• Home
  • Blog
  • Products
    • Partner Subscription
    • Breach Prevention Platform
    • HIPAA Services
    • Dark Web Monitoring
    • In-Email Training & Email Analysis | Catch Phish Outlook Plug-In
  • Request a Demo
  • About Us
  • Contact Us

Call us at: 877-275-4545

Partner? Login here
Breach Secure Now!Breach Secure Now!
  • Home
  • Blog
  • Products
    • Partner Subscription
    • Breach Prevention Platform
    • HIPAA Services
    • Dark Web Monitoring
    • In-Email Training & Email Analysis | Catch Phish Outlook Plug-In
  • Request a Demo
  • About Us
  • Contact Us

The Blame Game

April 30, 2019 Posted by Art Gross Data Breach, Security No Comments

When a breach occurs, after the confusion and panic have passed (or merely settled in), the finger pointing starts.  Generally, clients assume that since the anti-virus icon in the corner was there, they were protected.  Firewall?  Not sure what it is, but I get an alert every now and then about it, so it must be doing something.  Passwords?  I use them.  Sure, they aren’t the most complicated, but c’ mon, why would a hacker want my bank account?  I live paycheck to paycheck, believe me, I’m not their target.  Or as I would guess is most cases, they think ‘I guess my IT guy wasn’t paying attention to something or didn’t do an update he or she was supposed to do’.

The IT department or MSP runs through the scenario, ensuring that all the precautions they put in place were active and functioning properly.  It had to be user error.

Aside from the uninformed logic of the end user in this scenario (hackers will take ANY information they can get), both parties are possibly correct.

Regardless of who’s fault it was, it happened.  Remediation and education have to start immediately to fix the damage and prevent it from happening again.

Someone’s Going to Pay for This

Ransomware isn’t what we are talking about here.  In this case, we mean that someone will need to be held accountable – but who?  There are laws in place and standards to meet, but what if the MSP has done their part and the client has not held up their end of the deal?  Who will bear the brunt of the responsibility?

MSPs need to start to look to additional methods of ensuring that their clients are held accountable in the process.  That means every employee.  An entire business can be taken down by one irresponsible move, made by one single employee.

As the sophistication level of cybercrime develops, so must the processes and procedures of those fighting it.  This may mean having a possibly uncomfortable conversation up front with your client and letting them know that you will do your part, but they, in turn, must do theirs.  And with fines and legal repercussions being upheld at various levels, you can’t afford not to have this conversation.

 

Tags: Data BreachMSP
No Comments
Share
0

You also might be interested in

Welcome to Breach Secure Now!

Oct 28, 2014

The Breach Secure Now! website will try to educate and[...]

Top 5 Security Actions Every CEO Should Take

Nov 21, 2014

An article over at Security Intelligence discusses the 5 actions[...]

Hey Small Business: You ARE a cyber-target!

Nov 22, 2014

The security firm, FireEye, has a very eye opening report[...]

Leave a Reply Cancel Reply

Dark Web Assessments

Search

Recent Posts

  • Reinforcing Cybersecurity Habits & the Dark Web May 26, 2023
  • Voice AI: A New Frontier for Cybercrime & Security May 19, 2023
  • Risk Factor Reminders May 12, 2023
  • Healthcare Cybersecurity May 5, 2023
  • The Different Types of Hackers April 28, 2023

Contact Us

  • Breach Secure Now!
  • 55 Madison Ave, Suite 400 Morristown, NJ 07960
  • 877-275-4545
  • info@breachsecurenow.com

Get Social

Schedule a Demo

Recent Blog Posts

  • Reinforcing Cybersecurity Habits & the Dark Web May 26, 2023
  • Voice AI: A New Frontier for Cybercrime & Security May 19, 2023
  • Risk Factor Reminders May 12, 2023

© 2023 · Breach Secure Now!

Prev Next