The best incident response strategies take a multi-pronged approach that accounts for all the factors leading up to and dealing with incidents. From hiring the right staff to deploying the right tools and everything in between, what are you doing to improve your strategy? 1. Know Your Objective Without clearly defined roles, team members aren’t going to know what direction they need to be going for proper incident response action. You must make sure each team member is aware of the priorities … [Read more...]
Data Security Tips for Protecting Your Organization
We’re at a point now with data security that it takes an “all hands on deck” approach to keep an organization safe from cybercriminals. In some cases, it’s not even the outside threats that are the danger — it’s simple housekeeping items that are forgotten that lead to security issues. Too many examples are out there today that prove how a cybersecurity incident can be detrimental to an organization. And the examples span many industries, so it’s not like cybercriminals are interested in only a … [Read more...]
Digital Transformation and Secure Systems
Organizations face a number of challenges with regard to digital transformation, many of them related to managing massive volumes of data while trying to stay clear of cybercriminals. Threats have become more complex, forcing businesses to look deeper into how they can protect themselves. It’s been almost 25 years since the development of the first network security solution. These early solutions focused mainly on network connections. The use of firewalls played heavily into controlling who … [Read more...]
Digital Solutions Can Improve Efficiencies
In this climate of globalization, companies need every advantage in order to remain competitive -- which means digital solutions are paramount to success. Given the rate at which companies are sold, downsize, or go under, it is important to look at whether they had the digital solutions necessary to make the grade. Kauffman Foundation and Inc. Magazine found that almost 66 percent of businesses that had been on the magazine’s list of the 5,000 fastest growing companies had downsized or been … [Read more...]