As the incidence and impact of cybercrime and cyber-warfare on business continues to escalate, one fact is beyond dispute: enterprises are losing. Enterprises are losing revenue, customer data, goodwill and intellectual capital. This might come as a surprise to some people, considering that businesses are spending increasing portions of their IT budgets specifically on security on ever more sophisticated solutions.
So how can they possibly be losing the war when they’re spending more than ever on IT security? There are undoubtedly many reasons for this, but the root cause typically lies within the very DNA of an organization. Here are some indicators that your enterprise is overly vulnerable – and some steps you can take to rectify that.