Best practices in cybersecurity

Data breaches are a massive problem for organisations, as a quick look at recent figures demonstrates.

• There were 3,932 publicly reported data breaches in 2020¹.
• The average cost of a data breach is estimated at $4.23M².

The risk to businesses is not just the size of the fines. Class actions, falling share prices, loss of customer confidence and reputation damage will all have a significant impact on the brand.

There are many tools that businesses can deploy in an attempt to ward off attacks. In this article, we consider the bigger picture. How can you implement cybersecurity best practices throughout your organisation to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of your information systems – and recover in the event of a breach?

There were 3,932 publicly reported data breaches in 2020 and the average cost of a data breach reached an estimated of $4.23m in 2020, up 10% over the previous year.

This e-book explores how your organisation—regardless of size or budgetary constraints—can implement cybersecurity best practices to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of your information systems. It also outlines strategies to quickly and efficiently recover from a breach so as to mitigate disruption and data loss.

Highlights include:

• Strategies for creating a risk-based approach to information management
• Fostering a security-aware working culture and ensuring effective, organisation-wide information governance
• Creating a disaster recovery plan in the event of a breach

…and more