Cyber Protection

WHAT IS CYBER PROTECTION?

Cyber protection is the integration of data protection and cyber security - a necessity for safe business operations in the current cyberthreat landscape.

The five vectors of cyber protection, SAPAS :

Data is increasingly at the core of day-to-day business operations, and companies are generating staggering volumes of it — much of which is highly sensitive, and may contain personally-identifiable information about customers and employees.

Organisations face three primary issues in managing their digital operations:

Security



Cyber threats already pose an enormous challenge for businesses, and as operations continue to shift towards digital-first models, there’s every indication that these threats will continue to rise. Ransomware alone is responsible for tens of billions of dollars in annual damages worldwide. That growth is powered by tech-savvy cyber criminals.

Complexity

Between mobile devices and the internet of things (IoT), computing is shifting closer to the data’s origin point. Companies demand lower latency, faster response times, and continued availability of services even with intermittent connectivity. Soon, as few as 1% of devices may be located in actual data centers — while smart appliances, home automation systems, and wearables handle a larger portion of processing needs.

Cyber Protection Cost

Between the global shift to online operations and the need to safeguard colossal data stores across a wide variety of devices, the cyberthreat attack surface is larger than ever. Protecting business-critical data effectively requires many different capabilities. Some businesses use different solutions for each of these needs — one product for antivirus, another for data backup, perhaps some paid add-ons for patch management or URL filtering. But covering every risk factor can get expensive, and this multi-product web of complexity is itself a risk factor.