In this interview, Mark Sangster, VP & Industry Security Strategist at eSentire, gives SMBs advice on how to minimize the risk of a data breach through better security practices, sets out priorities for a successful data security plan, and opines on the key challenges for the information security industry over the next five years.
Massive data breaches have unquestionably demonstrated that no organization, regardless of size, is immune to risky security practices. While large organizations have the financial resources to deal with the fallout of a data breach, SMBs are in a perilous position. What can they do?
Unlike larger large firms with comparable resources with which to protect client non-public information, small firms can find themselves trapped between cyberattacks like ransomware that don’t discriminate based on the size of the firm, and regulators who are indifferent to your size when investigating a potential violation.
A 90-day snapshot of security operations statistics comparing large to small firms indicates relative volume of security incidents, but closer to par breaches and security events requiring immediate response. In this case, a large firm…
