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Back to EpisodesSafer by Design: ensuring cybersecurity in a challenging landscape, with René-Sylvain Bédard
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Ready to armour up your organisation against the growing threat of cybercrime?
Joining us this week for our Safety and Risk Success Podcast is René-Sylvain Bédard, a world-renowned IT specialist and CEO of Indominus. With over 25 years of experience as a technical architect, René shares his insights on how to build a robust cybersecurity strategy for any size business.
Highlights:
- The Impact of Cybercrime: A real-life incident: a small engineering firm loses over $500,000 and faces a month of disruption due to a single employee clicking on a malicious email.
- Cybercrime is a Big Business: The dark web is the third largest global economy, with organised criminal gangs and state-sponsored groups targeting both small and large organisations.
- The Human Element: 92% of CEOs are not technology-centric, making them vulnerable to cyberattacks. A lack of awareness and investment in cybersecurity is a major obstacle.
- Layered Defence: Just like Swiss cheese, multiple layers of cybersecurity are needed, as no single solution is foolproof. This includes endpoint detection and response (EDR) systems, firewalls, and secure identity management.
- The Rise of AI: AI is being used by cybercriminals to create more sophisticated and targeted attacks. AI-powered malware can bypass traditional security measures.
- The Future of Cybersecurity: Quantum computing poses a significant threat to existing encryption systems, but also offers hope for e