Aspira Women's Health Inc. 10-K Cybersecurity GRC - 2024-03-29

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Aspira Women’s Health Inc. reported their cybersecurity risk management and governance process in a yearly 10-K filed on 2024-03-29 18:38:58 EDT.

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10-K filed on 2024-03-29

Aspira Women’s Health Inc. filed a 10-K at 2024-03-29 18:38:58 EDT
Accession Number: 0000926617-24-000015

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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 comp uter networks, third party hosted services, communications systems, hardware and software, and our critical data, including intellectual property, confidential information that is proprietary, strategic or competitive in nature, and trade secrets, data we may collect about trial participants in connection with clinical trials, sensitive third-party data, business plans, transactions, and financial information (“Information Systems and Data”). Our cybersecurity function, which comprises, in part, our IT department, legal team, human resources team and our audit committee, helps identify, assess and manage our cybersecurity threats and risks. Our cybersecurity function identifies and assesses risks from cybersecurity threats by monitoring and evaluating our threat environment using various methods including, for example, automated tools, subscribing to and analyzing reports and services that identify cybersecurity threats, conducting vulnerability assessments to identify vulnerabilities, and evaluating threats reported to us. Depending on the environment, we implement and maintain various technical, physical, and organizational measures and processes designed to manage and mitigate material risks from cybersecurity threats to our Information Systems and Data, including, for example: incident detection and response, data encryption, network security controls, employee training, access controls, physical security, systems monitoring, and asset management, tracking, and disposal. 35 Our assessment and management of material risks from cybersecurity threats are integrated into our overall risk management processes. For example, the cybersecurity function works 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. 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 legal counsel) and cybersecurity consultants. We also use third-party service providers to perform a variety of functions throughout our business, such as hosting companies, application providers, and supply chain resources. We manage cybersecurity risks associated with our use of these providers by, for example, requesting and analyzing responses on a security questionnaire and conducting audits and risk assessments on certain vendors. In particular, our legal department performs an assessment on each vendor and based on certain criteria will have our IT team perform a security assessment. 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 “The operation of Aspira Labs and our Aspira Synergy business depends on the effectiveness and availability of our information systems, including the information systems we use to provide services to our customers and to store employee data, and failures of these systems, including in connection with cyber-attacks, may materially limit our operations or have an adverse effect on our reputation.” Governance Our board of directors addresses our cybersecurity risk management as part of its general oversight function. The Audit Committee is responsible for overseeing our cybersecurity risk management processes, including oversight and mitigation of risks from cybersecurity threats. Our cybersecurity risk assessment and management processes are implemented and maintained by certain members of our management, including our Manager of IT Infrastructure, who has over 20 years of experience in various IT administration roles, five of which have been in cybersecurity. Our HR department is responsible for hiring appropriate personnel, helping to integrate cybersecurity risk considerations into our overall risk management strategy, and communicating key priorities to relevant personnel. Our CFO, working with our Manager of IT Infrastructure, is responsible for approving budgets, helping prepare for cybersecurity incidents, approving cybersecurity processes, and reviewing security assessments and other security-related reports. Our legal department is also responsible for performing a cyber risk assessment on each new vendor. Our response process to cybersecurity incidents is designed to escalate certain incidents to members of management depending on the circumstances, including our Manager of IT Infrastructure. Our Manager of IT Infrastructure works with our incident response team to help us to mitigate and remediate cybersecurity incidents of which they are notified. In addition, our incident response policy includes reporting to the board of directors committee responsible for certain cybersecurity incidents. The Audit Committee receives periodic reports from our cybersecurity function concerning our significant cybersecurity threats and risk and the processes we have implemented to address them. The Audit Committee also has access to various reports, summaries or presentations related to cybersecurity threats, risk and mitigation.

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