industry unlocked
their security and privacy projects
through a GDPR methodology to ensure
that they are adequately future-proofed.
What steps should businesses
and organisations operating
within the sector take to
mitigate cyber-risks?
JEFF OGDEN, GENERAL MANAGER –
MIDDLE EAST AND INDIA, MIMECAST
It is important that these organisations
have the right measures in place
to be able to face cybersecurity
challenges and ensure they are
resilient. Organisations need to have
effective, layered security controls
before, continuity during and automated
recovery after an attack.
It’s important to have a comprehensive
cyber-resilience strategy in place,
employ skilled cybersecurity employees,
have a plan to keep email running and
be able to recover data in the event of a
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successful ransomware attack. Another
important step would be to have effective
and regular cybersecurity awareness
training. Many hospitality staff members
When criminals
get their hands
on customer
information stored
by a hotel group or
similar, they can
steal identities and
open bank accounts,
credit cards or loans
in a victim’s name.
are dealing with the personal data of
their customers and so they need to be
cyber aware.
While most organisations offer some
kind of training it’s often ineffective,
boring or not provided often enough.
Training needs to be engaging, delivered
persistently and it needs to concentrate
heavily on helping employees detect and
avoid cyberattacks.
HARISH CHIB, VICE PRESIDENT,
MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA, SOPHOS
Companies need to re-think the
traditional approach of ‘layered
security’ and think more about
‘cybersecurity system’.
With the latest Deep Learning
technologies, new cybersecurity
solutions can now take action faster than
an IT manager predicting issues and
stopping threats before they can enter
an organisation’s network. u
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