Best Practices to Mitigate Cyberthreats - What Works for Your Organization?

Data breaches are occurring more often these days.  It’s primarily because there is plenty of money to be made. As a result, cyberthieves are proving progressively more sophisticated and increasingly determined in their efforts to evade and break through security solutions.Keeping your data safe requires staying a step ahead of the bad guys. By following these eight best practices, you can get out in front of the problem and reduce your vulnerability to malicious attacks from both inside and outside the business. Moreover, you’ll be ready to implement quick countermeasures if a breach should occur. Here are eight mitigation tactics recommended by TeraData Magazine:  1) Align Functional and Strategic Intelligence Resources, 2) Develop Collaborative Culture for Sharing Information, 3 Allocate Resources Based Upon Threat Potential, 4 Design Programs to Suit the Organizational Mission, 5) Identify Gaps in Security Intelligence, 6) Automate Data Filtering, 7) Maintain Global Awareness, and 8) Know Your Enemies. Yes, these tactics are rather 'generic' in nature. Nonetheless, which tactics does your organization find most effective in combating cyber crime? Share your recommendations with the Cloud and Cyber Security Center: http://cloudandcybersecurity.blogspot.com/