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training that simulates atack. From this, we can gauge a company’s response and resilience. Tis is a mix of both technical and cultural. It is about bringing both together and communicating with customers and clients in the event of a security breach.’’
TO ACT and opportunities for Scottish businesses of all sizes
building a hardened security platform that can resist atack.’’
Mandy Haeburn-Little
Te message is clear: there is no such thing as 100 per cent security. But smart companies are deploying their resources to ensure they are protecting the crown jewels of their business, this might be financial data, customer details or even intellectual know-how that would give a competitor the company’s secrets. Ian McLeod Kerr, Managing Director and Founder of ID Resilience, who is a Glasgow Chamber member, works with colleagues at ID Cyber Solutions, run by ethical hacker and forensic investigator Cary Hendricks, to look at both people and processes inside a company. “We create scenario-based exercises and
Te UK Government, under the National Cyber Security programme, has set up the Cyber Essentials certification programme so that SMEs can benchmark their own cyber protection and demonstrate to clients and industry partners that the organisation holds the highest standards of cyber security. Ms Haeburn-Litle says business bosses must learn to ask the critical cyber questions: how likely is an atack, how vulnerable is the business if that threat is realised, and what is the impact on your business if that vulnerability is fully exploited?
Once your company understands the potential damage, then it can make a proper assessment of risk.
Meantime, there are opportunities for businesses. Te UK is a world powerhouse in cyber security and the industry employs more than 100,000 people and is worth more than £17 billion. Te UK is aiming to achieve £2 billion of cyber exports in 2016. A key area of development for the UK cyber industry is turning more SMEs into larger-scale world-class companies. Te UK Government’s future cyber 20 programme will support SMEs who have this aspiration and the potential to grow. However, more venture capital and other sources of investment funding are needed to help enable Scotish SMEs to achieve their potential. Tere is also a global shortage in cyber skills and both the UK and Scotish Governments are implementing a range of measures. Tere is a particular focus on students aged 14 – 17, identifying young people with an aptitude for cyber. Te whole issue of protecting our business from cyberatack is unlikely to recede. You wouldn’t leave home without locking your door, so you need to think more about your business.
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