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Trusting a security placebo never makes sense. Don’t let your organization fall victim to a discredited security approach that provides little or no protection.
Something is not always better than nothing. This is particularly true when organizations rely on one or more security techniques that have proven largely ineffective against online predators.
Here’s a quick rundown of a half-dozen security practices that remain widely used, despite being generally worthless or obsolete.
DIGITAL REWARDS COME WITH DIGITAL RISKS It’s a simple choice for businesses: Disrupt or be disrupted Digital technology has transformed the way companies work. It’s easier thanever for staff to get hold of information – and to make use of it. Cloud-firstmodels help businesses to be more efficient and more agile. While big dataand analytics help firms to give their customers a more personal service anddrive profits. But while these trends create opportunity, they also create risks. They presenthackers and criminals with new and more sophisticated ways to attack yourbusiness. At the same time, internal threats like shadow IT have the potentialto grow. Knowing how to tackle these risks is critical. A security breach can cost youmore than money. In an instant, you can lose the IP that gives you an edge orthe hard-won trust of your customers. Download Now
Prepare yourself for hacks and data breaches. Here are all the steps you should take to lock down your Facebook profile and control your privacy. When social media started building traction in the early 2000s, privacy was less of a concern due to the limitations of social media platforms, and perhaps because fewer people had access to the internet. Nowadays, thanks to security breaches and data leaks, we’re all very aware that our digital privacy is volatile. With the vast amount of information available on your Facebook profile, it’s important to protect your privacy against identity theft, hackers, and people who may want to gain access to your account. By limiting personal data accessible by others, you can protect yourself and those around you. To help you out, we’ve put together a checklist of steps you can take to lock down your Facebook profile. We’ve separated these by the different sections found within Facebook’s settings page. It’s all available on this free downloadable PDF cheat sheet. Download Now
As head of Product I’m responsible for making sure we have secure software to ship, that our IT Resilience platform is secure from code to Cloud. Our customers are very savvy and laserfocused on security. We need to be out ahead of questions we know they’re going to ask about our security posture. We are also taking a long view, making sure we have all the right security processes in place now for future growth and continuous compliance.” – Rob Stechay, SVP of Product, Zerto Security at the Board Level, Are You Prepared?: As applications become central to business operations, and risk, security is frequently a board-level topic. Board Directors and CEOs are seeking to better understand the risk profile and the and the security posture of the company. The questions include: • What is our risk exposure? • Is my organization’s risk posture improving? • What is our overall maturity level? • What are our most critical applications and data? • What is our remediation process? • Is this impacting revenue? CIOs and CISOs don’t have datadriven answers to these, due largely in part to the lack of overall visibility across code repositories and application deployments. It is extremely difficult, and typically manual, to correlate and aggregate security testing results. Download Now
