2020 cybersecurity – putting the house in order

Cybersecurity has constantly been in the news, both because of publicized breaches, but also because of data protection laws. Here Nik Whitfield explains why businesses need to think beyond security simply in terms of password protection andantivirus software, and look to implement better cybersecurity planning.

GDPR penalty to date of $230 million. The ICO found that it had been ‘compromised by poor security arrangements’ and the company was fined accordingly. 

This is proving to be a wake-up call for the whole cyber market. Boards are looking at these fines and asking their security teams: ‘do we have poor security arrangements?’ Many wil