: too many risks, too little focus 

Many organisations face a common challenge- trying to manage too many hypothetical risks, leading to bloated risk registers and a diluted focus. Without a clear strategy, organisations risk wasting resources on issues that may never materialise, leaving the truly critical threats under-addressed. 

Proactively managing increasingly complex cybersecurity threats and safeguarding sensitive data for customers, partners and stakeholders can be a daunting task for many organisations. 

Third-party cloud security consultants can help organisations to cut through the noise and identify the key risks that could disrupt operations, cause reputational damage, or lead to financial losses. It starts with understanding the risk landscape and honing in on critical assets and processes- the backbone of any organisation. 

Prioritising the risks that matter 

One of the most valuable insights that third-party cloud security consultants can provide is the process of prioritising risks. Not all risks are created equally, and focusing on those with the highest impact and likelihood ensures you are putting your resources to the best use. 

For instance, if an organisation is in a highly regulated industry, compliance risks might take priority over other operational risks. On the other hand, if an organisation relies on a global supply chain, they may need to focus more on third-party risks and potential supply chain disruptions. 

Practical tools such as risk matrices and impact assessments to help rank and address these risks effectively, is something organisations will urgently need to look at implementing in 2025. 

Mitigation strategies for long-term success 

Knowing the risks is only half the battle. The next step is creating actionable mitigation strategies to reduce the likelihood or impact of those threats. Third-party cloud security consultants can build strong defences, whether that is strengthening cybersecurity posture, adjusting business continuity plans, or improving third-party vendor management. 

Industry best practices 

Third-party cloud security consultants can help to achieve a consistent approach to identifying, assessing, mitigating, and reporting on risks aligned to industry best practices such as ISO 27005, ISO 31000 and NIST. This is accomplished by utilising comprehensive dashboards and interactive heatmaps for in-depth risk analysis and reporting. Proactively managing and minimising potential risks that could impact operations and trigger automated assessments with pre-built scheduling and notifications is key. Third-party cloud security consultants can develop and implement risk mitigation strategies to reduce the overall risk exposure of the business. 

Enabling adoption 

Risk management should be made accessible to non-technical users, enabling adoption and ensuring everyone can contribute to risk management activities using a user-friendly interface.Categorising risks using risk hierarchy, which can be tailored to meet organisational needs and enables detailed risk aggregations, roll-ups, and reporting is a must have.  Third-party cloud security consultants canbuild no-code risk management platforms that can scale-up or down when necessary, offering flexibility to adapt and change as an organisation grows. 

Nick Rafferty

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