Practical Strategies For Responding To A Cyber-Attack

The author would like to thank the co-author of this article, Claudiu Popa¹, for his contributions and expertise in this area.

Organizations across industry sectors are learning to recognize just what cyber-attacks look like, as Canadian companies are experiencing dozens of such attacks each year, according to a recent study.² Increased enforcement by regulators in the European Union, Australia and North America translates to an incremental amount of public scrutiny on organizations that experience data breaches not only abroad, but now more than ever here in Canada. Experience tells us that having a readily available toolkit with practical strategies for responding to a cyber-attack plays a pivotal role in mitigating organizational risk and reducing potential harms to any third-parties impacted.