CFDA Director of Professional Development Sacha Brown spoke with Georg Dauterman, President of Valiant Technology, about cybersecurity and how fashion brands who have an online presence can best prevent a cyber-attack.  

In today’s data driven world, every business online is at risk through the internet, connectivity, and any piece of data or proprietary information a business has enables a potential threat of a cyber attack. Preventative measures before such an event can minimize the risk of irreversible damage to the overall operations of any company.

Dauterman advised that a company evaluates what data collection and intellectual property is the most valuable and invests in a security practice scalable to the size of the business. 

Many common factors that put a business at risk include account compromise, phishing attacks, and breaches. A company can mitigate the risk by disrupting any kind of attack with multi-factor authentication and inventory or asset auditing. As Dauterman explained, “You can’t protect what you don’t know about.”

Join us for our next conversation with Valiant Technology as we talk about taking action in the event of a cyber attack.

For more information and resources about Cybersecurity please go to: www.thevaliantway.com

If you have  questions or concerns you’d like to address directly with an expert at Valiant Technology, CFDA Members can email cfda@thevaliantway.com