The impact of lay-offs on your organization’s cyber resilience

2022-11-30 05:30

In this interview with Help Net Security, Ben Smith, Field CTO at NetWitness, talks about how the wave of lay-offs has impacted the cyber resilience of many businesses, but also what are the threats organizations should be aware of in these times of crises.

Perhaps the most obvious cybersecurity impact in the context of lay-offs is the insider threat.

Despite best efforts, it is the rare organization which fully documents each and every application owner and associated business processes.

Sadly, in many cases it's only in the days and weeks after an organization is attacked when the long-requested budget suddenly and urgently arrives.

Organizations with strong and dependable connections between departments always stand a better chance of success when trying to mitigate an attack.

In the lay-off scenario we're talking about, how connected are your security operations and human resources functions? HR probably knows about those employees who are about to leave the organization - information that could be very useful and important should an insider threat situation materialize.

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