In the cyber world, threats are continuously evolving, and attacks are inevitable. The Consultia website (https://www.consultia.co/building-a-proactive-cyber-resilience-strategy) lists the five steps for meeting the threats.
- Identify - understand the cybersecurity risks to your systems. Conduct comprehensive risk assessments of potential threats, vulnerabilities, and impacts on critical assets and operations. Prioritize risks, considering data sensitivity, regulatory requirements and business continuity.
- Protect - prevent or limit potential threats. Develop strategies, including security controls and incident response plans, to mitigate risks. Cybersecurity must go beyond basic protection to include regular audits, advanced threat detection tools, and adoption of a cybersecurity framework such as NIST's (National Institute of Standards and Technology). Include multiple levels of security controls. Test plans regularly. Engage with vendors and others in your supply chain.
- Detect - identify cyber incidents. Implement robust monitoring tools. Stay informed about emerging threats, tactics and vulnerabilities.
- Respond -implement response plan promptly and effectively.
- Recover - know how to restore services and prevent a future attack. Develop business continuity and disaster recovery plans. Incorporate lessons learned into future planning. Share your knowledge with industry peers and threat intelligence networks.
Don't be complacent. In the words of the English poet A. E. Housman, "train for ill and not for good".