ICT risk management: Your digital shield
What happens if a system fails or your supply chain gets hacked today?
Effective information and communication technology risk management (ICT risk management) protects your data, secures operational processes, and complies with legal requirements such as NIS-2 and DORA. It is a strategic process that identifies, assesses, and minimizes risks to ensure the sustainable performance of your company. The new EU regulations in particular make this process indispensable: they are designed to protect assets, IT systems, and financial services at the organizational level.
Why you need to take action now
Dynamic threats: New vulnerabilities arise every day—without constant updates, you remain vulnerable.
Strict requirements: NIS-2 and DORA require companies to systematically manage risks and demonstrate resilience.
Resource scarcity: Many IT departments are overloaded; extensive audits and documentation are added to the mix.
Human error: Employees remain a major risk – awareness and clear processes are essential.
Increased incidents: Studies show that a high percentage of companies have already experienced multiple serious risk events – it’s time to act.
What modern ICT risk management covers
A robust program involves more than just a risk list. It follows a cycle of six core tasks:
- Identify & assess: Build and maintain an inventory of all information and ICT assets and assign roles, responsibilities, and third-party providers. Risk classes are updated on an ongoing basis.
- Protection & Prevention: Permanent system monitoring, access restrictions, strong authentication, network segmentation, and consistent patch management.
- Detection: Early identification of anomalies, incidents, and vulnerabilities through multi-level controls and clearly defined alert thresholds.
- Response & recovery: Emergency and business continuity plans ensure that critical functions are maintained; a crisis team coordinates communication.
- Learning & development: Root cause analysis after incidents, regular training for all employees, and ongoing adaptation of the security strategy.
- Communication: Transparent reporting of incidents to customers, partners, and authorities in accordance with legal requirements.
What our customers say
In summary, we are very satisfied with the performance of QSEC and will continue to develop and use the software intensively in the future. The manufacturer of the software, Nexis GRC, is a reliable partner for us, always providing us with the best possible support thanks to its decades of experience in implementing global GRC and ISMS projects.
In the end, QSEC was convincing in the cost-benefit analysis and in terms of scalability as a single-source tool. QSEC supports the dissemination of a uniform understanding of processes. The system acts as a central platform in which all business processes are recorded.
In Nexis GRC, we have found a partner that speaks our "language" and responds openly to our requirements and ideas. The partnership with Nexis GRC has convinced me throughout the entire duration of the collaboration.
Auditing our infrastructure has become much easier and more efficient with the support of QSEC. Based on the auditors' positive assessment of the system's performance, we will continue to expand QSEC in line with our requirements.
The methods and processes already integrated in the standard QSEC have significantly supported us in the professional development and operation of our information security management system. The maturity assessment and development enable us to continuously operate, monitor and further develop our Techem ISMS with QSEC in a resource-saving manner.
QSEC: ICT risk management without compromise
In addition to the core functions described above, QSEC offers decisive added value that you as a risk manager will immediately notice:
Selected success stories
DSW21 on the successful introduction of an Information Security Management System (ISMS) with QSEC
Cancom on the global introduction of an Information Security Management System (ISMS) in accordance with ISO/IEC 27001 with QSEC
Techem on the challenges and experiences in information security and risk management with QSEC
Harzklinikum Dorothea Christiane Erxleben on software-supported security management in accordance with B3S Health, ISO 27001 and GDPR with QSEC
HanseMerkur on the development of a holistic management system taking into account the insurance law aspects according to VAIT
Advantages of QSEC for your risk management
Take action now: Take the next step with QSEC!
Rely on holistic information security management that meets your requirements - QSEC is a reliable partner at your side.
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