As business’ strategy is instrumental to a its success, a cybersecurity strategy is foundational to securing its assets, minimising cybersecurity risk and building resilience.
Why should businesses prioritise cybersecurity?
The reason businesses need to prioritise cybersecurity is because they are working with increasing amounts of data as we become more and more reliant on digital technology in modern businesses.
What is a cybersecurity strategy?
A plan for how your organisation will protect its assets for the next 3-5 years. It is a living, breathing document which will need to be adjusted and adapted over time.
Steps to build a cybersecurity strategy
- Identify and assess your assets: Determine what information and technology assets your business has and assess their value, criticality, and sensitivity.
- Define your security objectives: Define the goals and objectives of your cyber security strategy, including protecting your assets, maintaining business continuity, and complying with regulations.
- Identify the threats and risks: Conduct an organisational security scan to understand what weaknesses exist. Identify potential cyber threats and risks that could impact your business and assess the likelihood and impact of each risk.
- Reference a security framework: Reference a comprehensive security framework that includes policies, procedures, and guidelines for protecting assets and response to security incidents. Manage Protect recommend the Essential Eight framework in Australia.
- Implement security controls: Implement appropriate security controls, such as firewalls, antivirus software, access controls, backups and encryption as recommended, to protect your assets.
- Develop an incident response plan: Develop a plan to respond to security incidents, including procedures for reporting, investigating, containing, and recovering from incidents.
- Provide security awareness training: Provide ongoing training to employees, contractors, and other stakeholders to ensure they understand the role they play in keeping an organisation secure.
- Monitor and evaluate: Regularly monitor and evaluate your security controls and incident response plans and identify areas for improvement.
Final takeaway
Remember, a cyber security strategy is a living document that needs to be reviewed and updated regularly to keep up with the changing threat landscape and evolving business needs.
Are you helping your customers build their cybersecurity strategy?
If you need help building a cybersecurity strategy for your customers, contact Manage Protect about our managed security solutions.
