We understand that not a day goes by at present where cybersecurity isn’t making headlines for all the wrong reasons or no doubt being highlighted from a risk management perspective in your own organisations.
At Kalyx we are very much aware of this risk and the importance of making sure that your data is as safe as possible. You can’t afford for the weakest link in your organisation’s data protection chain to be your CRO, which is why at Kalyx we aim to exceed the internal standards of our clients.
To this end we have recently completed a comprehensive external audit which measured our cybersecurity posture against the Essential 8, Top 37, NIST, ISO 27001 and APRA CPS234 assessment frameworks. This has provided a clear pathway forward to ensure that all systems and processes are progressively improved.
One way to ensure your data is safe is to minimise the number of locations where it is stored electronically. To help in determining this we are currently reviewing our Data Retention Policy and will be in touch with you in the coming months to determine how much historical trial data is necessary to retain within Kalyx Live.
We will also be looking to implement multifactor authentication on all Kalyx Live accounts shortly. Whilst this has long been in place for all Kalyx staff accounts, our first priority for client accounts was to get your valued data out of emails before looking at further security measures. Like all things, these improvements need to be made progressively but we feel the time is now right for this to happen.
Jen Denford
IT Manager
