Why strategic security is the only security

Digitalisation has brought the companies of today a vast range of new benefits it would not have thought possible just a few decades ago. Digital measures have the power to increase a company’s productivity, reduce its costs, improve product and service quality, and more.

This across-the-board digitalisation is a double-edged sword, however. Companies are also being forced to secure their IT environment more than ever before, and the challenges involved are increasing every year due to the complexity and growing volume of systems and attack routes. Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are being hit by cyber-attacks particularly hard, and more and more companies and organisations are falling victim to IT attacks. In the modern business world, it doesn’t matter if you’re a multinational or a small business: the question is no longer if you will be attacked, so much as when.

So is your company protecting itself effectively? To do this, you will need to take a strategic approach to your IT security. In the absence of such an approach, companies will lack the necessary transparency and reaction speed in the event of an attack, and be unprepared for an emergency. A strategic approach, on the other hand, means an effective increase in security with the appropriate measures.

Developing such precisely tailored strategies will not only create much-needed protection for your company, however; it will also cut your costs by ensuring the only solutions you use are those you actually need. So ask yourself: is your company truly prepared for the ongoing revolution – good and bad – we are all undergoing due to digitalisation?
 

If you would like to ensure your company is completely secure, then Konica Minolta is the partner for you. The company’s expertise and sheer breadth of experience means it can gain a unique overview of all the customer’s relevant activities (“360-degree solutions”). When defining the solution that’s right for you, our experts in printer device security, video security, IT security and data security will analyse your security requirements and work with you to design a concept for your total security.
 

The four areas of security at Konica Minolta

“The more you can do with it, the more they can do to you.” In this era of increasingly complex IT structures and across-the-board digitalisation of your activities and data, companies of all shapes and sizes are becoming stronger and more efficient – but also far more vulnerable to cyber-attacks in the form of Trojans, browser modifiers, software bundlers and other malware, capable of entering our systems using a wide range of new and unheard-of routes.

A recent survey found that the average cost of a single malware attack on a company has now passed $2.4 million. Total spending by companies on information security has risen from $102 billion to $ 124 billion in the last two years alone, and looks set to continue soaring. So is your company at risk?

Unfortunately, the answer is probably a resounding “yes”. Nearly three-quarters (74%) of companies questioned in a recent study said they had over 1,000 stale sensitive files, 21% of files nowadays are not protected in any way whatsoever, and – shockingly – 41% of companies reported they had over 1,000 sensitive files (including credit card numbers and health records) completely unprotected.

But there is hope. Integrating adequate and tailormade measures to protect you organization effectively is easier than you might think.

As an innovative IT services provider and partner, Konica Minolta offers an all-round 360-degree security concept covering all relevant fields, from IT security and information security consulting, through to security for multifunctional printing systems and video surveillance. This means you get all your security solutions from a single source- from IT Security, Information Security Consulting, Printer Device Security to  Video security.