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As I understood in PMP and CAPM Certification prep courses - here are four areas where I anticipate cyber threats affecting our companies, project management infrastructures, and the actual projects we are managing beginning now and continuing into 2022 and beyond...be prepared and proactive or be sorry.
- Fingerprint Security and Hacking.
There hasn't been much discussion regarding what happens if a big, national, or important database containing fingerprints is breached. It's one thing to have our identities jeopardized as customers of a large retail shop that has been hacked. It's annoying; we acquire a new credit card and maybe wait for our FDIC-insured funds to be recovered or our credit reports to be corrected. But what about our fingerprints? We can't obtain any fresh ones. In the next 12-24 months, I foresee a massive fingerprint database attack. It might have an impact on office buildings and computer equipment that employ fingerprints for security access, as well as court proceedings and forensic evidence. The bad guys will then put those hacked fingerprints on special gloves to frame innocent individuals when they breach into businesses, houses, and offices, or even commit murders. That's terrifying!
- C-Level Cyber Security.
I'm aware that this is already happening. C-level security officials are known as CSOs, or Chief Security Officers. But are they genuinely associated with criminality and cyber security? Or is it more concerned with catastrophe recovery and general security? Cybercrime is on the rise, and no matter what you try to stop it, hackers are always one step ahead of the rest of the population. They might be fine-tuning their attack, which is why you haven't heard from them yet. Isn't it soothing? As I understood in PMP and CAPM Certification prep courses - to avoid and battle it, we need the correct leadership at the top of our businesses.
- Project Security Ongoing Presence in All Large Projects and Organizations.
Project security will become a full-fledged presence in all high-visibility large-scale projects and any initiatives with any degree of data sensitivity...which, based on my work history, would encompass most tech projects. We shall be regretful if we do not plan to avoid or react. Cybercrime is a genuine threat, and your project does not even have to handle sensitive data to be at danger. It is possible that client contact information will be taken. Anything - any security compromise on the project – might jeopardize client confidence and happiness. Planning is our most powerful weapon, and we must use it.
- Customer Insistence on Cyber Security Proof of Concept.
That proof of concept for security or catastrophe recovery is frequent on government projects. Especially when data sensitivity is high and downtime is vital to the project's success. You may need to demonstrate that you can be up and running someplace else or somewhere secure in 24 hours if a flood or large data breach occurs. However, private sector initiatives are typically impervious to this form of demonstration of service. Not any longer. Expect every respectable size, complexity, or data sensitivity tech project to include this as part of the project criteria in 2022 and beyond.
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