How to achieve and shore up cyber resilience in a recession

2023-03-06 05:30

Currently there's no shortage of advice telling CIOs to put security first and increase IT security purchases to counter the heightened cyber threat landscape.

Knowing where hardware and software inventory is located and how it is protected makes it possible to identify misconfigurations and address potential security gaps.

Ensuring everyone knows the latest cybercriminal ploys, is aware of their responsibilities with regards to good cyber practices and behaviors, and knows what to do when they encounter suspicious emails or other threat events, will help minimize the chance of a security compromise.

Investing in expensive security tools will be ineffective if organizations neglect putting the right foundational security practices in place.

All too often organizations conflate good security practices with good security purchases, in the misbegotten belief that, somehow, it's possible to "Buy security".

Focusing spend on reviewing practices like asset management in a bid to minimize attack vectors, assessing if security policies are clearly articulated and effectively implemented, and having documented procedures for things like endpoint security and identity and access management will be mission critical.

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