Data Security - How to protect your business from cybercrime - Fast Business

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Digital technology has transformed the way we work for the better but exposed our businesses to a plethora of security risks. Discover the strategies you can put in place to ensure that your company data remains yours – and yours alone.

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DON’T LET YOUR

DATA FALL INT0 THE

WRONG HANDS!

The daTa securiTy landscape

is changing fasT…

?WhaT garTner calls The “nexus of forces”:

Source: www.gartner.com/technology/reSearch/nexuS-of-forceS/

has made The World smaller

and Transformed hoW We Work.

BuT iT has also exposed our privaTe daTa

like never Before.

on average, a single daTa Breach in ausTralia in 2012

cosT a Business $175.

WiTh 34,249 records compromised per Breach

ThaT’s a cosT per Breach of more Than $5.9 million.

Source: Symantec 2013 coSt of Data Breach StuDy: gloBal analySiS

a daTa Breach can also cosT you:

cusTomers.

a daTa Breach can also cosT you:

cusTomers

repuTaTion.

a daTa Breach can also cosT you:

cusTomers

repuTaTion

compeTiTive edge.

meanWhile, cyBer-aTTacks are geTTing more sophisTicaTed.

malWare is easier To access

and so is The necessary infrasTrucTure, via The

‘underground economy’.

Source: www.gartner.com/newSroom/iD/2828722

cloud securiTy is noW a hoT-BuTTon issue.

cloud-Based daTa sTorage can help companies:

reduce cosTs.

cloud-Based daTa sTorage can help companies:

reduce cosTs

enhance securiTy.

cloud-Based daTa sTorage can help companies:

reduce cosTs

enhance securiTy

increase flexiBiliTy.

BuT While The cloud gives small Businesses The daTa

capaBiliTies They need To compeTe WiTh Big enTerprises...

BuT While The cloud gives small Businesses The daTa

capaBiliTies They need To compeTe WiTh Big enTerprises...

iT poTenTially exposes Them To enTerprise-level risks.

“The cloud vendor is providing The service, BuT The

Business sTill oWns all The risk.”

nick savvides, symanTec

Source: www.gartner.com/newSroom/iD/2828722

The fasT rise of moBiliTy is also keeping

securiTy experTs Busy.

93%

93% of ausTralians aged 15-65 are expecTed To

oWn a smarTphone By 2018.

Source: www.froSt.com/proD/Servlet/preSS-releaSe.pag?DociD=282630973

Private-------------------------

as The line BeTWeen Work and home life Becomes

less clearly defined Byod (Bring your oWn device)

can Be a greaT producTiviTy BoosTer

Private-------------------------

and a daTa securiTy headache.

does your Business have WhaT iT Takes To deal

WiTh These risks?

61% of organisaTions do noT have cyBer-securiTy

incidenTs idenTified on Their risk regisTer.and 95% of professionals Believe general sTaff can

improve Their iT securiTy skills or pracTices.

61% of organisaTions do noT have cyBer-securiTy

incidenTs idenTified on Their risk regisTer.

and 95% of professionals Believe general sTaff can

improve Their iT securiTy skills or pracTices.

Source: cert cyBer crime anD Security Survey report 2013

amid These rapidly evolving ThreaTs,

hoW can you keep your daTa safe?

x

1.

do a BusinessimpacT analysis

prioriTise each daTa seT in Terms of

iTs imporTance To The Business.

WhaT Would a Breach cosT you in each case?

2.

audiT your securiTy policies

check your enTerprise

securiTy prioriTies are

in sync WiTh your

Business goals.

do you have a

Byod policy?

do you have a disasTer

recovery plan?

3.

choose your Tools

local disks,

The cloud or BoTh?

one or TWo-sTep encrypTion?

is your securiTy sofTWare

up To daTe, flexiBle and easy To use?

as hackers geT smarTer, Businesses musT keep pace

or suffer The consequences.

do you have an acTion plan for your Business?