A Wall Street Journal blog recently posted an interesting post full of links to various IT survey findings and papers, focused mainly on issues of cyber security and compliance.
One survey about compliance in the healthcare industry, for example, highlights widespread concerns about confidentiality and also adhering to government regulations. Another survey among executives in finance found that 84% of those responding to the survey rank cyber risks as one of their top five worries.
Strengthening your cyber security
Every business, no matter what its size, needs to worry about the potential for cyber criminals to access sensitive data and seize control of company networks and applications. Some industries, particularly in finance and healthcare, have additional concerns; not only are they frequent targets for cyber criminals, they also have to comply with strict government regulations governing data protection and other cyber security measures.
Calling on high-quality IT consulting services can help you improve your cyber security practices. The following are some of the things IT professionals can do:
- Test your current cyber security measures to find weaknesses.
- Offer suggestions for improvement and help you implement these suggestions so that you’re better protected and in compliance with government regulations.
- Improve your documentation of cyber security practices and incidents of attacks and other suspicious activity.
- Make your cyber security practices more thorough, encompassing a number of different areas and preparing for attacks through different avenues (e.g. servers, email, unsafe Internet browsing).
- Help you with preventing attacks along with responding swiftly and effectively to an attack.
- Devise solutions for quickly restoring data and IT functioning after an attack or another disaster (such as a flood, fire or power outage).
Strong cyber security is critical for your company’s success. Don’t hesitate to enlist professional IT assistance so that you can better protect your data and withstand government scrutiny.