6 Basic Cyber Hygiene Practices Organizations Fail to Implement
6 Basic Cyber Hygiene Practices Organizations Fail to Implement A new survey has shown that many organizations today are leaving themselves vulnerable to cyberattacks by failing to implement the basic cyber hygiene practices. The study "State of Cyber Hygiene Report" conducted by Tripwire and Dimensional Research surveyed 306 IT professionals last July 2018 to examine whether organizations are implementing the security controls that the Center for Internet Security (CIS)referred to as "Cyber Hygiene”. CIS considers the following 6 security controls as the basic cyber hygiene practices: Inventory and Control of Hardware Assets Inventory and Control of Software Assets Continuous Vulnerability Management Controlled Use of Administrative Privileges Secure Configuration for Hardware and Software on Mobile Devices, Laptops, Workstations and Servers Maintenance, Monitoring and Analysis of Audit Logs CIS Control 1: Inventory…