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The cyber security industry is notoriously complex. Business leads and even IT professionals can get lost in a world of acronyms, specialised terms and ‘pick and mix’ services that never seem to add up to complete protection.
As a result, organisations find themselves paralysed by indecision and unprotected – or only partially protected with gaping holes in their defences.
This common problem is solved by the Intersys Hierarchy of Cyber Security Needs. Based on American psychologist Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of human needs, it encourages a methodology where basic security needs must be met before moving on to the next tier.
This is a logical and simple approach to addressing cyber security. It removes confusion and provides a clear route map to cost-effective and hardened cyber security.
Why not talk to us about how we can use the pyramid together to design your cyber security solution? We are ISO 27001-certified cyber security business helping clients in all sectors better protect their data.
The Hierarchy of Cyber Security Needs is a visual system we developed to help businesses understand the components that make up best-practice cyber security. Taking inspiration from Maslow, it's closely modelled on definitive advice from the UK government's National Cyber Security Centre.
As the structure suggests, the lower tiers are foundational elements that must be in place before you choose to move to further tiers above.
This pyramid structure helps organisations understand where they currently stand and provides a roadmap for maturing their cyber security posture over time. It's particularly valuable for helping businesses in heavily regulated industries like financial services and pharmaceuticals progress from basic compliance to a truly robust security stance that can withstand sophisticated attacks.
During our cyber security consultancy, we will assign a colour to each element of the pyramid to reflect your current status. This will help you understand actions you need to take and, crucially, help to ensure you don't leap to costly enterprise services such as a security operations centre before meeting foundational needs.
Here’s a brief explanation of each of the tiers. Not every organsation will need to reach the summit. But all should start at the bottom and meet base requirements first.
This base level focuses on essential security building blocks that every organisation needs regardless of size or industry. Elements such as MFA, data backup, automating security updates and encryption should be considered mandatory and essential.
At this level, organisations are building upon the basics with more sophisticated controls. Methodologies such as Principle of Least Privilege ( PoLP) and centralised device management will bring greater rigour to locking down sensitive data and controlling and protecting large devices remotely.
This tier focuses on meeting regulatory requirements and industry standards. Intersys will help you create a cyber response plan to meet your regulatory and insurance needs, and gain accreditations that demonstrate your cyber secure approach.
This advanced security approach assumes an organisation has been breached and verifies everything. A high degree of control sees only whitelisted applications deployed. Security operation centre (SOC) monitoring is undertaken by security specialists, augmented by AI.
At the apex, highly regulated organisations such as banking & finance, pharmaceuticals and mining & engineering proactively test their security posture with regular penetration testing, and adversarial teams testing defences to stress-test security.
Clear and structured checklist approach. We'll use the Intersys hierarchy to assess your requirements in a methodical way.
Completed in just one hour. After only one hour, we can deliver a clear action plan for delivering hardened cyber security.
Transparent pricing. We put a fixed price against the services we recommend. But you are under no obligation to use them.
Just complete the form at the bottom of the page. We'll then contact you to arrange a consultation at a time to suit you.
