Business leaders need to understand the basics of cyber security. The CBI’s Cyber Security Conference looked at how you can get the information you need.
19 Sep 2018, 6 min read
If you don’t understand the cyber risks in your business, how can you manage it,” asked Ciaran Martin, Chief Executive of the National Cyber Security Centre – a keynote at this year’s CBI Cyber Security Business Insight Conference. The time has come to “banish fear”, he said. Cyber security is a business risk like any other and boardrooms and business leaders need to get to the grips with the basics.
So where do you start?
To get the ball rolling – and trailing further guidance from the NCSC due out in the coming months – Martin highlighted five key questions for business leaders to ask their technical teams:
- How do we defend our organisation against phishing attacks?
- How does our organisation control the use of privileged IT accounts?
- How do we ensure that our software and devices are up to date?
- How do we make sure our partners and suppliers protect the information shared with them?
- What authe
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