Is your organisation at risk to a cyberattack?

Data privacy is commonly linked with users’ awareness of data hazards, yet it is also important to be aware of the importance of securing the growing multitude of connected “things” which have access to our data, even if we don’t realise it. Gartner has said that around 21 billion IoT devices will be in use by 2020, yet worryingly, PwC found that very few organisations plan to assess IoT risk this year and ownership of IoT management and security tends to be passed around from department to department within organisations.

To defend against the nation-state attack, any organization with sensitive information or valuable IP needs to remain vigilant. Consider the following when you evaluate your cyber defenses: 

1. Know what information is stored on your systems and passing through your network. The more sensitive the information, the more at risk you are to a nation-state threat. This is particularly important, not just for government entities, but also for any organization collecting sensitive data or retaining trade secrets or specific IP such as law firms, manufacturers, financial services organizations, utilities, retail, and media companies. It’s also important to have deep visibility into traffic patterns across your network—so you can recognize both large, high-volume DDoS attacks and short-duration, low volume attacks such....