Managing the security impact of COVID-19 and the increased cyber security threat.
Few could predict how quickly the remote working revolution would take place. The fast enablement of remote working for entire organisations exposed cyber security vulnerabilities within the IT infrastructure.
SCC’s security approach begins with an effective program to understand the maturity of your organisation’s security strategy. This will lead to the implementation of the right tools and security controls for provision of continuous monitoring and incident response. Our aim is to mitigate legal and financial risk and to also remove any potential damage to your reputation.
Gartner’s recent publication, 7 Security Areas to Focus on During COVID-19‘, discusses the principal concerns for IT security teams. The report looks at how organisation’s don’t fall foul of increased cyber-attacks as a direct result of the pandemic. As we all get used to working in completely different environments, would-be cyber criminals look to capitalise on this new way of working.
Gartner: 7 Security Areas to Focus on
Ensure that the organisation’s incident response protocols reflect the altered operating conditions and are tested early.
Ensure that all remote access capabilities are tested and secure and endpoints used by workers are patched.
Reinforce the need for remote workers to remain vigilant to socially engineered attacks.
Ensure security monitoring capabilities are tuned to have visibility of the expanded operating environment.
Engage with security services vendors to evaluate impacts to the security supply chain.
Account for cyber physical systems security challenges.
Don’t forget employee information and privacy.
What our customers say
Alan Wood
Information Management CS&I, IT Operations Manager
MBDA
Roy Aston
Chief Technology Officer
Secure Trust Bank
Mike Hornby
Head of IT
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Challenges we see
Remote working
Enablement of remote working for entire organisations
Continuity
The need to maintain business-as-usual operations whilst protecting employees, partners and customers.
Threats
Skill gaps of IT security staff with entire workforces having to work remotely, increasing vulnerability.
Focus
The biggest risk to any organisation’s IT security is its people, with human error, lack of training or not enough awareness of the latest techniques used by cyber criminals.
Priorities
An increase in outsourced IT security functions post-COVID-19 can be expected, as businesses look to experienced partners to cope with the enhanced threat.
Risks and impact
Security of your people, processes and technologies as any security breaches may now have an even bigger impact than pre-COVID-19, economically and reputationally.
Security Brochure
Managing the security impact of COVID-19
SCC Security Brochure
Download SCC’s most recent Security brochure which includes results from our pre- and post- COVID-19 Security IT Insights survey in which we surveyed 550 IT decision-makers from 11 different sectors, both public and private, about the impact of COVID-19 on IT security.
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