5 Common Security Failures That Could Harm Any Company

Solution is by getting over the hubris. Organizations are made to believe that full prevention/protection is possible and as a result they are overly reliant on blocking-based security systems. Breaches are bound to occur when businesses fail to tackle the slow identification of breaches.- list text here

Businesses should start considering the fact that insiders also pose security threats. It may not be in the form of deliberate sabotage or theft, of course. But lost or stolen devices or accidental data loss could have serious consequences.

Even the highly trusted websites could be compromised and use users data to serve malware. In fact, attackers now frequently target such sites because they deliver a valuable user base.

Despite news about email risks and enterprise training programs designed to prevent bad practices, many organizations report that between 30 to 70 percent of their employees still click links in test emails designed to see if users can recognize and avoid phishing attacks.

Here’s simple solution: Admit that your workers are a very weak link. And you should act accordingly.

Share the problem if you are getting buy-in and financial resources from the board of directors and upper management, said Michael Flickman, CTO officer of Diligent Board Member Services.

He is of the opinion that board members should have an opportunity to ask questions as and when require to the senior executives. They would be helpful in protecting data breaches by making sure that management has implemented internal awareness course and best practices.