Aardvark Therapeutics, Inc. 10-K Cybersecurity GRC - 2025-03-31

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Aardvark Therapeutics, Inc. reported their cybersecurity risk management and governance process in a yearly 10-K filed on 2025-03-31 16:45:05 EDT.

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10-K filed on 2025-03-31

Aardvark Therapeutics, Inc. filed a 10-K at 2025-03-31 16:45:05 EDT
Accession Number: 0000950170-25-047835

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Item 1C. Cybersecurity.

Item 1C. Cybersecurity. (a) Cybersecurity Risk Management Strategy We have developed our cybersecurity risk management program (Cybersecurity Framework), including a cybersecurity incident response plan, based on the National Institute of Standards and Technology Cybersecurity Framework’s (NIST CSF) principles: Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, and Recover, and our Cybersecurity Framework is intended to address current vulnerabilities and anticipate future cybersecurity threats and risks to our cyber ecosystem. 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 Framework 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: - 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 for our employees, incident response personnel, and senior management; - a cybersecurity incident response process that includes procedures for responding to cybersecurity incidents; and - a risk evaluation of our service providers, suppliers, and vendors of critical systems during contracting. We have not identified risks from known cybersecurity threats, including as a result of any prior cybersecurity incidents, that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect us, including our operations, business strategy, results of operations, or financial condition. There can be no assurance, however, that our cybersecurity risk management program and processes, including our policies, controls or procedures, will be fully implemented, complied with or effective in protecting our systems and information. For more information, see Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors-Risks Related to the Operation of Our Business-Significant disruptions of our information technology systems or data security incidents could result in significant financial, legal, regulatory, business and reputational harm to us” of this Annual Report. 97 (b) Cybersecurity Governance Our board of directors considers cybersecurity risk as part of its risk oversight function and has delegated to the Audit Committee oversight of cybersecurity and other information technology risks. The Audit Committee oversees management’s implementation of our cybersecurity risk management strategy. The Audit Committee receives periodic reports from management, including our IT Governance Team, 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. Our IT Governance Team is comprised of senior Aardvark leadership, including our Chief Financial Officer, Vice President, Head of Product Management and Strategy and Vice President, Quality, as well as third party advisors. Our IT Governance Team has primary responsibility for our overall cybersecurity risk management program and supervises both our internal cybersecurity personnel and our retained external cybersecurity consultants. The experience of our IT Governance Team encompasses leadership, development, and support of cybersecurity strategies, along with the implementation of policies and procedures. Our IT Governance 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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