Thursday, 22 October 2015
The New Realities of Cyber Risk Management: It’s Not Just an IT Issue
From CSA –
“Imagine you are the general counsel at a retailer involved in sensitive M&A discussions. You receive an email from one of the deal’s outside advisors. He says he needs some information about your company, the kind you’ve passed on before. You send it along — and later find that you were victimized in a sophisticated cyber-attack aimed at stealing sensitive information.
Or imagine you are the operations manager at a distribution center for an expanding restaurant chain. Shortly after a new contractor did some work in your facility to modify an automated system, you noticed a glitch in how your orders were processing. Turns out the contractor had poor cybersecurity controls, and their equipment infected your operation with malware.”
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Labels:
cyber attacks,
cyber-risk,
IT security,
risk management