How organisations can effectively manage, detect and respond to a data breach?
Guest article by Andy Pearch, Head of IA Services at CORVID 78% of businesses cite cyber security as a high priority for their organisation’s senior management. Whilst it is encouraging that this figure has risen year on year, generating awareness of cyber security is only one part of the issue. The next step for organisations to take is not only understanding, but intelligently acting on the risks presented. Despite the heightened awareness, many organisations are still focusing on mitigating assumed risks, rather than real risks, without a robust security strategy in place. Whilst perimeter security is a key part of any organisation’s security posture, the fact is that it cannot work in isolation. Data breaches are now commonplace and largely regarded as inevitable, and the rise of new technologies means that today’s threats have increased in sophistication. As Andy Pearch, Head of IA Services at CORVID , explains, safeguarding data integrity, confidentiality and availability sh...