Thursday, December 6, 2012

Risk Management and Failing Cyber Security


Most companies today rely on some degree of Internet technologies to get their business done with large multinationals, which have a much greater dependence on these systems. With so much valuable information that is stored and transferred via the Internet twenty four seven, it should come as no surprise that security for all this information flow has become a priority for most organizations and an important factor risk for many management programs. However, in a recent interview, a high ranking FBI official said that in the struggle for better cybersecurity are losing the good, and unfortunately, the evidence seems to agree.

The real problem here arises from the tension between our goals of making information more fluid and accessible, while at the same time trying to protect it from unwelcome eyes. The problem is that as we push our ability to distribute digital information, the more it seems impossible for us to protect it properly, and the more our technologies to advance the greater this problem becomes. Take for example the new rise of cloud-based systems. When used for network businesses are self-contained within that organization and could be defended behind firewalls, cloud applications, not having the same parameters, can not be defended in the same manner and therefore, despite its many advantages, the companies' more vulnerable. Moreover, given the increasing power of mobile phones and our trust in them, we have given these small tools play an increasingly important role in the storage and distribution of our sensitive information, so that the loss of a cell phone can not lead to violation of data important for people who use their phones as a business tool.Read More

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