Do you know your enemy? Are you fighting the wrong war? Despiteeverything you're read about cyber security, despite all thebreaches in the news, the fact is well-intentioned business peopleare still surprisingly behind the times.
Thieves and hackers are by no means the main cause of databreaches. Cyber security is just one element—because physicalrecords, paper and files, continue to play a major role. Andtoo few managers understand that they remain responsible for lostinformation—even if no one's noticed it's been lost or takenadvantage of the breach.
What does this tell you? Cyber security is just one partof the equation. Breaches happen many ways. And it could becompanies are fighting the wrong war. They're focusedexclusively on protection, on encryption and firewalls for example,when they should be considering what to do after the systemsare breached.
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