Information Protection

A Cabinet Office sponsored report “The Cost of Cyber Crime" report reveals that UK business bears the lion’s share of the cost. The report indicates that, at a total estimated cost of £21bn, over three-quarters of the economic impact of cybercrime in the UK is felt by business. In all probability, and in line with worst-case scenarios, the real impact of cybercrime is likely to be much greater.

The types of organizations that currently face the highest risk include:

• Large, globally distributed organizations- especially in Financial Services, Software, Electronics Energy and Pharma
• Small to midsize businesses in niche markets with strong IP imbalances
• Companies with foreign partners or that sell directly in foreign markets
• Critical national infrastructure firms
• Organizations lacking executive sponsorship of security issues, technical enforcement of security policies, adequate security monitoring or process/preparedness for dealing with security breaches

DMW Information Security will help. We have experience of creating defensive strategies that employ network segregation; strong authentication; rigorous access control as well as encryption and data loss prevention.  Implementing technology alone is not enough; pragmatic policy and informed and smart user education using behavioural economics derived techniques are required.