CIO OPINION
To minimize security breaches protection needs to go beyond these first lines of defense .
Ryan Weeks , CISO , Datto
Thwart cybercrimes by making cyber-resilience your last line of defense
Connecticut-based Ryan Weeks , CISO , Datto , tells us how organizations are starting to take a new approach to mitigating their cybersecurity with cyber-resilience providing a focus on keeping systems up and running during recovery , speed restoration , reducing downtime and minimizing the overall impact of an attack .
Over the last few months , we ’ ve witnessed security breaches on leading global companies such as Acer , Microsoft Exchange and SonicWall , making it painfully clear that no cybersecurity defense is impenetrable . A report from Cybint estimates that , on average , there is a hacker attack every 39 seconds and since COVID-19 , there ’ s been a 300 % increase in reported cybercrimes .
With attack vectors constantly evolving , organizations across the globe are starting to take a new approach to mitigating their cyber-risks . What companies are realizing is that the traditional approach of trying to stop attacks is no longer enough . Instead , organizations are actively shifting from a prevention mentality to one that assumes a security breach . This means that organizations are operating as though a breach has already taken place and ensuring they can quickly recover to minimize operational damage .
More often than not , companies rely on a protective layer of firewalls , anti-malware solutions and intrusion prevention . However , they are now beginning to understand that to minimize security breaches protection needs to go beyond these first lines of defense , and to do that they need to build cyber-resilience .
In addition to their well-established cybersecurity practices , cyber-resilience incorporates incident response , as well as Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery ( BCDR ). We can say with the utmost certainty that incidents will almost certainly happen
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