Why You Need Cyber Resilience and Defence in Depth

And how to become resilient with ISO 27001 and ISO 22301 Unfortunately, even the most secure organisation can suffer an incident. The odds are simply stacked against you: While you need to protect all your assets from all types of threat, an attacker needs only one exploitable weakness to get into your systems. Plus, any security measure you implement is only designed to stop, at most, a handful of threats – and that’s assuming it was both correctly implemented and still doing its job. Regardless of implementation, single measures aren’t enough – because no measure is foolproof. The consequences of

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December 16, 2024
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How to Select Effective Security Controls

Risk–benefit analysis, defence in depth, information security objectives and proportionality Looking to mitigate your information security risks but not sure how to choose effective controls while staying on budget? Risk–benefit analysis is key, as is defence in depth. You also want to set information security objectives that are aligned to your business objectives, and be proportionate in your control selections. Our head of GRC (governance, risk and compliance) consultancy, Damian Garcia, explains further. In this interview Risk–benefit analysis How do you choose appropriate security controls? You need to be clear on two things: Then hopefully, the benefit outweighs the risk.

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December 9, 2024
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How to Address AI Security Risks With ISO 27001

AI penetration tests, user education, and more Artificial intelligence is taking the world by storm. But for all its potential, there are legitimate concerns around, among other things, data security. Bridget Kenyon is the CISO (chief information security officer) for SSCL, a member of the UK Advisory Council for (ISC)2, and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Information Security. She also served as lead editor for ISO 27001:2022, and is the author of ISO 27001 Controls. Bridget’s interests lie in finding the edges of security that you can peel up, and the human aspects of system vulnerability. Just the

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September 12, 2024
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Innovator Spotlight: Salt Security

In a world where APIs have become integral to the digital and technical experience, they also represent a significant security risk, often flying under the radar of traditional security solutions….
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September 11, 2024
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