Jason Oehley, regional sales director, Arctic Wolf.
Arctic Wolf Networks has launched a Cyber JumpStart Portal offering a free suite of cyber risk management tools organisations can use to identify gaps in their security posture, with actionable guidance on how to harden cyber defences and improve cyber insurability.
Jason Oehley, regional sales manager at Arctic Wolf Networks, says the free tools meet a growing need among South African organisations. “Most organisations we engage with are trying to create cyber security strategies in line with NIST, but many are struggling to understand where they are in terms of resiliency and benchmarking with global frameworks,” he says.
“We released Cyber JumpStart to support self-assessment to identify gaps and develop roadmaps for cyber resilience. Because JumpStart aligns with international cyber insurance company rating systems, it also helps organisations formalise their cyber insurance ratings. By tracking cyber insurability, organisations can determine if they can be insured, or if they could negotiate a reduction in premiums,” Oehley says.
He adds that while the cyber insurance market is relatively immature in South Africa,…
