Not a month goes by without a major corporation suffering a cyber attack. Often state-sponsored, these breaches are insidious, difficult to detect, and may implicate personal information relating to millions of individuals. Clearly, the current approaches to safeguarding sensitive data are insufficient. We need to reorient expectations for the role of the private sector in cybersecurity. As the risk of cyberattacks has become better appreciated, we see an increasingly punitive focus on holding corporate America solely responsible.
Stopping Data Breaches Will Require Help from Governments
Companies should be prepared, but can’t thwart every attack.
December 14, 2018
Summary.
When it comes to cybersecurity, companies are on their own. We need to work together with government to create more on systemic solutions.