Source: Fortune.com
Too few companies follow the simplest techniques, says cybersecurity expert.
The biggest threat to cybersecurity in corporate IT departments isn’t the Chinese government or hackers in Eastern Europe, says the head of one of Silicon Valley’s hottest security-software startups. It is pathetic basic hygiene.
Orion Hindawi, president of Tanium, said it’s shocking how few companies take the most obvious measures to keep their networks secure. “If you look at the attacks we’ve seen, and we’ve seen thousands, many of the companies didn’t do the things they’re supposed to,” Hindawi said Monday afternoon at the Fortune Global Forum in San Francisco. He said, for example, that Microsoft sends out regular security patches, pieces of software code intended to thwart new known threats, and that too few companies implement them rigorously.