Privacy, Cyber and Everything in Between

In today’s world, with the constant stream of data that accompanies us every minute of every day, from your morning coffee, through Zoom meetings, to navigation tools on your drive home – we are constantly surrounded by endless volumes of data.

But how much time and effort do we invest in understanding what this data actually contains? How aware are we of the risks that are entailed in such a free flow of information?

Our work can be disrupted in so many ways, and our data can be harmed or stolen – significantly affecting the company’s operations and business reputation. Take the following, for example:

1. Denial-of-service attacks (DoS) and distributed denial-of-service attacks (DDoS) that prevent the company from providing customers with online services. This occurs when numerous messages are sent to the company’s server by an attacker, placing excessive loads on the company’s resources, often leading to the complete collapse of their website. Until it is up and running again, the company’s business operations suffer greatly.
2. Website defacement that changes the visual appearance of the company’s website or pages, harming its business operations and reputation.
3. Database penetration that could lead to theft, publicizing, and/or transferring of data to hostile organizations, or even data encryption and ransoms.

The following standards and regulations from the fields of information security, cyber, and privacy strive to decrease cyberattacks and ensure continuous activities and operations:

1. ISO 27001 standards specify the required methodology for creating an information security management system for optimally protecting the customers’ privacy and business data.
2. Privacy protection regulations compel companies to define their databases and their levels of sensitivity, while implementing technological and methodological tools for protecting their information. Privacy protection regulations are enforced by a government regulator, who conducts frequent audits of companies with databases.
3. Ample technological tools that ensure security and provide alerts, while enhancing the work of the IT teams and offering turnkey solutions for increasing organizational security.
4. The abra Cyber Consulting Department provides consultancy services and assistance for becoming ISO 27001 certified while complying with privacy protection standards and regulations, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) regulations, and capital market regulations. abra also conducts penetration tests and provides consultancy services for secured network architecture – thanks to our highly professional and experienced consultants and content specialists.

This article was written by an abra cyber and information security consultant.