Accountor's Chief Information Security Officer urges companies to understand their risks and be prepared
In the financial and HR administration sector, securing customer data is a critical factor in maintaining trust. If customers’ trust is lost, for example, due to weak information security protection or a lack of responsiveness, the company can in the worst case lose its entire business.
"At Accountor, we take information security very seriously and I recommend that every company operating in the financial and HR administration sector does the same," says Accountor's Chief Information Security Officer Mikko Sauranen.
Sauranen therefore advises all companies – regardless of industry – to understand their risks and be prepared, as successful cyber attacks can have the most diverse consequences. Whether it’s a production interruption or a data leak, most often the result is reputational damage and financial loss in one way or another.
In a nutshell, he urges companies to take at least the following measures:
- Your company will also be attacked, so be prepared in time
- Start now – better late than never
- Adopt a risk-based approach and document your decisions
- You can only control what you measure, so set security measures.
Read more detailed tips and information from Sauranen’s article in Tilisanomat (in Finnish only).
