Why Cybersecurity Is Not a Hopeless Cause

With today’s cybercriminals joining forces, sharing hacks and using laser focus to find the single vulnerability in a company’s cybersecurity force field, it’s hard for businesses to think they can stay ahead of security needs. However, a recent article in the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs saw IBM Security General Manager Brendan Hannigan sharing seven helpful tips for organizations trying to stay secure, including the need to “invest in a disproportionate amount of protection around your intellectual crown jewels.”

Determining what your most crucial assets are and upping the level of cybersecurity assigned to them can make all the difference when your company is eventually breached. Putting extra protection on critical data may be able to prevent access to information that could cost your company crippling financial and brand-trust losses.

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