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Why Cybersecurity Should Be Your Organization’s Top Priority Neeraj Mishra The Crazy Programmer

Cybersecurity isn’t something new. Businesses are emphasized to protect their data systems from hackers for decades. Unfortunately, the escalating rate of digitalization that is consuming IT resources across organizations has led to basic network and device hygiene becoming one of the most neglected components of cybersecurity. It shows! Take the Petya and Equifax breaches for instance. Breaches like these proved that 90 percent of the organizations carried vulnerabilities for at least 3 years. This shows that cybersecurity needs to become a fundamental best practice. After paying my Spectrum TV bill online, I jumped on to a blog about cybersecurity attacks and the need to take it seriously. Okay, cybersecurity is important. But what needs to be prioritized? Tag along to find that out! Prioritize Vulnerabilities The first course of action is to prioritize vulnerabilities. One way of doing that is to understand what vulnerabilities are most likely to be targeted. When you are cle