Four years ago I discussed some of the characteristics of cyber security that made the use of the term useful, this was at a time when the use of cyber security was widely derided by practitioners of IT security and Information Security. One of the common complaints was that Cyber…
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Cyber Resilience: Part Six Recommended Reading
Here are the sources used when developing the thinking behind this blog series:
Cyber Resilience: Part Five What next?
Cyber resistance clearly requires leadership and operational intervention from specialised cyber professionals. However, Cyber Resilience requires a broader institutional response that encompasses all aspects of the business. As such, it needs to be owned by the entire executive management of an organisation. “The Department encourages all institutions to view cyber…
Cyber Resilience: Part Four Companies’ Plans Must Include Both Resistance and Resilience
Resistance to cyber attack is undoubtedly valuable and can produce effective outcomes. However, resistance is expensive and there is a law of diminishing returns on the investments made in resistance, Moreover, because the preparations and mitigations employed in resisting attacks are often specific to particular, point-in-time threats, ongoing resistance is…
Cyber Resilience: Part Three What is Cyber Resilience?
Cyber Resilience is an organisation’s preparation for business disruption caused by cyber attacks; its ability to recover from these disruptions; and its systemic capability to adapt and grow from each attack it experiences. Cyber resilience requires that, while organisations strive to prevent incidents, they also understand their internal operating environments…