CYBERSECURITY: TECHNO-LEGAL DOMAINS

Abstract

In the information age or the digital era, cybersecurity measures require the adoption of international standards by scrupulously complying the international protocols and norms since the digital assets of a corporate Company or organization and intangible property under the intellectual property regime have assumed money value as what William Gibson predicted three decades ago. The cybersecurity comprises of both physical and logical security, implying the system hardening and layering security measures in tune with the cybersecurity policy. Information processed by the corporate Company needs to be protected and secured by the top level management on a high priority basis by providing the required resources in a cost-effective manner. All the risk factors, threats and vulnerabilities should be analysed, processed and complied by affording technological and legal safeguards. The plans, approaches and strategies should be formulated by the top level management to mitigate and provide solutions to the challenges posed by the cyber attackers. Cybersecurity being the long-term strategy for high structured corporate Companies, the security 'programme document' is required to be prepared and reviewed periodically. The top security sleuths should exercise due diligence to confine to the 'business specific' needs than resorting to 'overstepping details' in the security document to avoid confusion. The latest trends of attacks should invariably be addressed in a copious manner towards achieving the goals and objectives of an organization. In order that the security plan to be successful, the responsibility should start with the top level management and made functional at every single level with the 'need to know and need to do basis