WhyShould Businesses Use Cybersecurity?
Cyberroot Risk Advisory
BUSINESSES OF ALL SIZES NOW NEED TO INVEST IN CYBER
SECURITY BECAUSE MALICIOUS ACTORS HAVE BEEN ATTACKING SYSTEMS AND NETWORKS THAT CONTAIN SENSITIVE AND VALUABLE DATA. CYBERSECURITY IS MADE TO GUARD AGAINST THEFT AND DAMAGE TO ALL TYPES OF DATA.
WITHOUT A CYBER SECURITY PLAN, YOUR COMPANY WILL BE UNABLE TO PROTECT ITSELF FROM ONLINE RISKS, LEAVING IT OPEN TO ATTACK FROM MALEVOLENT PARTIES WHO WILL SEE IT AS AN EASY TARGET. THE INHERENT AND RESIDUAL
DANGERS HAVE STEADILY INCREASED OVER TIME AS TECHNOLOGY HAS ADVANCED. BUSINESSES TODAY USE MORE PRACTICAL TECHNIQUES TO CONDUCT THEIR OPERATIONS; FOR INSTANCE, THEY CAN NOW STORE THEIR IMPORTANT DATA IN THE CLOUD UTILIZING SERVICES LIKE AMAZON WEB SERVICES.
DESPITE BEING PRACTICAL, BUSINESSES RARELY SUFFICIENTLY PROTECT THEIR DATA WHILE USING THESE CLOUD SERVICES. COUPLED WITH AN INCREASE IN ATTACKER SOPHISTICATION, THIS HAS INCREASED THE DANGER THAT YOUR COMPANY WILL FALL VICTIM TO A SUCCESSFUL CYBER-ATTACK OR DATA BREACH.
AS PREVIOUSLY INDICATED, OUR DEPENDENCE ON TECHNOLOGY IS ONLY GROWING. SENSITIVE DATA, SUCH AS CLIENT AND CUSTOMER INFORMATION, IS BEING STORED ONLINE ON CLOUD STORAGE SERVICES LIKE DROPBOX OR GOOGLE DRIVE. THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS ONLY INCREASED THE DEPENDENCE OF ENTERPRISES ON COMPUTER SYSTEMS, FORCING THE MAJORITY OF THEM TO ADOPT WORK-FROM-HOME OPTIONS.
THIS DEPENDENCE HAS RESULTED IN SEVERAL NEW SECURITY
VULNERABILITIES THAT WEREN'T PRESENT A FEW YEARS AGO, COUPLED WITH THE USE OF CLOUD SERVICES, CELL PHONES, THE INTERNET OF THINGS, AND AI.
IN TERMS OF CYBERCRIME, GOVERNMENTS HAVE ALSO TIGHTENED REGULATIONS. THE GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION (GDPR), FOR INSTANCE, IS THE STRICTEST PRIVACY AND SECURITY LAW IN THE WORLD.
ALTHOUGH IT WAS CREATED AND APPROVED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION (EU), IT IMPOSES DUTIES ON ORGANIZATIONS WORLDWIDE THAT TARGET OR GATHER INFORMATION ABOUT INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN THE EU.
