Make cybersecurity everyone's business

The right approach, according to KPMG Singapore, incorporates a holistic and strategic view of cybersecurity to encompass six sub-domains:

* Leadership and governance. What is the tone from the top and does management actively oversee and invest its time on cybersafety? For example, is there a cybersecurity programme to help the organisation increase its cyber-readiness? Does this programme involve business leaders as well as IT and supporting functions such as risk, legal, compliance and finance?

* Human factors. Scant regard is given to the fact that more than three quarters of cyberattacks are perpetrated by human weaknesses. For example, spear-phishing e-mails are sent to staff who, having clicked on the attachment or malicious link, are accidental accomplices in the downloading of malware, such as key-loggers or ransomware, and stealth attacks, such as Trojans or viruses.