Discussion

It's unfortunate but true—data breaches are occurring far more frequently than they should, and we should resist accepting them as an unavoidable part of daily life. My interviews with both Tom and Mary stress the cold hard reality that these breaches could have been entirely avoided if the right protocols had been in place. This is precisely why practicing proper cyber hygiene is essential to ensuring a truly cyber secure environment.

Committing to a combined security posture that adds proactive security assessment to reactive security protocols is what ensures the sustainability of your defensives. But you can never back down, as what worked to defend your data yesterday may not work tomorrow, and your previously iron-clad plans could succumb to a breach in the face of new technologies and tactics. Infiltration techniques are rapidly evolving, so companies must identify vulnerabilities in their own systems before breaches happen. Attacks are happening, and...