Cybercriminals are constantly updating their techniques and knowledge: make sure you are too

The prevalence of cybercrime in India is clear with more than half (53%) of data breaches this year being caused by malicious cyberattacks. 

More worryingly, however, is that fact that according to the 2020: IBM Data Breach Report, it is not only the frequency of cyberattacks which is on the rise, but their cost. In fact, the average cost of a data breach has risen by 9.4% since last year.

This demonstrates how cybercriminals are continuously updating their techniques to increase their chances of successfully breaching a business’ security framework and to more efficiently steal financial information.

This represents a clear and significant problem for India Inc. and demonstrates the need for a cohort of highly trained data security professionals to champion the fight against cybercrime.

If cybercriminals are relentlessly improving their knowledge and techniques, you should be too. Only by continually training and educating yourself in the most updated security standards and best practices can you help better protect your company from cyberattacks.

The Internal Security Assessor (ISA) programme can provide training to equip you to perform internal assessments for your company and recommend solutions to resolve issues related to Payments Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance.

The two-part course first underlines the important of PCI fundamentals and their role in helping protect the cardholder data that your company deals with. Then, the ISA Qualification builds on the knowledge gained in first half of the course and delves into the actual PCI DSS requirements, testing procedures, compliance reports and more.

Upon completion, you will be qualified able to act as a liaison with external PCI auditors and manage interactions with a Qualified Security Assessor to work together to help protect your company from cybercrime.

Ask your business to sponsor your training today and help combat ever-evolving Indian cybercrime through continuous internal security assessments.