Below are three key reasons why cybersecurity must be part of your project radar in 2022...
You need to hire a CSO or consultant and have them review and revise it. You planned security out with the personnel you had in charge at the time and that’s great, but hacker activity is increasing daily and targets are constantly changing. You likely need a Chief Security Officer (CSO) or at least a lead security director or analyst who will guide your organization down a finer tuned path to mitigation and avoidance of cyber criminal activity. Bottom line…you need to spend more time and get more technical expertise on board quickly to do any good in combating the potential for cybercrime affecting your organization…especially if you have sensitive data or are a larger organization with a potentially large database of customer information.
Look at your projects and clients from their side. You thought about security and cybercrime potential from your side and your potential liabilities. Now stop and look at it from your clients' side. What happens to them if some blackhat activity seriously breached their data or puts their multi-million-dollar project with you in jeopardy? What would be the reaction of your very important client base? What would be the sudden drop in revenue you might experience? What costs would they incur and what would your responsibility to them be? Think liability…
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The bottom line is this…if you weren’t too worried about cybercrime affecting you and the need for cybersecurity in your organization before…well…things have changed. 2016 is going to be different than 2015. And not for the better…which is bad because cybercrime is only increasing in number of incidents and overall costs year over year.