WHY LEADERS NEED TO TAKE A RISK-BASED APPROACH TO DATA SECURITY

摘要

What are the most common cyber-security breaches your company sees arising in NZ's corporate and government sectors?What we have seen as the most common forms of breaches here in New Zealand are cybersecurity and privacy breaches - mostly in the form of ransomware and breaches of personal information.The hackers mostly use phishing emails to get into the organisations. We have also seen CEOs/CFOs email accounts being compromised. These attacks could be easily mitigated or reduced by providing more awareness of the importance of cyber security among all staff.We all know that the incidence of cyber breaches is growing, but what are the most easily made mistakes that larger businesses make in their cyber-security approaches? Most organisations don't put the money where the mouth is when it comes to cybersecurity. What I mean by that is few organisations apply a risk-based approach to security and privacy, and hence - put themselves at risk.