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Reapproaching Cybersecurity in A Digital First World

By Paul German, CEO, Certes Networks

For too long now, organizations have been focusing on protecting their network, when in fact they should
have been protecting their data. The reality that the security industry discusses network security, but data
breaches, shows it’s clear that something needs to change. Paul German, CEO, Certes Networks,
outlines why the security industry has been protecting the wrong thing and what they can do to ensure
their data is secure.

Starting with Data Breaches

Considering some of the largest data breaches the world has ever seen, it’s clear that cyber hackers
consistently seem to be one step ahead of organizations that seemingly have adequate protection and
technology in place. From the 2013 Adobe data breach that resulted in 153 million user records stolen,
to the Equifax data breach in 2017 that disclosed the data of 147.9 million consumers, the lengthy Marriott
International data breach that compromised the data from 500 million customers over four years, to the
recent Solarwinds data breach at the end of 2020, over time it’s looked like no organization is spared
from the damaging consequences of a cyber hack.

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