We are notoriously bad at recognising and appreciating risk:
Cybercrime is not only a threat for us all, but it is the greatest threat that we face
The Myth:
We aren’t the ones that hackers are going to target. We are too small / too unimportant / too secure (delete as applicable)
- We failed to appreciate the credit risk ahead of the 2008 financial crisis
- We failed to appreciate the health risk ahead of the 2020 pandemic
- We have failed to appreciate the privacy risk despite the introdustion of GDPR
- Again we are failing to appreciate the cyber risk despite the looming threat from cybercrime
The Reality:
Hackers are opportunists and all organizations of all sizes are potential targets
With far more remote working than you planned for, you are more vulnerable than ever. Hackers see this as a massive opportunity and we are all potential targets.
Almost all organisations have vulnerabilities and few if any are fully secure. Instead, organisations need to understand their risk appetite and align their cybersecurity spending and strategy to this.
Unfortunately, it’s probably not a matter of ‘if’ you’ll get hit, but ‘when’. And since the average breach takes more than six months to detect, it may well already have happened
Prevention is the priority, but as NO organisation is totally secure, you also need to prepare for the inevitable
You’re NOT to GDPR compliant unless you regularly test, assess and evaluate your processes. You not only need to do scenario planning, but you also need to run immersive simulation exercises to ensure that your team is crisis prepared.
THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
In Five Broadcast Interviews (2 on BBC and 3 on RT) Bill Mew Exposes the NHS Track & Trace App Fiasco The UK government has faced a great deal of criticism over the NHS Track and Trace App. We explain how this unfolded and the role that we played speaking truth to power, seeking to…
The UK’s NHS Track and Trace App may not only be a privacy threat, but it’s poor usability may mean that it is ineffective too Plenty of privacy and security experts have come out to criticise the NHS’s approach, which is at odds with almost every other country in the world. Most companies have chosen…
Any crisis caries with it the treat of misinformation and hstyeria on social media and in the press, but cyber incidents are different in nature and thus far more prone to this particular threat. This is because cyber incidents differ from normal crises in three important ways: You’re likely to be on the back foot:...
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