Cyber Threat

My wife is a cat person.  We have two fluff-ball Ragdoll cats, who are not allowed outside - mainly because we know that they have the capability to scale our garden wall, but probably not the ability to find their way home again! Recently, we adopted a rescue dog.  She is however, allowed into the garden; much to the chagrin of the cats.  This is because, to our knowledge, we do not believe that the dog has the capability of scaling our outer perimeter. In the information security world, we at Elasticito, spend a lot of time working with information security teams and senior management helping them to understand and manage cyber risks, threats and threat actor capabilities within the context of their businesses.  It seems to me, that the complex world of cyber security is actually not much more complex than the dynamics between cats, dogs and garden fences.

Cyber Risk vs Cyber Threat: Are They The Same Thing? After the term “cyber threat” began to enter common usage, its meaning became a bit fuzzy. The same goes for “risk” — we’ve all heard the term thrown around, but do we really know what it means and how it is used in IT? In this post, we will attempt to clarify these terms and their relationships. In today’s world, organisations must have high-level data security. Ensuring that client and vendor data isn't compromised is crucial. When customers, clients and vendors sign up to do business with you they expect that their information is deemed important enough for you to do everything in your power to keep it safe. Many clients with sensitive information will also require you to have a clear and thorough data security policy before doing business with you. That begs the question: “How confident are you