Cyber Tips: Threat Modeling and Asset Identification
Consider these tips to minimize your risk of cyber thieves stealing your intellectual property (IP).
Think like a cyber criminal. It’s called “threat modeling,” and it requires an examination of your business processes to identify points vulnerable to data theft. Assess your information from an outsider’s perspective. And, consider hiring an actual outsider—a threat modeling consultant or company.
Identify your critical IP, and label it. Hackers may be interested in manufacturers’ research-and-development design files, for example, or engineering files. Define your highest-risk data, and label it in a fashion that everyone who touches it knows its value. There are more sophisticated ways to protect trade secrets, but this helps create a culture aware of the risk.
Source: Digital Guardian by Verdasys