Bernard Montel EMEA Technical Director and Security Strategist
IT OUTAGE
Bernard Montel EMEA Technical Director and Security Strategist
Tenable
“ This incident makes it crystal clear to all organisations how important cybersecurity programmes are to their business critical applications . They need full visibility of their cybersecurity practices , including business continuity and disaster recovery plans .
“ Managing risks in cybersecurity is now the new standard , and this scenario teaches us another kind of risk . Business continuity and disaster recovery plans are also important , as this case has shown . When applying a risk management methodology to drive cybersecurity programmes , we anticipate the chance of “ emergencies ” and have some documented tasks to apply based on those defined scenarios . Full visibility of assets and active and continuous attack surface management is key to being able to react efficiently and quickly limit risk .
“ Organisations need full visibility of assets and should keep a full software inventory for when glitches inevitably occur . It ’ s critical that we diversify the IT platforms we use so that we don ’ t put all our eggs in one basket .
“ Businesses should also routinely assess the processes of third party security vendors . It ’ s critical to maintain and pressure test a clear recovery plan . Whatever the reason , be it outage or cyberattack , the risk is similar and the answer should be the same ; resilience , incident response and crisis management .”
84 August 2024