How to harden IT security against hackers and vulnerabilities
In 2015, headlines were rife with reports of cyberattacks stealing everything from government secrets to children’s birthdays. In 2016, the issue continues to generate story after story, so it’s no surprise security is now the number one priority in every boardroom around the globe.
As constant change and the path to digital transformation continues at a rapid pace, it opens the door for hackers and exposes old latent vulnerabilities. The two parties inside organisations charged with protecting an organisation’s security and closing these doors are themselves facing a communication breakdown that’s only deepening the problem.
Overlooked by many business leaders, it’s the widening gap between IT operations and security teams that is becoming ever critical in the age of the digital enterprise.
BMC Software and Forbes Insights recently surveyed several hundred global executives to get their perspective on their organisation’s overall security health and find out what issues are critical to address. The results revealed the need for a clear framework that organisations can implement and follow to build their strategy for improved security and compliance.
Startlingly, the survey showed that 97 per cent of executives expect an increase in breach attempts in the next 12 months, and 44 per cent of executives say breaches occur even when vulnerabilities and remediation techniques are already identified. These two statistics paint a sobering image – almost half of data breaches could have been prevented…Click HERE to read full article.
