A recent letter drafted by the Financial Services Roundtable (FSR) and sent to financial services companies promotes a risk-based cybersecurity approach. Noting the diversity of institutions, the FSR proposes moving away from imposing rigid requirements on all firms; and instead, holding individual firms accountable for customizing cybersecurity programs that align with their risk profile.
2017 was expected to be the year when Internet of Things would be the favorite prey for hackers, only for all the right reasons. The expectation was put forward by researchers and smart home analysts from around the world that by 2020, consumers and businesses would integrate as many as 50 billion smart home devices in their homes and offices. While smart devices are a great way to automate daily chores, they also make consumers vulnerable to attacks and infiltrations.
If you were still in any doubts about your responsibility for keeping your online data safe, the recent crisis enveloping the NHS and its lack of defense against cyber attacks in 2017 should destroy them.
Today, companies are able to perform tasks that were previously impossible, thanks to the technologies that create, store and examine large sets of data. But, this benefit has its own sets of risk, precisely from a security standpoint.
Most small and midsize businesses (SMBs) consider focusing on cybersecurity a lower priority than financial success, but that’s a mistake. Without the right security in place, many SMBs may no longer have a business to worry about.
When most people think of business innovation, the first thing they think about is coming up with new products and services. However, innovation can apply to a number of areas in the business world, including security. Some of the most innovative companies use their thinking to boost their security with new and creative ideas. Here are a few things to learn from innovative examples:
Over the last twenty years, wireless has gone from a novelty to a necessity. Providing a wireless network is what encourages worker mobility as well as mobility of thought. But the challenges the wireless network present are daunting. Implementing security properly is paramount when designing and implementing a wireless LAN (WLAN). An organization needs to determine how to address Guest and BYOD postures while keeping known devices and users segregated from the rest of population.
With many individuals information being compromised both physical and logical information security is on the forefront of many people and businesses minds. The fear of being on CNN headline news and or individuals private information being forward facing of the internet for everyone in the world to see is concerning and real.
