| | MARCH 20248CIOReviewIN MY OPINIONOGRE'S AND DATA SECURITYBy Cameron Yardy, Director of Cyber Security, First West Credit UnionCameron Yardy"Ogres are like onions." No better analogy defines the technical controls cyber security employs in protecting networks and data. "Layers. Onions have layers. Ogres have layers. Onions have layers. You get it? We both have layers." In the movie Shrek, Shrek was describing how the complexity of Ogre's makes it a challenge to be friends with an Ogre. In the same vein, making it a challenge for a threat actor to get through those security layers and preventing the inappropriate access and theft of data is our security goal.When defining a strategy to protect data, the best defense is to build layers into the defense. This `defense in depth' strategy has
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