Implementing Policies to Drive Operational Consistency

Operational consistency means ensuring that an organization’s processes are repeatable and sustainable. The business goal is to have these processes executed each time with the same consistency and quality. This reliability allows the business to continuously improve quality. Processes evolve over time, and the more repeatable a process can be, the more likely it is that risks can be detected and removed.

You can implement security policies in the same way. This ensures that the same consistency and quality are applied to protection of information. What is meant by “a repeatable process” or “consistency”? It means when a particular risk is found again and again, the same process is used ...

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