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Shobhit Mehta
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Shobhit Mehta is the Security and Compliance Director at Headspace, an on-demand mental health company in San Francisco, CA. Previously, he worked in different facets of security and assurance with HSBC, Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, PayPal, and Fidelity Investments. He also works with ISACA to develop exam questions for CISA, CISM, and CGEIT, served as the technical reviewer for the CGEIT and CISA review manuals, and is a published author for the COBIT 5 journal. He completed his MS in cybersecurity at Northeastern University, Boston, and holds CRISC, CISM, CISA, CGEIT, CISSP, and CCSP certifications. In his spare time, he likes to explore the inclined trails of the Bay Area, complete ultramarathons, and blog on GRCMusings.
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Enterprise resiliency

Organizations encounter both internal and external threats all the time. Resiliency refers to the ability of an organization to withstand these threats and disruptions with minimum harmful impact and recover to normal business operation quickly.

It is important to differentiate between resiliency and recovery, which are often treated the same. While resiliency deals with avoiding or mitigating failure in the first place and continuing to provide services, recovery deals with restoring services after a failure has already occurred. Similarly, reliability, that is, the ability of a service to operate at an expected level, is an outcome of a resilient system.

Quick definitions

Resiliency: Keeping the system from complete failure

Recovery: Recovering data or applications after a failure has occurred

Reliability: An outcome of a resilient system performing at expected levels

A risk manager should analyze the organization’s requirements and...

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ISACA Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC®) Exam Guide
Published in: Sep 2023Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781803236902

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Shobhit Mehta

Shobhit Mehta is the Security and Compliance Director at Headspace, an on-demand mental health company in San Francisco, CA. Previously, he worked in different facets of security and assurance with HSBC, Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, PayPal, and Fidelity Investments. He also works with ISACA to develop exam questions for CISA, CISM, and CGEIT, served as the technical reviewer for the CGEIT and CISA review manuals, and is a published author for the COBIT 5 journal. He completed his MS in cybersecurity at Northeastern University, Boston, and holds CRISC, CISM, CISA, CGEIT, CISSP, and CCSP certifications. In his spare time, he likes to explore the inclined trails of the Bay Area, complete ultramarathons, and blog on GRCMusings.
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