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Yahoo ’state’ hackers stole data from 500 million users - Comment from Smoothwall
September 2016 by David Navin, Corporate Security Specialist at Smoothwall
In light of Yahoo’s data breach where hackers stole information from about 500 million users, if you are covering the news and looking for additional comment, please see below comments from David Navin, Corporate Security Specialist at Smoothwall:
"Data breaches are becoming increasingly common, with Yahoo the latest to suffer with the largest breach ever seen. This should be a wakeup call for companies as in today’s digital era; no one is immune and they need to be ’Prepared’ for when a breach will happen. It is imperative that companies ensure that they have a robust security system in place to mitigate these risks and to safeguard their data should a breach occur.
“With recent research showing only 13% of businesses believe they could lose customers in the event of a breach, there is still clearly a naive mind-set from those who don’t think a breach will affect their reputation. It needs to be hammered home that every company is vulnerable and will suffer the repercussions should a breach occur.
“The importance of security needs to be at the top of every boardrooms agenda, with the CEO, CFO and CTO, ensuring they are educated to the risks and understand the importance of having strong enterprise grade security measures in place, beginning with firewalls, encryption and good security software. Security needs to be taken seriously at all points of the organisation, to ensure that all employees understand the risks of their actions and know the security processes in place should an incident occur, in order to mitigate the risks in the event of a breach.”
