As part of our upcoming attendance at the International Cyber Expo & International Security Expo, we were lucky enough to sponsor The Cyber Security Webinar Series with Nineteen Group and Grey Hare Media.

Both Philip Ingram MBE and Emanuel Ghebreyesus, strategic account director for Tripwire, spoke about several topics including:

  • The increasing complexity of cybersecurity
  • The best way for government organisations, enterprises, and SMEs to counter a variety of threats with confidence
  • How to know if you are a good fit for managed services provider

You can read some of the highlights from their conversation below.

Phillip Ingram Today, I have the pleasure of speaking with Emanuel Ghebreyesus, who is the strategic account director for the UK Government, nuclear, and Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) with Tripwire. Good to see you this morning, Emmanuel.

Emanuel Ghebreyesus: Thank you for having me, Phillip.

PI: With the increasing complexity of cybersecurity, especially for government organizations and small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), what are some of the best ways to counter threats and increase confidence across the board?

EG: That’s a very good question. There are few things that pretty much everybody in Information Technology (IT) and Operations Technology (OT) security face on a daily basis. Complexity is one of those constants. Because of that, a breach is possible. What organizations can do is work on how to deal with a breach when it happens in a very timely manner. In order to get to that level, those organizations must accept that a breach is a very real risk. They then must take a step back, assess and understand what they currently have deployed, and discuss how they can deal with the event when it happens. My advice is to have the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) available to answer those (Read more...)