Cyber Security
Recent events have reminded us of the fact that cyber risks are an increasingly daunting challenge for Belgian entrepreneurs. In May 2017, one of the largest cyber attacks so far was launched, using the WannaCry/WannaCrypt ransomware. The impact of this attack was felt all over the world. Several Belgian companies also received a ransom demand and were given the choice to pay or lose all their data. Enterprises and institutions in more than 150 countries, including Belgium, fell victim to the attack.
The EU’s new data protection regulation, known as the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), can impact your organisation significantly in terms of how to handle personal data. Your organisation will not only be responsible for ensuring compliance with the regulation in terms of handling and protecting personal data, it could even be penalised for non-compliance and it will be liable for any damage resulting from data breaches. NRB provides expertise in GDPR and has developed a modular approach supported by a portfolio of services to guide you towards GDPR compliance at your own pace taking into account your organisation’s security maturity and your budgetary means.
We face risks all the time but we have learned to manage them by making smart decisions, both in our personal lives and in our professional environment. The question is, are we really making the smartest decisions to fully protect our companies?
Security is a peculiar thing. There never seems to be any problem with it. You hardly ever hear of big companies being hacked or of specific cases of industrial espionage through spearfishing, of organisations losing confidential data or of consumer services being halted by malware. The same thing happens if you ask your own IT team how things are going. Everything is always under complete control, judging by the smiles on their faces. But how can you be sure?
