Significance of Content Threat Removal Systems in Information Security Implementation in Your Organization

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Security training and awareness are critical in any organisation, but they must be accompanied by strong security measures. These measures must now, more than ever, deal with complexity. An organization's lifeblood is its business substance. It is shared, read, browsed, and transacted through complicated, susceptible mechanisms.

Complex system flaws are exploited to disguise content and get it out of an organisation. For example, concealing sensitive information within seemingly harmless reports designed for general consumption. These flaws are also exploited to hide risks in content and introduce them into an organisation. The vast majority of zero-day attacks, for example, are concealed within email attachments and behind online URLs.

So, what can organizations do to better safeguard themselves? Here are our cyber security tips for the period of complexity:

Separate Complex Systems into Sub-Systems:

Separate complex systems into subsystems that communicate in basic ways. Put the security measures on the subsystem boundaries where the simplicity gives the defenders an edge over the attackers.

One size does not fit all when it comes to cyber security. Some aspects of your business require more safeguards than others. In some instances, a cybersecurity failure will be inconvenient and recoverable quickly, and in others, it will put you out of business. The solution is to divide your company into zones. This enables you to exert the precise level of control required in any aspect of the business. Some zones are inhabited by users, while others only provide a pure computation function.

Some zones will store your "crown jewels" of information, while others may store potentially harmful material. The security systems regulate access to these zones as well as the flow of business information between them. Using a solution such as the Content Threat Removal (CTR) platform, you may manage the flow of information content between zones, preventing attacks from going from one to the next and preventing sensitive information from leaking out. Content Threat Removal does not attempt to detect risks because it considers all material dangerous. CTR just brings in the business information it contains, rather than the data.

Working at the business level, the platform ensures that when the organization is divided into zones, only attacks and leaks are blocked.

Break Down Outbound Content:

To eliminate the content risk, you must first grasp what content consists of. A quick scan is ineffective; to find buried information, the structure must be systematically decomposed down to the byte level. Using the Content Threat Removal platform to dig this deep is critical because the intricacies of application formats mean that there are several opportunities for information to go "lost" in the detailed structure.

Leverage Inbound Content:

The history of cyber security is one of detection (as demonstrated by anti-virus technology) and isolation (using sandboxing technologies). Both techniques have clearly failed to mitigate the threat posed by unknown/zero-day threats.

Consider adopting a Content Threat Removal platform instead. This works by utilising a transformation mechanism to prevent unknown or zero-day exploits embedded in apparently legitimate business content from entering a zone. CTR always produces safe data by extracting business information carried by data and then creating entirely new data that is fully safe. Only vital information is transmitted, and attacks are immediately rejected.

Cybercrime has the potential to severely harm the balance sheet, shareholder trust, brand value, consumer loyalty, and even senior executives' jobs. If you want to avoid becoming another cybercrime statistic, consider tying your training programme to the deployment of solutions like Content Threat Removal.

Final Note:

The applications and transport systems we use to access content are complex and prone to cyber-criminal abuse. There appears to be little chance of this changing. In the era of complexity, using Content Threat Removal to zone, dissect, and alter content will help consumers stay safe.

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