According to an article on ITnews.com The U.S. government and private businesses need to overhaul the way they look at cyber-security, with the government offering businesses new incentives to fix security problems, the Internet Security Alliance said.
The alliance, in a report released Thursday, also called for permanent international cyber-security collaboration centers, new security standards for VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol) communications and programs to educate corporate leaders about the benefits of enhanced cyber-security efforts.
The report, intended as a response to U.S. President Barack Obama's call in May for increased cyber-security efforts, proposes to create more educational programs on risk management for C-level executives. ISA has already begun an education effort aimed at chief financial officers and other executives. The report as a whole focuses largely on changing the economics of cyber-security with incentives and other programs. The warning should come at little to no surprise for both large and small businesses considering how much information is exchanged over the internet.
Consider a hypothetical company that has a VOIP system, a Gmail server, and a cloud computing network that holds all of their sensitive data. This company’s entire communication procedure runs over the internet. Because cyber attacks are relatively inexpensive for the attacker to initiate, and could destroy a company’s infrastructure with a few specific computer codes.
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