TECHNOLOGY
Cyber
security challenges in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
reputational exposure and so on ) is unlikely to be strong enough because all of these factors can blur together and impact each other .
He said the National Cyber Security Centre ' s guidance recommends that organisations establish an incident response and disaster recovery capability that addresses the full range of potential incidents and test their incident management plans regularly so they are prepared to support staff and customers post-breach .
“ Businesses should undertake a desktop analysis to understand what data is held , the way in which it is held , and the adequacy of security safeguards ,” he said .
This will help identify areas of potential weakness and feed into the incident response , disaster recovery and business continuity plans . Most security failures are the result of businesses failing to implement basic security precautions and procedures . Using outdated software and systems , having insufficient ( or inadequate ) staff training , not controlling IT administrative privileges are all examples of basic failings identified by the ICO in recent enforcement decisions .
“ In real estate and construction businesses any cyber exposures should also be assessed with a keen eye on the physical nature of the buildings themselves ,” added Gordon .
“ Each organisation will face its own challenges and a cyber-attack identifies issues with sometimes alarming speed . Regrettably , this type of holistic analysis is too
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