Dressing your organisation in a Data Suit to Shield from a Sting of a Breach

A few weeks ago, the Hyplon Security team experienced a beekeeping tour in which we saw similarities between a beekeeper wearing an appropriate suit to safely and efficiently access delicious honey from a hive and a current project we are working on around protecting data appropriately to prevent unauthorised access.

As the team suited up in beekeeping suits to shield us from bee stings while watching the process of beekeeping closeup, afterwards we discussed how akin the beekeeping suit is to protecting an organisation’s data. The beekeeping suits serve as a defense against bee stings, much like appropriate cyber security controls protect an organisation’s valuable data from unauthorised users as data is the lifeblood of an organisation as honey is to a beehive.

As we stood around the hive wearing our suits surrounded by more and more bees, we became confident with getting closer to the hive due to the suit being like a set of cyber security controls. For an organisation to become confident that their data is sufficiently secure, organisations need their data suit to shield themselves from the sting of a breach by equipping themselves with the right security measures.

Having firewalls acts as barriers to unauthorised access, antivirus software to detect and eliminate malicious software, encryption to ensure data remains unreadable to unauthorised users, access controls such as role-based access controls (RBAC) to determine who can view or modify the data based on the individual’s role within the organisation, and regular audits and backups are some security controls that organisations should have in place to minimise the risk of being stung by a breach.

Data is like the queen bee of an organisation. It drives decisions, innovation, and growth. Losing or compromising the data can be catastrophic to an organisation’s reputation and commercial prospects. So remember, just as beekeepers respect their bees and follow best practices by wearing appropriate gear, organisation’s should respect their data and ensure best security practices are implemented and followed appropriately by everyone in the organisation that has access to the data.

If you have any questions about how your organisation should wear a data suit appropriately to protect and respect your data, feel free to ask how we can help you minimise the risk of being stung by a data breach.