This chapter benefits chief executive officers (CEOs), chief information officers (CIOs), and chief technical officers (CTOs) with its guidance for understanding the security risks that affect businesses as net
Mark Cunningham-Dickie, senior incident responder at Quorum, cautioned that cybersecurity risks affect businesses of all sizes — not just the major corporations. “While you do see a lot of big names on data leak sites, it’s not that there aren’t SMBs [small and medium-sized businesses...
The main risks or vulnerabilities threatening valuable data The probable damage to the data or company should a data breach occur After these areas are identified, consider any laws and regulations — such as GDPR, HIPAA, or FISMA — that affect the way your company collects, stores, and ...
Vulnerability management is the ongoing, regular process of identifying, assessing, reporting on, managing and remediating security risks to keep all systems and assets in a network protected. Virtualization vs. ContainerizationRead More > Learn the differences between containers and virtual machines ...
In addition to requiring businesses to address cybersecurity risks, we are seeing insurance companies look harder at coverage than in the past. One particular issue that may cause a denial of coverage is where a business disclosed certain levels of activity when the policy was purchased, but, su...
Digital transformation is the process of investing in technologies to create new business processes and experiences. It's an all-encompassing term that means different things to different businesses but might involve: Implementing new digital tools like software and mobile applications to improve customer...
affect businesses of all sizes and individuals, broadening the market for cybersecurity solutions. Secondly, the rapid digital transformation across various industries has made businesses more reliant on digital infrastructure. This shift demands robust cybersecurity measures to protect sensitive data and ...
The fact that other users tend to be on public Wi-Fi and home networks further expands cybersecurity risks, Troha said. If someone else's device is poorly secured, an attacker could use it as a conduit into the network and then ultimately into a remote worker's device, too. ...
The cybersecurity threats discussed above can also affect your business partners. What can a company do to manage risks to data stored externally? Research potential vendors and existing partners. Learn all you can about their business, including data breaches that may have affected them in the pa...
Organizations in these industries should prioritize stronger encryption protocols and advanced threat detection mechanisms to mitigate these cybersecurity risks and enhance national security. S&P 500 State of Cybersecurity 2025 We analyze the impact of key security trends that will affect the S&P 500 in...