Information Security vs Cyber Security - what's the difference?

Welcome to this week's Tip Tuesday, this week Bruce explains the difference between Information Security and Cyber Security.

The two terms are often used interchangeably, and in many situations that is ok, but the difference is important when you are looking at controls to reduce your risk.

Information Security is the larger topic of keeping all your information secure.

This includes things like a clear desk policy to ensure confidential papers are not left on your desk overnight, or ensuring employees don't read confidential documents on a train with other passengers, or worse still throwing away documents in a public bin when instead they should be shredded.

Cyber Security is the subsection of Information Security that refers to being connected to the Internet and online systems.

It includes storing documents on your computer or cloud server, or sending documents by email, or accessing online payments systems.

All these require strong controls to prevent unauthorised access.

Your objective is to protect the confidentiality, integrity and the availability of the information.

Contact us to talk about the controls you can put in place for your Cyber Security and wider Information Security.