Let’s put it bluntly; the cyber threat landscape is getting worse. The threats themselves are getting bigger and bolder, the information we’re trying to protect is getting more valuable and, at times, it can feel like our technology is struggling to keep up.
It’s now said that up to 93 per cent of businesses have been affected by some kind of cyber threat and in the 2014 Information Security Breaches Survey, it’s suggested that the cost of breaches is doubling every year. One in ten businesses are affected so badly from a breach of security that the very nature of their business has to change as a result.
Within the world of cyber security, it’s our job to be acutely aware of the situation but how do we transfer our knowledge and advice to our wider organisations? And more than that, how do we make sure that knowledge is shared between organisations themselves? What role do we, as cyber security professionals, play in creating a culture of shared knowledge that whole industries, even countries, can benefit from?
Collaboration is the answer — using open and honest pathways where intelligence can be shared. Businesses need to have a clear idea of what’s important to them — of what needs protecting — and the best way to do this is by company-wide communication. Within a wider environment, too, there needs to be a system of combined knowledge that serves to strengthen whole industries.
BYOD is an accepted facet of modern business practice, but with it comes identity risks and security complications. Bring Your Own Identity (BYOI) could be a solution to this, giving people a way to securely manage their work and personal lives with ease, maintaining a healthy balance between the two. Being able to govern BYOD and BYOI will serve to strengthen an organisation’s network, allowing it to serve its multitude of purposes without jeopardising the end user experience.
True collaboration, both independently within a business, and interdependently within wider sectors and even nations, means partnering effectively, sharing openly and learning constantly. The technologies we use, and the ones we need, are no longer straightforward. They have a myriad of purposes and users, so collaboration needs to happen with partners, consumers, governments and the wider industry.
In our latest video, Mark Hughes, the President of BT Security, and Art Coviello, the Executive Chairman of RSA, discuss why collaboration is so important in combating global cyber security threats. Watch it here:
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