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Prevention costs significantly less than cyber incidents.

Prevention costs significantly less than cyber incidents.

Prevention costs significantly less than cyber incidents. IBM recently published their annual Cost of a Data Breach Report, which gives valuable insights in the developments of cyber incidents and the various costs of data breaches. One thing is very clear when we review this report – the technical impact of a cyber incident is just

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No leader should give orders they are not willing to accept and execute themselves.

No leader should give orders they are not willing to accept and execute themselves.

No leader should give orders they are not willing to accept and execute themselves. Leadership comes with responsibility, and should come with accountability. As Peter Drucker once said “Every leadership decision should be made after asking yourself if you would be willing to do what you are about to decide, are you willing to accept

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Data Loss Prevention is not only the last resort during a cyber incident, in most ransomware cases it is the only resort.

Data Loss Prevention is not only the last resort during a cyber incident, in most ransomware cases it is the only resort.

Data Loss Prevention is not only the last resort during a cyber incident, in most ransomware cases it is the only resort. Data Loss Prevention is, as most of us hopefully know, much more than just making backups from important data, but is all starts with backups, of course. These backups should however also include

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What is the annual budget for inclusion?

What is the annual budget for inclusion?

What is the annual budget for inclusion? During an eye-opening conversation about inclusion and accessibility at corporations and organizations with dear friend and mentor Richard Streitz, COO at Ruh Global IMPACT and lifelong Inclusion and Accessibility Advocate, his advice was to start asking questions. What is the annual budget? Who is the responsible Executive? What

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Patching, segmentation, and identity/access control are by far the most effective and simplest of all cyber security measures.

Patching, segmentation, and identity/access control are by far the most effective and simplest of all cyber security measures.

Three basic elements of cybersecurity, which are also known as the foundation or cornerstones of cybersecurity, are by far the most effective and simple measures to protect organizations and infrastructure against cyber threats. Without these basic elements, the implementation of more advanced concepts like ZERO trust are not possible, and in fact, don’t make any

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When your organization does not see Cyber Security as a priority and business enabler, it will soon have to deal with a cyber breach. It is that simple…

When your organization does not see Cyber Security as a priority and business enabler, it will soon have to deal with a cyber breach.

When your organization does not see Cyber Security as a priority and business enabler, it will soon have to deal with a cyber breach. It is that simple… We are stilling seeing Cybersecurity being treated as a cost, a very expensive necessity. And even the necessity is more often challenged than accepted. Conversations about the

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The right mindset will not solve every problem, but the wrong mindset will make it worse.

The right mindset will not solve every problem, but the wrong mindset will make it worse.

The right mindset will not solve every problem, but the wrong mindset will make it worse. We hear a lot that we need the right mindset to be able to deal with challenges and that is very true. Some even go as far as suggesting that having the right mindset is all it takes to

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