Kronos Bio, Inc. 10-K Cybersecurity GRC - 2024-03-21

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Kronos Bio, Inc. reported their cybersecurity risk management and governance process in a yearly 10-K filed on 2024-03-21 07:01:47 EDT.

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10-K filed on 2024-03-21

Kronos Bio, Inc. filed a 10-K at 2024-03-21 07:01:47 EDT
Accession Number: 0001741830-24-000021

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Item 1C. Cybersecurity.

ITEM 1C. CYBERSECURITY Risk management and strategy We have implemented and maintain various information security processes designed to identify, assess and manage material risks from cybersecurity threats to our critical computer networks, third party hosted services, communications systems, hardware and software, and our critical data, including intellectual property, clinical trial data, and other confidential information that is proprietary, strategic or competitive in nature (“Information Systems and Data”). Our Director of Information Technology and Associate Director, Infrastructure Operations, help identify, assess and manage the Company’s cybersecurity threats and risks. Along with our Director of Information Technology and Associate Director, Infrastructure Operations, our Senior Vice President, Corporate Operations and Legal and third-party service providers help identify and assess risks from cybersecurity threats by monitoring and evaluating our threat environment using various methods including, for example, manual and automated tools, subscribing to reports and services that identify cybersecurity threats, evaluating our and our industry’s risk profile, evaluating threats reported to us, conducting vulnerability assessments to identify vulnerabilities and third-party-conducted red/blue team testing and tabletop incident response exercises. Depending on the environment, we implement and maintain various technical, physical, and organizational measures, processes, standards and policies designed to manage and mitigate material risks from cybersecurity threats to our Information Systems and Data, including, for example: maintaining an incident response plan, engaging in incident detection and response, encrypting certain of our data, maintaining network security and access controls, maintaining physical security, utilizing asset management, tracking and disposal, engaging in systems monitoring, training employees, engaging in penetration testing and maintaining cybersecurity insurance. Our assessment and management of material risks from cybersecurity threats are integrated into our overall risk management processes. For example, cybersecurity risk is addressed as a component of the Company’s enterprise risk management program; the Director of Information Technology and Associate Director, Infrastructure Operations work with management to prioritize our risk management processes and mitigate cybersecurity threats that are more likely to lead to a material impact to our business; our senior management, with input from an external strategic advisor, evaluates material risks from cybersecurity threats against our overall business objectives and reports to the audit committee of the board of directors, which together with our board of directors evaluates our overall enterprise risk. We use third-party service providers to assist us from time to time to identify, assess, and manage material risks from cybersecurity threats, including, for example, professional services firms, including outside legal counsel, threat intelligence service providers, cybersecurity consultants, cybersecurity software providers, managed cybersecurity service providers, penetration testing firms, and in the case of a realized threat, forensic investigators. We use third-party service providers to perform a variety of functions throughout our business, such as providing applications and hosting. 93 For a description of the risks from cybersecurity threats that may materially affect the Company and how they may do so, see our risk factors under Part 1. Item 1A. Risk Factors in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, including “If our information technology systems or data, or those of the third parties upon which we rely, are or were compromised, we could experience adverse impacts resulting from such compromise, including, but not limited to, regulatory investigations or actions, litigation, fines and penalties, interruptions to our operations such as our clinical trials, claims that we breached our data protection obligations, harm to our reputation, and a loss of future customers or sales and other adverse consequences.” Governance Our board of directors addresses the Company’s cybersecurity risk management as part of its general oversight function. The board of directors’ audit committee is responsible for overseeing Company’s cybersecurity risk management processes, including oversight of mitigation of risks from cybersecurity threats. Our cybersecurity risk assessment and management processes are implemented and maintained by certain Company management, including our Senior Vice President, Corporate Operations and Legal and our Director of Information Technology. Our Senior Vice President, Corporate Operations and Legal has oversight of cybersecurity and risk management, has management and oversight experience, and reports to the Chief Executive Officer. Our Director of Information Technology has high-level knowledge of cybersecurity tools and provides oversight of cybersecurity strategy and cybersecurity vendor management, and reports to our Senior Vice President, Corporate Operations and Legal. Our Senior Vice President, Corporate Operations and Legal is responsible for hiring appropriate personnel, helping to integrate cybersecurity risk considerations into the Company’s overall risk management strategy, and communicating key priorities to relevant personnel. Our Senior Vice President, Corporate Operations and Legal is responsible for approving budgets, helping prepare for cybersecurity incidents, approving cybersecurity processes, and reviewing security assessments and other security-related reports. Our cybersecurity incident response and vulnerability management processes are designed to escalate certain cybersecurity incidents to members of management depending on the circumstances, including the Senior Vice President, Corporate Operations and Legal. The Senior Vice President, Corporate Operations and Legal works with the Company’s incident response team to help the Company mitigate and remediate cybersecurity incidents of which they are notified. In addition, the Company’s incident response and vulnerability management processes include reporting to the audit committee of the board of directors for certain cybersecurity incidents. The audit committee receives periodic reports from the Director of Information Technology and Senior Vice President, Corporate Operations and Legal, concerning the Company’s significant cybersecurity threats and risk and the processes the Company has implemented to address them. The audit committee also receives and has access to various reports, summaries or presentations related to cybersecurity threats, risk and mitigation.

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