New Study Reveals Security Concerns, Finds Majority of US Adults Believe They Have Been Victim of Breach
Hikvision on Security Industry Roles to Prevent Security Breach
Forty-four percent of Americans believe that their personally identifiable information (PII) has been stolen in a security breach, according to the Security magazine article, “Majority of U.S. Adults Believe Their Personal Information Has Been Breached,” which outlines new research by identity theft prevention company, 4iQ.
Additional findings from the research include:
- 75 percent of respondents believe their employers are effective in protecting their personal information.
- 63 percent have security concerns that previous breaches might lead to identity fraud in the future.
- Only 15 percent of survey respondents referred to themselves as “very effective” at protecting their own PII.
To learn more about the research, read the article online at this link.
Hikvision on Security Industry Roles to Prevent Security Breach
Hikvision outlined roles to prevent breach in this blog, “SSI’s 2019 Physical-Logical Security Assessment Highlights Industry Focus on Cybersecurity, Concerns about Security Breach.”
It includes an excerpt from the Hikvision’s article “Hikvision Cybersecurity Director: Roles and Responsibilities to Avoid Cybersecurity Breach.” In the article, Hikvision’s Chuck Davis outlined roles for security industry players to mitigate risk. From the article:
Manufacturers should:
- Test software and hardware regularly
- Respond to and communicate about vulnerabilities quickly
- Create good cybersecurity best practices documentation and education
Installers, resellers, and architects should:
- Understand and educate themselves on cybersecurity best practices
- Create network architectures and support models that promote those practices
- Regularly communicate with manufacturers about potential threats and vulnerabilities
- Ensure that firmware is up to date on installed equipment and that passwords are changed from default to complex
Owners/End users should:
- Understand that they own, and are responsible for, the devices that they put on the Internet
- Keep firmware and patches up to date by either maintaining those devices or keeping a support contract with someone who will
- Hikvision also offers cybersecurity resources such as the online Hikvision Cybersecurity Center.
In the article, Davis stated that “manufacturers should secure products against known vulnerabilities, and ‘they should have a robust program in place to learn of new vulnerabilities and to react to the discovery of a new vulnerabilities. We will continuously be working to fine tune the Hikvision processes in North America to minimize the potential for vulnerabilities, and also to react, respond and communicate with our customers as quickly and as effectively as possible.’”
For more cyber insights from Hikvision, visit this link.