There’s too many reasons for sleepless nights nowadays. Cyber risk does not have to be one of them.
Unfortunately, if you answer ‘Yes’ to any of the following questions, cybersecurity likely weighs too heavily on your mind:
- Are you unsure of all the technology in your business that needs to be secured? Do you have visibility into your entire IT environment? If not, how could you possibly use your existing security tech to its maximum effectiveness?
- Are you getting questions from your boss or the board that you don’t know how to answer? Questions like “Are we doing enough in cybersecurity?” or “Are we vulnerable to the kind of attack I just heard about in the news?”
- Deep down inside, when no one is listening, do you know that it could be your boss pictured in the next edition of the Wall Street Journal apologizing for a breach?
- Do you lack a plan for how to protect your business if a partner, client, or supplier gets hacked?
- When things hit the fan, do you know who to call for help?
If you answered “Yes” to some or all of these questions, then you’ve got classic symptoms of cybersecurity anxiety. The good news, however, is that you’re not alone, and there is a solution.
This is a challenging question to answer today. Shadow IT is rampant in companies as departments sign up for the latest and greatest in SaaS without alerting their Head of IT. Anywhere data is flowing between your systems and outside vendors is a new attack vector that needs to be addressed. (Read more...)
