Risk Management
Flexible Risk Management and Regulatory Alignment
Brainframe provides tools for flexible risk assessments, incorporating qualitative risk matrices and customized risk views tailored to different departments or products. This allows organizations to continuously identify, assess, and manage risks in line with NIS2 requirements, which mandate ongoing analysis of threats and vulnerabilities. The platform also supports the integration of multiple regulatory frameworks and standards, such as ISO 27001 and NIST, enabling organizations to align their risk management practices with various compliance obligations.
Comprehensive Monitoring, Documentation, and Workflow Management:
The platform offers continuous monitoring features to track operational risks in real-time, helping organizations implement ongoing improvements and maintain compliance with NIS2’s emphasis on proactive monitoring and incident response. Brainframe supports customized workflows and task management, using tools like Kanban boards and checklists to prioritize and oversee risk management activities. It also facilitates thorough documentation of all risk management processes, policies, and procedures, including version control and audit trails, ensuring readiness for internal and external audits.
Asset Management and Visualization
Brainframe includes robust asset management capabilities, allowing organizations to identify and manage digital and physical assets, understand dependencies, and document recovery objectives. The platform enables visualization of asset dependencies through an automated diagram system, providing a clear and structured view of how assets are interconnected and ensuring alignment with NIS2’s requirements for understanding asset relationships. Integration options also allow for seamless import of existing asset inventories from other systems, simplifying the asset management process and supporting better decision-making.
Supply Chain Security
Structured Risk Management for Third-Party Suppliers
Brainframe helps organizations identify, assess, and manage risks associated with third-party suppliers by providing structured processes for evaluating their security posture. The platform supports continuous risk monitoring and mitigation throughout the supply chain, as required by NIS2, by integrating cybersecurity risk measures into supplier contracts and conducting regular audits to ensure compliance with necessary security standards.
Seamless Integration and Continuous Monitoring
The platform enables organizations to inventory and manage third-party assets with the same level of oversight as internal assets, streamlining risk assessment and providing detailed insights into vendor security postures. Brainframe’s built-in questionnaire templates facilitate regular supplier security assessments, ensuring that third-party vulnerabilities do not jeopardize the security of the entire supply chain, in line with NIS2 compliance requirements.
Enhanced Visibility and Communication
Brainframe’s visualization feature provides a comprehensive, real-time graphical interface that shows how third-party providers interact with internal assets and processes, helping identify dependencies, data flows, and potential vulnerabilities within the extended supply chain. The "Forms" module allows for a seamless onboarding process by collecting necessary information through customizable templates, enabling organizations to update their risk landscape efficiently based on vendor assessments.
Incident Management
Streamlined Incident Reporting and Documentation
Brainframe helps organizations comply with NIS2's strict incident reporting timelines by maintaining clear reporting channels, automating documentation from initial reports to final analysis, and providing customizable templates to simplify reporting processes. This ensures that incidents are logged, categorized, and monitored consistently and communicated promptly to relevant stakeholders, supporting efficient incident management and response.
Integration with Best Practices and Standards
The platform integrates best practices from standards like ISO 27001, aligning with NIS2 requirements for incident detection, reporting, and management. It encourages regular reviews and improvements of the security management system, ensuring that security objectives are consistently aligned with business goals and that top management is accountable for cybersecurity measures, as mandated by NIS2.
Facilitates Communication and Coordination
Brainframe enhances communication with external entities such as regulatory bodies and third-party vendors by establishing efficient communication channels. This capability supports faster reporting and coordinated responses, aiding compliance with NIS2's emphasis on collaboration and transnational reporting, ensuring that all incidents are reported and managed effectively.
Business Continuity
Robust Backup and Recovery Management
Brainframe supports the creation and management of robust backup processes, allowing organizations to define data backup needs, determine backup frequencies, and choose storage locations (on-site, or cloud). Regular testing ensures backups are reliable and effective, minimizing downtime and data loss during disruptions, in alignment with NIS2 business continuity requirements.
Comprehensive Incident Response and Business Continuity Planning
The platform enables organizations to develop clear incident response plans with predefined roles, responsibilities, and procedures, supporting real-time communication and collaboration among teams. It also helps prioritize critical systems and data for recovery efforts, ensuring a coordinated and efficient response to incidents and alignment with NIS2's focus on maintaining operational resilience.
Centralized Documentation and Collaboration
Brainframe provides comprehensive document management features, maintaining audit trails, version controls, and approval processes for all business continuity plans, policies, and procedures. It also enhances collaboration among stakeholders through task management, workflow creation, and real-time notifications, supporting NIS2's emphasis on effective communication and coordination to ensure continuous business operations.
Cybersecurity Trainings
Comprehensive Management of Cybersecurity Training Programs
Brainframe provides a platform to manage and track cybersecurity training for all employees, including the creation, distribution, and monitoring of training materials. This ensures that every employee receives the necessary education on cybersecurity awareness and practices, fulfilling NIS2's requirements for comprehensive cybersecurity training.
Automation and Continuous Monitoring
The platform automates the scheduling of regular cybersecurity training sessions and sends reminders to employees, supporting continuous learning and compliance with NIS2’s requirement for ongoing education. It includes tools for tracking training progress and completion rates, identifying knowledge gaps, and maintaining high levels of awareness against emerging threats.
Documentation and Compliance Assurance
All training activities are documented within the system, creating an audit trail that records training completion, employee participation, and updates to training content. This documentation is essential for demonstrating compliance with NIS2's cybersecurity training mandates during audits or assessments, ensuring all requirements are fully met.
