In the last two decades, the technology revolution has changed the way we all go about our business.
While offering opportunities for innovation and productivity, the Cyber era also presents new risks and challenges. From governments and their citizens to businesses and their employees and customers, we are all connected and affected by cyber risks.
The cyber supply chain has removed the traditional security perimeter as enterprises adopt cloud, mobile and social technologies, and invest in third party business relationships.
There’s no such thing as perfect security. An agile and commercially pragmatic approach is essential for the growth and innovation required to thrive in the new world.
The cyber ecosystem is complex and fast. While it’s necessary to invest in protection, incidents will occur. Rapid response is key to minimising brand damage and financial loss.
Protection, detection and response are interdependent. Leading practice needs a cohesive relationship between technology risk, information security, forensics and operational teams.
People make critical security decisions every day.
Disappearing organisational boundaries mean that you can no longer rely on technology alone. You need to make sure your people understand security and act securely.
We can help you foster secure behaviours by shaping your culture and designing processes, systems and roles with human vulnerability in mind.
Technology underpins your business.
As your business changes so should your technology. While embracing the new, you still need to protect legacy technology and information against cyber threats.
We can help you understand the inherent risks of your technology and how to mitigate them.
Addressing cyber threats helps you prioritise what matters most. Being prepared for changes in the digital era will help you get your priorities straight. A ‘cyber savvy’ governance and management structure means you can prioritise opportunities and know where you can afford to take risks.
We can help you to recognise your key tangible and intangible assets and align your security strategy to your priorities.
Digital opportunities cannot be realised without managing the inherent risks.
Some risks are worth taking, but if you’re struggling to manage the downside, you won’t be able to take advantage of the upside.
We can help you consider your interactions within the digital world and assess where and how they impact your past, present and future.
Cyber attacks are now commonplace.
Resilience means being able to react quickly and effectively when compromised. Being aware of and prepared for threats will help you prevent incidents and react to them quickly enough to reduce their impact, and prevent them becoming a crisis.
We can help you protect what’s important, detect intruders, dealwith the regulators and minimise your exposure when you’re compromised.
Organisations exist in an increasingly complex digital ecosystem.
We share information and transact digitally more than ever before. Your digital relationships with customers, suppliers and others expose you to new areas of risk that need to be managed.
We can help you assess your connections, negotiate robust contracts and build an agile risk management framework, adept at keeping pace as your collaborative networks evolve.
Cyber security diagnostics, maturity assessments and benchmarking:
Cyber security capability “deep dives”:
Framework implementation
Capability build
Operations enablement
Cyber as a service
Junaid Amra
Director | Forensics Technology Solutions Leader, PwC South Africa
Tel: +27 (0) 82 953 9325