Make sure your IT security can scale with the size of your business and the systems you have. Marriot had both web portals, point of sale machines and internal databases hacked.
Anytime you add a new system into your Technology stack there posses a security risk. Make sure you include all systems in an IT security audit.
Again this may not be an organization you have heard of, but it 's a government agency based in India.1.1 billion Indian residents personal details were breached including their social security number (ID number). This happened back in March 2018.
It turns out their database system was running what 's known as an API – this is just a way for two different systems to speak to each other. Anyway, the API was not secure, and data was being leaked to outside sources.
Well, there are a lot of these API in use, and if you are using any services
that hook into products like Office365 or G-Suite, then an API is may be in use.
Make sure any services that you might sign up with that use an API that speaks to one of your other business systems is secure and legitimate. The best way to check is by asking us.
