And Investment Security Analytics Just Increased a Bit More …
My tip for a company to invest in? Well, one which is expert in security analytics, threat hunting and system monitoring, as CEOs all over the country will be reading about the fines imposed on British Airways (BA), and it will provide them with a worrying dilemma … you can still be fined, even if you have been exposed to criminal activity.
And so today it was announced that British Airways (BA) have been fined £183m by the ICO for a breach that happened in Sept 2018:
The case relates to a hack on the JavaScript integration on the BA site, and where hackers were able to harvest the credit card details (including CVV2 numbers) of users:
While many CEOs might struggle with some of the concepts of cybersecurity, they basically understand fines, and especially in the loss of funds, and in brand damage.
