Cidara Therapeutics, Inc. 10-K Cybersecurity GRC - 2024-04-22

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Cidara Therapeutics, Inc. reported their cybersecurity risk management and governance process in a yearly 10-K filed on 2024-04-22 16:56:44 EDT.

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10-K filed on 2024-04-22

Cidara Therapeutics, Inc. filed a 10-K at 2024-04-22 16:56:44 EDT
Accession Number: 0001610618-24-000041

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Item 1C. Cybersecurity.

Item 1C. Cybersecurity. Risk management and strategy We recognize the importance of maintaining the trust and confidence of its customers, clients, business partners and employees. Cybersecurity represents an important component of our overall approach to risk management. 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, confidential information that is proprietary, strategic or competitive in nature, and data related to our clinical trials, employees and contractors, or Information Systems and Data. The Incident Response Team, or the IRT, is a functional and collaborative team consisting of the Chief Legal and Operating Officer, Chief Financial and Business Officer, Senior Vice President, People and Culture, and Director, Information Technology, or IT. The IRT, together with the wider IT, Legal, and Finance teams, as well as external cybersecurity consultants, help identify, assess, and manage our cybersecurity threats and risks. The Director, IT plays a pivotal role in our cybersecurity framework, actively identifying and assessing risks from cybersecurity threats. This is achieved through a variety of methods, including but not limited to, extensive audits, detailed assessments, and the engagement of outside cybersecurity consultants. In addition to these existing strategies, we have implemented several processes to increase our ability to identify, monitor, and assess material cybersecurity threats. We subscribe to specialized reports and services that identify emerging cybersecurity threats, thereby keeping our defenses informed and up-to-date. The IT department systematically analyzes such reports of threats and actors, providing us with a deeper understanding of potential risks. We also conduct regular scans of the threat environment, providing real-time insights into the security landscape. Evaluating our own and our industry’s risk profile is an ongoing process, allowing us to continually tailor our cybersecurity measures to specific needs and vulnerabilities. We also coordinate with law enforcement agencies concerning threats, so that our approach benefits from broader insights and intelligence. Conducting detailed threat assessments for both internal and external threats form a crucial part of our security strategy. Additionally, we leverage external intelligence feeds, integrating diverse sources of information to strengthen our overall cybersecurity posture. These concerted efforts are designed to achieve a comprehensive, dynamic, and proactive approach to managing and mitigating cybersecurity risks. Our approach to cybersecurity is tailored to suit the specific environment in which we operate. We implement and maintain an array of technical, physical, and organizational measures, processes, standards, and policies, designed to manage and mitigate material risks arising from cybersecurity threats to our Information Systems and Data. This includes a comprehensive strategy featuring a dedicated cybersecurity staff and a regularly tested IT Security Incident Response Plan. Regular risk assessments, tabletop exercises, threat modeling, and vulnerability testing form the backbone of our technical measures. Our assessment and management of material risks from cybersecurity threats are integrated into our overall risk management processes. This is exemplified in the way our IT Security Incident Response Plan forms an integral part of the broader risk management framework, so that cybersecurity risks are visible and treated as strategic business risks. Detailing the integration of cyber risk into our risk management, cybersecurity risk is addressed as a crucial component of our enterprise risk management program. The IT department works in close collaboration with executive management to prioritize risk management processes, with a particular focus on mitigating cybersecurity threats that could have a significant impact on our business. Furthermore, team members from the IT department or a relevant executive committee evaluate material risks from cybersecurity threats in alignment with our overall business objectives. These evaluations are then communicated to the audit committee of the board of directors. The audit committee assesses these risks as part of our overall enterprise risk, ensuring that cybersecurity is given due consideration in line with our strategic goals and governance framework. 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 assessors, cybersecurity consultants, auditors, and outside legal counsel. We use third-party service providers to perform a variety of functions throughout our business, such as application providers and supply chain resources. We have a vendor management program to manage cybersecurity risks associated with our use of these providers. The program includes a risk assessment for each vendor, vulnerability scans related to the vendor, and imposition of information contractual obligations on the vendor. Depending on the nature of the services provided, the sensitivity of the Information Systems and Data at issue, and the identity of the provider, our vendor management process may involve different levels of assessment designed to help identify cybersecurity risks associated with a provider and impose contractual obligations related to cybersecurity on the provider. 69 CIDARA THERAPEUTICS, INC. For a description of the risks from cybersecurity threats that may materially affect us 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. Governance Our board of directors addresses our cybersecurity risk management as part of its general oversight function. The board of directors’ and the IRT are 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 management, including the Director, IT, Chief Legal and Operating Officer, and Chief Financial and Business Officer. The Chief Legal and Operating Officer and Chief Financial and Business Officer are responsible for providing information on materiality to the Director, IT and producing documentation of known and unknown facts about a cybersecurity incident and factors considered in the materiality assessment. Our Chief Legal and Operating Officer and Chief Financial and Business Officer hold degrees relevant to their areas of expertise and both have over 20 years of experience in their respective fields. The Director, IT is primarily responsible for assessing and managing material risks from cybersecurity threats; they have 23 years of experience in core infrastructure, data infrastructure and analytics, business platforms, and integrations. The Director, IT 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. The Director, IT is also responsible for approving budgets, helping prepare for cybersecurity incidents, approving cybersecurity processes, and reviewing security assessments and other security-related reports. Our IT Security Incident Response Plan is designed to escalate certain cybersecurity incidents to members of management depending on the circumstances, including the IRT. The IRT works with the IT department and external cybersecurity experts to help us mitigate and remediate cybersecurity incidents. In addition, our IT Security Incident Response Plan includes reporting to the board of directors for certain cybersecurity incidents. The audit committee receives quarterly updates from the IRT concerning our cybersecurity threats and risk and the processes we have implemented to address them. On an annual basis the board of directors receives a report from the IRT highlighting any significant cybersecurity threats.

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