Cyber Security
A blog post from computer security firm F-Secure may send a chill through the C-suites of major corporations and nonprofits across the globe. Already released are employee social security numbers, proprietary content and sensitive emails.
No one is exempt from this threat. Major nonprofits have already been hacked. Many times the hackers have been in systems for up to 7 months before the hack is detected (this is the current industry average).
Audit Committees and Boards of Directors have been concerned for some time now about these threats. This trend will only continue.
What is the solution? We need continuous cyber security improvement programs. One time audits and one off implementations won’t protect us.
Consider this:
- A blog post from computer security firm F-Secure may send a chill through the C-suites of major corporations across the globe.
- F-Secure calls the Sony Pictures (NYSE:SNE) hacking incident the worst ever seen by a company, but that’s not even the scary part.
- The take from F-Secure is that it’s sophisticated extortionists behind the incident – not ticked off North Korea sympathizers.
- The public execution of Sony Pictures could just be a warning aimed at future targets, theorizes F-Secure.
- The FBI has issued a flash alert which warns that other company might already have the malware in their systems.
- Related: Senate passes cybersecurity bill
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