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Building Cyber-Resilience to Tackle Threats

Abstract: 
Business leaders recognise the huge opportunities and benefits offered by cyberspace in terms of increasing innovation, collaboration, productivity, competitiveness and customer engagement. Yet the threat from ‘malspace’ – an online environment inhabited by hacker groups, criminal organisations and espionage units – is growing and developing daily. How can organisations strike a balance between the risks and rewards and prepare effectively to counter the growing threats from cyberspace, without losing the potential benefits? The threat from ‘malspace’ – an online environment inhabited by hacker groups, criminal organisations and espionage units – is growing daily. How can organisations strike a balance between the risks and rewards of doing business online? No-one is safe from attack, so apart from taking appropriate steps, organisations must embrace uncertainty and develop what might be called ‘cyber-resilience’. Traditional enterprise risk management is now insufficient. Michael de Crespigny of the Information Security Forum (ISF) looks at how cyber-resilience can better position organisations to deal with the threats.
Author: 
de Crespigny, Michael
Institution: 
Information Security Forum (ISF)
Year: 
2012
Region(s): 
Industry Focus: 
Information & Telecommunication
Internet & Cyberspace
Datatype(s): 
Bibliographies & Reports
Case Studies
Theory/Definition