If May's global WannaCry ransomware cyber-attack taught us
one thing, it's that in today's technologically-advanced
business environment, no organization is immune to cyber
threats—at last count, over 200,000 computers in 150
countries have been impacted by the attack .
This event not only underlines the increasing sophistication of
today's cybercriminals, but it highlights their ruthless
nature. Many of the victims were health service organizations like
hospitals—the attack prevented many employees from accessing
their computers and, as a result, put many emergency procedures, as
well as automated monitoring of in and outpatients, at risk.
Despite these unfortunate consequences, there is a lesson to be
learned from all of this: even breaches of this scale can be
avoided with the proper cyber framework in place. Now is as ideal a
time as ever to assess your organization's cyber
vulnerabilities and strengthen your existing cyber framework to
mitigate the
