What is a Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management (C-SCRM)? While the term “supply chain” traditionally conjures up images of raw materials, production lines, haulage trucks and cargo ships, in the information age, an organisation must also consider its digital supply chain. A supply chain can be defined as the resources, people, and processes that a company uses to deliver its … Read More
How to Create a Cybersecurity Incident Response Plan?
Cybersecurity incidents are becoming an almost everyday occurrence. No entity is immune. Small, medium, and large businesses have all fallen victim to some type of cyber incident in recent times. According to cybersecurity statistics, during the first quarter of 2023, more than six million data records were exposed worldwide through data breaches. Since the first quarter of 2020, the highest … Read More
Building a Cybersecurity Roadmap: How to Build & Develop a Comprehensive Security Strategy
Building a cyber security roadmap is extremely important in today’s digital age. Not only does it give your IT security team direction, but it also provides a foundation from where to build and develop a comprehensive security strategy. Organisations of all sizes have now realised what kind of damage cyberattacks and data breaches can cause to their operations, revenue, and … Read More
7 Advantages of DSPM for Data Security
Although cloud computing has revolutionised a company’s ability to share data, to account for an increasingly mobile and distributed workforce, cloud environments also complicate its ability to secure sensitive data. The exponentially increasing volume of data – and datasets being frequently duplicated across multiple cloud-based platforms, applications, and services – mean that most cloud security solutions struggle to keep up … Read More
10 Reasons why SSPM is Vital for SaaS
With benefits including enhanced functionality, rich customisation options, and high compatibility with other applications, it’s no surprise that vast numbers of companies have adopted SaaS (software-as-a-service) applications. Subsequently, research shows that around 70% of applications organisations use are SaaS, which is set to rise to 85% by 2025. However, organisations must overcome the challenges of hosting their data and applications … Read More
9 Ways to Leverage Cyber Threat Intelligence
Cyber threat intelligence is data that is collected, analysed, and processed to understand a malicious actor’s attack behaviours, motives, and targets. Cyber threat intelligence allows IT security specialists to make quicker, more informed cybersecurity decisions and changes the response from reactive to proactive in the fight against cybercrime. Why is Cyber Threat Intelligence Important? In the ever evolving digital world, threat … Read More
How to Build a Third Party Risk Management Strategy
The best way to manage third-party cyber risks is through effective third-party risk management (TPRM). TPRM focuses on identifying and reducing third-party risks from vendors, partners, suppliers, contractors, or service providers. Third-party risk management gives organisations of any size a thorough understanding of how third parties are used and what safeguards they have in place. TPRM programs are dependent on … Read More
10 Effective IT Security Risk Assessment Tactics
IT security risk assessments are key to identifying threats facing an organisation’s data, information systems, and networks, and assessing the possible consequences should any adverse events take place. IT security risk assessments must be conducted on an annual or bi-annual basis or upon any major changes occurring within an organisation, such as mergers and acquisitions, business re-organisation, new technology added to company … Read More
The Impact of AI on Cybersecurity Management
Cybersecurity management is used by governments, organisations, and businesses all around the world to secure and protect sensitive data from malicious actors. Cybersecurity management encapsulates everything associated with protecting an organisation’s systems and computer networks from cyberattacks, threats, intrusions, malware, and any other type of data breach. And, as the methods of attack become more sophisticated in nature, not only … Read More