Cybersecurity for security regions: what if the biggest crisis has no smoke?

"Are you aware of the far-reaching consequences of a cyber attack for security regions?" You hear that question everywhere these days. By now, you are probably overwhelmed with laundry lists of possible consequences and complete disaster scenarios. Now you know!

So let's look at it from a completely different perspective. What if you translate your expertise in crisis management into cybersecurity?

Pillar of support for citizens, specialist in crisis management

As a security region, you are unique in society. Is there a flood? Is a building on fire? Are there a threat of riots breaking out during an event? Then you perform. Citizens throughout the region rely on you. In emergency situations, but also for a large part of the ins and outs of society.

Crisis management? You know all about that. You curb crises and fight disasters in a structured and expert way. But what if it is your turn unexpectedly? What if you are hit by the biggest possible crisis that can affect a security region... And that crisis has no smoke?

The key to a solid cybersecurity foundation? You already have it!

When criminals take over the control room or steal highly sensitive data, it's a real nightmare. Such scenarios can literally lead to a (partial) collapse of society. It is therefore extra important for security regions to think preventively.

You actually already have the ingredients for this at home. Maybe that sounds a bit strange at first. You mainly take action when the disaster has already occurred, don't you? For example, the fire brigade does not go into the city center of Breda every day to spray all the buildings one by one, so that no fire breaks out.

When taking security measures, you do just that: in fact, you drench your ICT environment in 'water' all day long so that cybercriminals cannot start a 'fire'. You prevent fires, so you don't have to put them out.

So why do we say that you can use your knowledge and skills for cybersecurity? Because you know everything about processes and protocols. As a safety region, you work with established procedures and scenarios to leave as little as possible to chance. That is exactly the key to a solid cybersecurity foundation: record things clearly, make them easy to find and thoroughly test, so that you can act quickly in the event of an incident.

That is what you naturally excel at. Translate this approach and philosophy into cybersecurity, and you have a foundation that the average cybercriminal cannot compete with!

Which steps are needed at what times?

Anyone who has to curb a crisis professionally needs predictable procedures. What steps do we go through? When do we escalate? In which scenarios is it necessary to scale up? Only if you standardize such processes will you keep a cool head during incidents and disasters.

You know this better than anyone. And at Wortell we are also trained in it. Our experts know exactly which steps are needed at what times. In the unlikely event of a crisis, we act quickly, in a coordinated manner and effectively.