Company: NEOG
Filing Date: 2025-07-30
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000950170-25-100064
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Company: NEOGEN CORP
Filing Date: 2025-07-30
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1C
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We rely on several information systems throughout our company, as well as those of our third-party business partners, to provide access to our web-based products and services, keep financial records, analyze results of operations, process customer orders, manage inventory, process shipments to customers, store confidential or proprietary information, and operate other critical functions. Our information systems and our business partners’ and suppliers’ information systems may be vulnerable to attacks by hackers and other security breaches, including computer viruses and malware, through the internet, email attachments, and persons with access to these information systems, such as our employees or third parties with whom we do business. These risks have increased as information systems and the use of software and related applications become more cloud-based. We have implemented various programs, processes, and systems designed to mitigate these risks.

Risk Management and Strategy 

We have a comprehensive cybersecurity risk assessment program designed to assess, identify, and manage material risks associated with cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities and to mitigate the potential impact of any cybersecurity incidents on our operations and financial condition. We routinely review, modify, and update this program as necessary to address emerging risks. Our process for addressing risk is based on industry best practices outlined in CIS Critical Security Controls. Although this program is integrated within the Company's overall risk management system, the implementation of this program requires a unique and specialized level of expertise and experience, which has led us to create a cybersecurity team and various processes designed to address these specific risks, as discussed more below.

We regularly engage consultants and other third parties to assist in developing, maintaining, and enhancing our cybersecurity risk assessment program. These third-party engagements supplement our internal capabilities and help ensure the robustness of our program. Examples of these engagements include penetration testing of our customer facing domains, quarterly cybersecurity briefings with outside counsel, and an annual assessment of our overall cybersecurity program. We maintain policies and procedures to identify and monitor cybersecurity risks associated with these third-party service providers, particularly those with access to customer, employee, or other sensitive data. Our selection and oversight of these providers includes diligence reviews, contractual protections, and other measures to mitigate these risks over the entire lifecycle of the relationship, including through implementation of the CIS Critical Security Controls.

In addition to these prevention measures, we work proactively to detect and minimize the impact of cybersecurity incidents. We have a written incident response plan designed to ensure the appropriate internal and, if necessary, external resources are employed to promptly and effectively respond to potential breaches, minimize any related damage, and avoid disruption to our operations. We routinely test our incident response process through