Cyber security isn’t always the first thing that springs to mind when organisations look at ways to improve their sustainability. But the two are far more interconnected than you might think. Broadly, there are two main areas that cyber security should be considered in the move to more sustainable practices.
Cyber security should first be integrated into the organisations’ overarching environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) strategy. Doing so ensures alignment with overall sustainability objectives and bolsters their achievement through enhanced digital resilience and data protection. Sustainability risk management also plays a vital role in your wider security strategy, contributing to the organisation’s overall governance framework within ESG. By recognising cyber security and sustainability risk management as crucial ESG factors impacting financial, operational and ethical sustainability, it should become a key part of your overall governance framework.
Secondly, as organisations adapt their business models and operations to meet their net zero targets, cyber security must adapt too – ensuring the organisation is still fully protected. New security challenges will continue to emerge as a result of sustainable business practices, such as remote working, cloud computing, GreenOps, automation and AI.
With our extensive range of cyber security services, SCC can support you with strategic guidance in developing your ESG risk framework and achieving ambitious ESG targets. Our tools and support services help you provide effective cyber security practices that not only protect your assets but also enhance your sustainability goals. As you adapt your operations to meet net zero targets, we’ll ensure your organisation remains protected, seamlessly bridging the gap between cyber security and sustainability.
Blending security and sustainability with SCC
At SCC, we believe in embedding strong security and sustainability into all of your IT operations. That’s why we offer a range of expert solutions and services, designed with both of these considerations in mind:
Security consulting
We can work with you to design a comprehensive roadmap for your security architecture, encompassing policies, processes and governance that align with your ESG principles. We also deliver security training and awareness that embeds a secure, sustainability-aware culture across your organisation.
Solution provision
We hold tier one level partnerships with the majority of security vendors within the market and are able to support across all areas of consultancy, licence provision and implementation across all areas of cyber security.
Testing and validation
Full penetration testing and red teaming services can help you rapidly identify and address potential risks to your business, validating your security policies and reducing the energy use of reactive remediation
Managed services
A range of functions that simultaneously bolster security through AI and automation, while minimising the environmental impact of response. These include Extended Detection and Response (XDR), MVAS vulnerability management, and Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR)
SCC SOC
An outsourced 24/7/365 monitoring service, based from our specialist centre in Birmingham, can monitor, prevent, detect, investigate and respond to all relevant cyber threats. Our SOC is hosted securely in the cloud for better energy efficiency and reduced carbon footprint
Governance support
Strategic initiatives and cyber security practices that enhance resilience, boost ESG performance and metrics, and make a meaningful contribution to the overall governance framework
Aegis Automation
A service management solution that reduces costs, improves response times, and reduces the need for physical hardware and data centres by optimising workflows through automation
The benefits of secure sustainability
Drive forward ESG metrics: by improving cyber security and enhancing resilience, you can burnish your ESG credentials, stand out in the marketplace and attract better staff, all while improving your sustainability.
Limit environmental impact: optimise security operations, embrace automation and rationalise technologies and tooling to significantly cut emissions and electronic waste.
Reduce emissions and energy use: utilise an interconnected range of solutions and services to make IT and the wider business more energy and device-efficient.
Integrate risk management: take an integrated, expert-led approach to security and sustainability, and reduce the risk of all the harms that a data breach can cause.
How SCC can help
When you partner with SCC, you don’t just get the tools and support services for jointly improving security and sustainability. You also take advantage of our connections with trusted partners and consultancy services, so that your sustainability journey is on the best roadmap for your specific needs. And you can also have the confidence that the automation and AI tools you use are not only secure and sustainable but also ethical and meet the data privacy expectations of the public.
The greener way to keep your business secure
Ready to tackle sustainability and security hand-in-hand? Get in touch with SCC today to discuss your specifics.
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