Advantage Solutions Inc. 10-K Cybersecurity GRC - 2024-03-01

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Advantage Solutions Inc. reported their cybersecurity risk management and governance process in a yearly 10-K filed on 2024-03-01 16:06:16 EST.

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10-K filed on 2024-03-01

Advantage Solutions Inc. filed a 10-K at 2024-03-01 16:06:16 EST
Accession Number: 0000950170-24-023841

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Item 1C. Cybersecurity.

Item 1C. Cybersecurity 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 National Institute of Standards and Technology Cybersecurity Framework the (“NIST CSF”). This does not imply that we meet any particular technical standards, specifications, or requirements, only that we use the NIST CSF 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 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; and - a cybersecurity incident response plan that includes procedures for responding to cybersecurity incidents. 27 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, results of operations, or financial condition. We face risks from cybersecurity threats that, if realized, are reasonably likely to materially affect us, including our operations, business strategy, results of operations, or financial condition. See “Risk Factors - Failures in, data breaches of, or incidents involving, our technology infrastructure could damage our business, reputation and brand and substantially harm our business and results of operations.” Cybersecurity Governance Our Board considers cybersecurity risk as part of its risk management oversight function and has delegated risk management to the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors. In 2024, the Audit Committee’s charter was updated to expressly state that this oversight function includes cybersecurity risk. The Audit Committee oversees management’s implementation of our cybersecurity risk management program. The Audit Committee receives periodic reports from management on our cybersecurity risks. In addition, management updates the Audit 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 risk management and cybersecurity. All board members are permitted to attend the meetings of the Audit Committee and certain board members who do not serve on the Audit Committee have attended cybersecurity risks presentations. In addition, cybersecurity risk briefing materials are made available to all board members. At any time, Board members may raise concerns regarding our cybersecurity posture and recommend future changes to, among other things, personnel, practices, controls or procedures. Our management team, including our Chief Digital Officer (“CDO”) and Chief Information Security Officer (“CISO”), is responsible for assessing and managing our material risks from cybersecurity threats. The Company’s cybersecurity program is primarily managed by a dedicated cybersecurity function reporting to our CISO who reports to our CDO. Our CISO has over 20 years of executive experience in IT security, and previously served as the CISO of Blue Shield of California and Kellogg Company. Our CDO has over 30 years of executive experience in IT operations and was previously the Global Chief Information Officer of Walgreens-Boots Alliance, Inc., The Kraft Heinz Company and Kraft Foods Group. 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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