{"id":591,"date":"2014-10-28T10:06:20","date_gmt":"2014-10-28T10:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/?p=591"},"modified":"2014-10-28T10:06:20","modified_gmt":"2014-10-28T10:06:20","slug":"three-ridiculous-myths-about-cyber-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/2014\/10\/28\/three-ridiculous-myths-about-cyber-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Three ridiculous myths about cyber-security"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this latest blog by industry expert,\u00a0John Bentley, Director, Middle East, Africa and India at AccessData, myths around cyber-security are exposed. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>You can 100% keep the bad guys from getting in.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The truth is, if the bad guys want in bad enough they will find a way in.\u00a0 Advanced attackers and the APT are savvy, sophisticated, well-educated, and often well-funded.\u00a0 While I don\u2019t believe you can stop the bad guys from getting in 100% of the time, I do believe you can be proactive about it.\u00a0 Anticipate it, prepare for it, and in doing so put yourself in a position of power.\u00a0 And while you can\u2019t guarantee the bad guys won\u2019t get in, you can feel confident about being able to mitigate the impact to your organization.<\/p>\n

2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>That you don\u2019t have anything worth taking.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

First, if that\u2019s your answer, your organization needs better self-esteem.\u00a0 Advanced attackers and the APT don\u2019t just go after military secrets and big ticket items like KFC\u2019s secret recipe.\u00a0 If your company has customer data, credit card information, makes the little widget that\u2019s part of a satellite, has information on M&A or negotiations \u2013 it\u2019s worth having and someone will want it.\u00a0 Identify what these gems are for your organization and put a plan in place to protect them.<\/p>\n

3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>That it won\u2019t happen to your organszation.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

First, read myths #1 and #2.\u00a0 Second, reset your expectations.\u00a0 You WILL at some juncture be compromised – in fact, you probably already are.\u00a0 The chances of it happening are the same as you getting a tan if you went to a Dubai beach in summer – it\u2019s inevitable.\u00a0 Expect it, plan for it and make sure that you\u2019re in a position to identify the threat and respond to it immediately.\u00a0 In other words, have your mop and bucket handy, it\u2019s going to get wet.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a scary world out there, but you\u2019ve got great resources on your side.\u00a0 Take advantage of them.\u00a0 Make sure what you put into place gives you the visibility<\/em>, context<\/em> and automation<\/em> you need to resolve any security incident that comes your way.<\/p>\n

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In this latest blog by industry expert,\u00a0John Bentley, Director, Middle East, Africa and India at AccessData, myths around cyber-security are exposed. \u00a0 1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 You can 100% keep the bad guys from getting in.\u00a0 The truth is, if the bad guys want in bad enough they will find a way in.\u00a0 Advanced attackers and the APT […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":592,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[137,5,139],"tags":[136,138],"class_list":["post-591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-enterprise-security","category-industry-expert","tag-accessdata","tag-cyber-security"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}