Best Practices for CISOs to Combat Threats

BY Mastufa Ahmed
In Insights
Dec 12, 2013
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Cyber-attacks continue to become more innovative and sophisticated. Unfortunately, while organisations are developing new security mechanisms, cybercriminals are cultivating new techniques to circumvent them

Organisations should prepare themselves for the unknown so they have the flexibility to withstand unexpected and high impact security events.

To take advantage of emerging trends in both technology and cyberspace, businesses need to handle risks in ways beyond those traditionally handled by the information security function. Because, new attacks will impact not just technology but business reputation and shareholder value.

As increased interest in setting security standards for the new trends like Internet of Things (IoT) escalates, it should be up to the companies themselves to continue to build security through communication and interoperability.

Best practices for CISOs to prepare for new trends

Reassess the risks to your organisation and its sensitive information
Involve all levels of executive management in developing security strategies
Link information security to all business strategy and objectives
Change your thinking about security threats: don’t rely on trends and historical data
Review and revise information security guidelines on a regular basis
Develop options and practical advice for dealing with corporate risk
Provide guidance on response and situation control
Continue to prepare for the future of technology (BYOD, Big Data, Cloud Computing etc)

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