Lessons About Cybersecurity That You’ve Learned Because of Pandemics

Because of the coronavirus, countless events, gatherings, conferences, and other social gatherings have been cancelled. Since most of the technology is made by China, the supply chains have been in put in jeopardy since the outbreak began. It appears like even the tech industry can’t avoid getting drawn into the gravity of COVID-19.

Although this pandemic is not hitting everybody yet with deadly force, over time, it may lead to some major disruptions for various individuals and organizations. This is not to downplay the pandemic’s severity, but there are a few useful parallels to how you can manage cyberthreats.

Containment Isn’t Perfect

Issuing a quarantine is among the first moves during an outbreak to contain the spread of the virus. Simply put, nobody is allowed to leave their homes so that the threat would be bottled up. However, quarantines tend to leak and the virus will start to spread anyway. Containment methods leak, just like the most common cybersecurity controls.

You need to evaluate what is involved in the pandemic. It’s just a range of strategies that are applied in different ways. Infected individuals are isolated, which is just like how bot detection and anti malwaretools lock down certain machines. Specific quarantine guidelines are issued on geographic areas, which are similar to how you use network segmentation through firewalls. Logging and monitoring is similar to contract tracing while a travel ban is like decryption and traffic inspection to prevent threats from gaining access to your network.

Does this mean you should get rid of your firewall? Of course not. Quarantine is not expected to prevent a pandemic right away. Just like firewalls, these controls are all about reducing and managing the threat. This could mean cutting bock the flood to a river. It could mean providing you with more data about the velocity, size, and the nature of the ongoing threat. Containment could give you time so that you could prepare your other defenses.

Time Is A Precious Resource

In cases when threats are affecting crucial assets and services, time is your most important resource. Whether it is a pandemic or a online threat, every second have to count. Tools such as containment will provide you with more time. However, you also have to use other tools. You need intelligence to inform you on what they look like, what threats are coming, and what assets may be affected. You need thoughtful analysis and data to show how you can make use of your time. You have to plan, and then prepare, as well as practice ahead of time so that you will have the correct responses and tools prepare when something goes crazy.

A part of the needed preparation and making use of your time well is to ensure that the executives are briefed on the possible threats and the potential consequences. This too, will need time and during a crisis, you might not have enough to explain or to correct misconceptions.

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