Why Most Incident Response Plans Fail and What to Do Instead
If you want to know if a company is truly ready for a cyber incident, don't ask for the incident response plan. Ask a more direct question.
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A simple three step guide to creating an incident response plan
When businesses neglect to create an incident response plan and they are forced into action due to a security incident, they find themselves inadequately prepared and taking the wrong steps.…
Why holistic cybersecurity and incident response matter to business success
The reason why a cybersecurity posture should be holistic is due to the array of risks organizations have to manage. When you consider that cybersecurity threats involve anything from a…
Study finds most businesses won’t recover from a cyberattack
IBM and the Ponemon Institute study finds that 66% of organizations won't recover from a cyberattack. Even though the study focuses on business resilience following a cyberattack, when you look…
How security affects three of the most important business KPIs
When talking about cybersecurity, highlights tend to be about breaches, costs, and different methods businesses can apply to contain and reduce both; but what about measuring security from a business…
A simple solution to incident response times and rising business costs
The Business Continuity Institute recently reported that two thirds of organizations surveyed had experienced at least one cyber incident in the past twelve months and that 15% had experienced at…
CEOs can do something about rising data breach costs
What should business executives know about the recent Cost of a Data Breach study sponsored by IBM and conducted by the Ponemon Institute? The first takeaway to stand out is…
3 things every security executive should be doing to get ahead of cyber threats
In 2014 the cost of breach increased by 15%, in 2015 by 23%, which means we can expect it to increase in 2016; also, let's not forget Gartner’s expectations of…
Why BYOD security programs aren’t working
Mobile devices continue to grow in use within the workplace, as do the vulnerabilities they bring with them, and it seems CIOs continue to have a challenge with the security…
Code Blue – Healthcare information security on life support
More than one study reveal the trouble the healthcare industry continues having when it comes to information security and taking threats seriously. A brief outline of the different findings (from…
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