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5 New Rules for Keeping Your Company's Data SafeCHICAGO, Jan. 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- As CEOs, executive teams, and boards of directors seek to contain their companies' cybersecurity risk, technology security firm SpiderOak warns that there are key differences in the cybercrime landscape now – and that companies have to change to meet that threat. In a new white paper, "5 New Rules for Keeping Your Company's Data Safe," SpiderOak's Jonathan Moore and Matthew Erickson outline the key steps that will help level the playing field between a company's security systems and the attacks occurring at a record pace and scale. "The modern adversarial environment has advanced so rapidly that current approaches to mitigating risk are completely falling short," says Moore, chief technology officer at SpiderOak; the firm recently published its new cybersecurity threats and trends for 2018. "But it is possible for a company to vastly reduce the damage and scope of attacks, even in the midst of unprecedented new techniques from attackers. Attacks may be inevitable – and threaten every single business on the planet – but massive, costly breaches are not." "By embracing a foundational shift in a company's approach to cybersecurity, management and boards can turn what could have been a multi-billion-dollar problem into one that barely affects the balance sheet," says Erickson, director of client services and technology. 5 New Rules for Keeping Your Company's Data Safe Highlights from the white paper's five key points include:>
"The era of Big Data has driven companies to collect as much information from customers as possible. Vast pools of financial and personal information are sitting in your organization, and you may not even be using it. Data is a liability that can be measured in dollars, and most companies hoard it without a second thought." Rule #2: Create a "two-person rule" for your data and processes. Rule #3: Compartmentalize your data. Rule #4: Build your defense in depth. Rule #5: Keep the keys to your kingdom offline. "As companies start to see enormous losses from breaches in the form of disrupted business, damaged reputations, embarrassing revelations, remediation costs, and more," says Moore, "CEOs and executive teams are going to be under increasing pressure to rethink how their organizations are protecting themselves against attacks." For a copy of the white paper or more information about SpiderOak, please contact Temin and Company at 212.588.8788 or [email protected]. About SpiderOak
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