Recently, tech companies including Uber, Dropbox, Twitter, and Docker have joined farce to create the Vendor Security Alliance (VSA) for improving internet security. With the VSA, security experts and compliance experienced officers will team up to release a yearly questionnaire to benchmark its members\u2019 risks. The questionnaire will measure risks based on policies, procedures, privacy, vulnerability management and data security. By sharing the expertise and practices across businesses, VSA will create standards and scoring processes to assess the security level of its members, and ensure appropriate controls are in place to improve security. \u00a0The first questionnaire will be available on Oct. 1 free of charge.<\/p>\n
I think this article is interesting that some tech leaders decided to team up to standardize the cybersecurity practices. I think it is a good thing that the VSA takes advantages of collective expertise across different industries to improve the security practices. With the standards, companies belonging in the VSA are able to evaluate and measure their own risk levels and determine their vulnerabilities and strengths without additional audits.<\/p>\n
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