Why predictive analytics is defying one of security’s greatest myths

The common myth in security that you must protect all of your most critical assets may well be the ultimate panacea for businesses, but in reality it is never practically possible
 
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‘Crime-as-a-service has replaced individual threat agents as the most likely source of cybercrime’
 
By Ben Rossion 25 March 2015 The role of risk and information owners is typically to separate, understand and value the critical assets of each department or business unit. They can then calculate the business threat and overall business risk before the application of an effective countermeasure.
 
This initial quick win exercise can ultimately set the security strategy and shed light on the vision of the company. And with existing and pending changes to legislative, regulatory and governance guidelines, the importance of the owner’s role should no longer be overlooked.
 
But by monitoring the underworld and the darknet, many buyers, sellers and cybercrime ring owners already have this model and have pre-valued businesses’ data. Crime-as-a-service has replaced individual threat agents as the most likely source of cybercrime and continues to evolve closer to the classic model of crime.
 
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