Maximize efficiency in security and compliance management with Safetech ISAM
Small and medium-sized companies, although they are as targeted by cybercrime as large organizations, have fewer solutions and personnel for defense. The risks and challenges related to ensuring compliance with current legislation are also similar. This trend is highlighted in the report “Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2025”, conducted by the World Economic Forum and Accenture, which shows that more and more small organizations feel vulnerable to cyberattacks: 35% of them believe that they are not sufficiently prepared to deal with threats, seven times more compared to 2022.
Poor cybersecurity is the main reason why SMEs are among the preferred victims of attackers. In 2024, Europe saw an alarming increase in cyber extortion targeting SMEs (53%), compared to the previous year. Currently, SMEs account for more than two-thirds of all victims of cyber incidents at EU level, according to the “Security Navigator 2025” report.
What challenges do SMEs face in implementing cybersecurity solutions?
The challenges faced by SMEs in the field of cybersecurity are numerous, which underlines the need for specialized applications to improve the security posture:
- The shortage of cybersecurity specialists hinders the ability of SMEs to defend effectively against threats. According to Gartner, by 2025, the shortage of specialists will be responsible for more than half of major cybersecurity incidents. Moreover, for a small or medium-sized organization in Romania, hiring qualified professionals can also be an important financial challenge.
- Increase in the number of cyber threats. As cybercriminals develop increasingly sophisticated attack methods, SMBs are facing an increasing number of threats, from phishing and ransomware campaigns, to security breaches and data theft. Cyber incidents are the biggest threat to 78% of small organizations surveyed in 2024 by research firm Vanson Bourne.
- The need for automation and real-time visibility. Manual monitoring and response processes cannot cope with the speed and scale of modern attacks. Automation allows businesses to continuously monitor systems, identify suspicious activity, vulnerabilities, or breaches as they occur, respond, and reduce risks before causing significant damage. At the same time, automated systems can compensate for the lack of qualified personnel by taking over routine tasks.
- Compliance with new regulations. As cybersecurity and data protection regulations become increasingly stringent, SMEs need to ensure that their security practices meet the requirements of NIS2, DORA, and GDPR, or the industry-specific standards in which they operate. For many small and medium-sized organizations, the compliance process is difficult, especially when they don’t have dedicated teams or sufficient resources to keep up with legislative changes.
Uncompromising management with the latest version of Safetech Information Security Automation Manager (ISAM)
To meet these challenges, Safetech Innovations has developed the integrated ISAM platform. Being dedicated to automating the information security management process, the solution streamlines activities such as inventory of business processes and information systems, vulnerability management, security risk analysis and management, incident management and security indicators, aggregating all data into a single application.
Safetech Innovations provides organizations with a new and optimized version of ISAM, which provides a complete overview of the organization’s security posture, through the following key components:
- Intuitive dashboard with visualizations for analyzing security scores, vulnerabilities, active graphs, risks, non-compliances, security indicators, events, and security incidents.
- Incident Management. It provides an electronic ledger for managing all incidents throughout their lifecycle. It provides a framework for streamlining incident response and minimizing downtime, being a single source of information for security events and incidents.
- Inventory facilitates the management of business processes (product development, logistics, human resources, accounting, etc.), IT services and assets, along with the associated risks and vulnerabilities. The component is important in the processes of identifying vulnerabilities, mitigating risks and complying with regulatory frameworks (ISO 27001, NIS 2, GDPR), which require organizations to maintain a detailed inventory of the assets held. ISAM provides a centralized and constantly updated repository of all business processes, services and IT assets.
- Vulnerability Management. Vulnerability management (identified inside and outside the organization’s network) provides centralized support for discovering, assessing, and remediating vulnerabilities, reducing the attack surface. It includes a scanning component, which manages the results of scans from different vulnerability scanning tools. It allows you to track the status of tickets, remediation efforts, and schedule recurring scans.
- Security Indicators allows organizations to define, monitor, and analyze process metrics, performance indicators (KPIs), and risk indicators (KRIs) to track overall process trends. KPIs measure the effectiveness of security processes, while KRIs track potential risk exposures, providing early warning signals.
- Risk Management allows the creation and management of risk sheets and the performance of risk assessments. It helps organizations identify, assess, and mitigate security risks, ensuring the confidentiality and integrity of critical assets.
- Compliance Management. ISAM also facilitates compliance analysis to track whether the organization meets applicable security standards and regulations. It streamlines and simplifies the compliance process to NIS 2 or DORA through a centralized area for assessing, tracking, and reporting compliance posture.
- Reports. To meet different reporting requirements, ISAM allows the generation of two types of reports: monitoring and security. They allow security metrics and trends to be highlighted.
- Settings is a component through which the application can be configured and customized, including the configuration of nomenclatures, contacts, users, roles, email templates, subnets, etc.
ISAM can be run (1) from the cloud, (2) from a server hosted by Safetech Innovations, or (3) from the customer’s on-premises IT infrastructure, accessed through a web interface.
Customers have three licensing options available, “Essential”, “Advanced” and “Elevate”, that differ depending on the available functionalities and optional integrations. The annual price for using the application is scaled according to the variant and the number of assets managed.
ISAM also allows the addition of Safetech MSP or MSSP services and the Tenable Nessus as-a-Service vulnerability scanner.
Existing ISAM customers benefit from the new version of the solution and the functionalities associated with the current licensing type.
How does ISAM improve the cybersecurity of organizations?
ISAM helps organizations monitor security vulnerabilities and manage risks effectively through robust analytics and real-time visibility. The solution supports informed decisions, improves rapid responses to threats, and ensures compliance with regulatory standards. The platform transforms traditional security protocols into a dynamic system that enables proactive measures and streamlined processes, facilitating cyber governance, monitoring automation, and data-driven decision-making. By choosing ISAM, organizations benefit from a holistic approach to GRC management and customized automation.
In practice, all these advantages mean:
- Increased operational efficiency through automation. ISAM eliminates time-consuming manual processes by automating data collection, risk analysis, and compliance reporting, thereby maximizing productivity and resource utilization.
- Cost reduction. By optimizing governance operations and information security management, and minimizing the risk of security breaches or fines for non-compliance, ISAM brings significant savings in the medium and long term.
- Expanded risk visibility. Through continuous monitoring, ISAM ensures the rapid detection of cyber risks, allowing organizations to act preventively. This strategy significantly reduces the likelihood that incidents will escalate and become major threats.
- Simplified and efficient compliance. The platform centralizes all compliance-related activities, automating accurate reporting and simplifying regulatory compliance. By reducing complexity, the process becomes clearer and preparation for audits runs smoothly.
- Scalability without limits. ISAM grows with organizations, dynamically adapting to new security and compliance challenges, so that the business always remains one step ahead of the challenges.
- Safetech complements these benefits with specialized support, ensuring that users receive prompt guidance and support for a smooth experience and a high level of satisfaction.
ISAM integrates security and compliance processes into an intuitive platform, providing effective risk management. For technical information and commercial details about the latest version of ISAM, please feel free to contact us at [email protected] or by phone +40 21 316 0565.