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Growing SECURITY challenges


Threats from cyber attacks are not only increasing in number, but are becoming much more targeted and sophisticated.


The drive for greater productivity and flexibility has fuelled a trend towards mobile working, cloud access and bringing employee-owned devices to work (BYOD), all of which come with associated risks for security.


And like never before, data is being used, shared and enhanced to leverage competitive advantage, which ramps up the pressure for secure access and storage.


Set all this against a backdrop of legislative change, and it’s easy to see why security compliance is back in the spotlight.


Legislation update


• Two new pieces of EU legislation are expected to come into full effect in May 2018:


• General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) - requires all organisations that process the personally identifiable information of EU residents to abide by a number of provisions.


• EU Directive on the Security of Network and Information Systems (NIS) - outlines the minimum security standards to which organisations that contribute to a country’s critical national infrastructure must comply (like energy, transport, health and banking institutions).


• In spite of Brexit, most commentators expect the UK will continue in a similar direction as the EU with regards to cyber-security and cyber-crime. And in any case, UK organisations collecting data about European citizens will still need to comply with the GDPR rules.


Finding the chinks in your armour


Even the strongest security arrangements will have potential weak spots that can be exploited.


You may have invested in protecting your PCs, but what about other IT such as printers, headsets, keyboards or indeed any technology where information is processed?


And cyber attackers will specifically look for holes in your defences.


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