Duolingo, Inc. 10-K Cybersecurity GRC - 2024-02-28

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Duolingo, Inc. reported their cybersecurity risk management and governance process in a yearly 10-K filed on 2024-02-28 18:14:37 EST.

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10-K filed on 2024-02-28

Duolingo, Inc. filed a 10-K at 2024-02-28 18:14:37 EST
Accession Number: 0001562088-24-000050

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Item 1C. Cybersecurity.

Item 1C. Cybersecurity Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy and Governance Disclosures Cybersecurity Risk Management and Strategy We have developed and implemented a cybersecurity risk management program intended to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of our critical systems and information. Our cybersecurity risk management program includes a cybersecurity incident response plan. We design and assess our program based on the International Organization for Standardization (“ISO”) 27001 requirements. This does not imply that we meet any particular technical standards, specifications, or requirements, only that we use the ISO 27001 requirements as a guide to help us identify, assess, and manage cybersecurity risks relevant to our business. Our cybersecurity risk management program is integrated into our overall enterprise risk management program, and shares common methodologies, reporting channels and governance processes that apply across the enterprise risk management program to other legal, compliance, strategic, operational, and financial risk areas. Our cybersecurity risk management program includes: - risk assessments designed to help identify material cybersecurity risks to our critical systems, information, products, services, and our broader enterprise IT environment; - a dedicated information security team principally responsible for managing (1) our cybersecurity risk assessment processes, (2) our security controls, and (3) our response to cybersecurity incidents; - the use of external service providers, where appropriate, to assess, test or otherwise assist with aspects of our security controls; - cybersecurity awareness training of our employees, incident response personnel, and senior management; - a cybersecurity incident response plan that includes procedures for responding to cybersecurity incidents; and - a third-party risk management process for service providers, suppliers, and vendors. We have not identified risks from known cybersecurity threats, including as a result of any prior cybersecurity incidents, that have materially affected us, including our operations, business strategy, financial condition, or results of operations. We face risks from cybersecurity threats that, if realized, are reasonably likely to materially affect us, including our operations, business strategy, financial condition, or results of operations. See Part I, Item 1A. “Risk Factors-Risks Relating to Our Business and Industry - Security breaches of our networks, systems or applications, improper unauthorized access to or disclosure of our proprietary data or user-related data, including personal data, other hacking and social engineering or phishing attacks on our systems or service, or other cyber incidents could disrupt our services or compromise sensitive information related to our business and/or personal data processed by us or on our behalf and expose us to liability, which could harm our reputation and materially adversely affect our business”. Cybersecurity Governance Our Board considers cybersecurity risk as part of its risk oversight function and has delegated to the Audit Committee (the “Committee”) oversight of cybersecurity and other information technology risks. The Committee oversees management’s implementation of our cybersecurity risk management program. The Committee receives quarterly reports from management on our cybersecurity risks. In addition, management updates the Committee, as necessary, regarding any material cybersecurity incidents, as well as any incidents with lesser impact potential. The Committee reports to the full Board regarding its activities, including those related to cybersecurity risk management. Committee members receive presentations on cybersecurity topics and trends from our Information Security Management Leader, internal cybersecurity staff or external experts as part of the Committee’s continuing education on topics that impact public companies. The full Board also receives briefings from the Committee and from management on our cyber risk management program. Our management team oversees our cybersecurity risk management through our Information Security Management System Governance Council, which is chaired by the Information Security Management Leader and includes our Chief Technology Officer, Chief Engineering Officer, and General Counsel, along with employee subject matter experts in law, privacy, engineering, and cybersecurity. This Governance Council also includes the leader of our dedicated Information Security Team, who has over six years of specific cybersecurity experience, manages the day-to-day activities needed to prevent, detect, and mitigate cybersecurity incidents, and reports to senior management through the Governance Council. Our management team supervises efforts to prevent, detect, mitigate, and remediate cybersecurity risks and incidents through various means, which may include briefings from internal security personnel; threat intelligence and other information obtained from governmental, public or private sources, including external consultants engaged by us; and alerts and reports produced by security tools deployed in the IT environment.

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