Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments
ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
None.
ITEM 1C. CYBERSECURITY
As a regular part of our ordinary business operations, we collect and store data, including information necessary for our operations, information from our customers, employees, and our business partners. We recognize these networks and systems may be subject to increasing and continually evolving cybersecurity risks. Our Board is responsible for overseeing risk management. Our Board understands the critical nature of managing risks associated with cybersecurity threats, and, accordingly, cybersecurity is an integral part of the Company’s overall risk management program. The Board’s Audit Committee has primary responsibility for overseeing cybersecurity and privacy risks. Our risk management process is designed to identify, prioritize, and monitor risks that could affect our ability to execute our corporate strategy and fulfill our business objectives and to appropriately mitigate such risks.
As part of our risk management processes, we are developing risk assessments to identify the probability, immediacy, and potential magnitude of information security risks. Our internal experts, which are overseen by the Chief Operating Officer , regularly conduct audits and tests of our information systems, and our cybersecurity program is periodically assisted by established, independent third-party consultants, who provide assistance through tabletop and other preparedness exercises. These partnerships enable us to leverage specialized knowledge and insights, seeking to continue to improve upon our cybersecurity strategies and processes. Additionally, we review regular publications on cyber awareness and conduct ongoing simulated phishing exercises. We use the findings from these and other processes to improve our information security practices, procedures, and technologies.
Based upon the information that we have as of the end of the year covered by this report, we do not believe that we have experienced any material cybersecurity incidents to date. However, the risks from cybersecurity threats and incidents continue to increase, and any one or more future cyber-attacks could materially adversely impact the Company, including a loss of trust among our customers, departures of key employees, general diminishment of our global reputation and financial losses from remediation actions, loss of business, or potential litigation or regulatory liability. Further, evolving market dynamics are increasingly driving heightened cybersecurity protections and mandating cybersecurity standards for our products, and we may incur additional costs to address these increased risks and to comply with such demands.
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