Another way to raise awareness of cyber risks in an organization is to highlight major cybersecurity events in your industry when they occur. Regrettably, it probably won’t be too long before there are several good examples to share—one Business Insider article published in late August highlights no fewer than 16 massive data breaches that occurred over the course of the previous year.
Bringing up these cybersecurity incidents and their underlying causes during meetings with team members is a great way to improve cybersecurity awareness throughout an organization. It also helps to highlight why following cybersecurity best practices is a good idea to employees—largely by demonstrating how weak cybersecurity practices could adversely impact the organization as a whole.
If it simply isn’t possible to have team leaders engage in face-to-face meetings with team members to discuss cybersecurity incidents within their industry, it may help to distribute stories about cybersecurity incidents in an internal newsletter or mass email. While not as effective as having a personal conversation with employees, emails highlighting major breaches can help to improve awareness of specific cyber risks that other companies in your industry have fallen for.
However, there is a world of difference between creating a plan to protect your business’ data and actually putting that plan into motion. While merely having a plan helps you be better prepared for the future, if that plan is going to provide the maximum possible benefit, it needs to be implemented correctly.
With that in mind, here are a few steps to help you implement your data security strategy:
Review Your Security Architecture and Establish Your Desired Security State
Odds are, if you’ve defined your data security strategy, you’ve already started this step. Here, you’ll want to take a good, long look at the current state of your cybersecurity architecture (including both your cybersecurity tools and policies), and compare that to what you want it to look like when you’ve finished implementing your data security strategy. This can help you identify key gaps in your implementation strategy early on so you can cover them.
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