Let’s just stop what you are doing and think for a second. Basically, security is defined as state of being free from danger or threat. In a similar manner, having well thought out cyber security strategy gives a person or an organization for that matter confidence to conduct tasks and gives them the edge to succeed in a fast changing global environment.
Today’s organizations, not matter what size, require a proactive approach in “real time” to constantly assess, analyze and fight new cyber threats generating every day. Gone are the days where organizations would wait for threats to appear and then take appropriate action based on them. World class cyber security companies in partnership with local governments have setup cyber threat monitoring centers that are constantly scanning web traffic. As a result, organizations are better prepared for cyber threats even before they are struck.
Due to spike in cyber threats in recent years, whether they are related to computer and/or network intrusion, ransomware, corporate security breaches, spear phishing or social media fraud, former President of the United States, Barack Obama issued an Executive Order 13636 “Improving Critical Infrastructure Cyber Security” in February, 2013. Basically, this Executive Order established United States policy to further improve its critical infrastructure and to maintain a cyber environment that promotes creativity, efficiency and economic well being while at the same time assisting safety, security, business confidentiality, privacy as well as civil liberties.
As more and more devices are connected online and vast amounts of data both confidential and otherwise is moved on to the cloud, it is imperative for organizations as well as individuals to start re-assessing their cyber security infrastructure in place. As cyber security professionals dealing with such threats the last 20 years, the team here at Silex Systems can provide you and your organization both hardware and software based customized solutions to meet every budget.