YOU CAN NEVER BE TOO SECURE
No one cannot emphasise this word enough!!
SECURITY………especially in any sector of business
Sometimes, people, companies and organisations etc will look at ‘the cost’ of a product or service and think, “that’s expensive?”
Cyber security is one of those areas where many companies, especially in SME businesses, where owners, directors or managers say ‘it won’t happen to me!’ But when it does, the ‘IT’ provider is held to task.
OPTIONS TO KEEP YOU & YOUR BUSINESS DATA SECURE
Network security comes in many forms and has many ‘cyber’ breaches start with phishing emails; this is one of the most cost-effective changes a business can make.
Off-site scanning services such as Mimecast, Cisco Cloud Security, Barracuda, Proofpoint and the market leader Trend Micro all offer a service where the incoming emails pass through their servers which ‘sniff’ out any potential threats, such as the dodgy links and some (like Trend) also analyse the style of words and language contained within the email.
HOW A MANAGED IT SUPPORT PARTNER CAN HELP
Other security considerations are FIREWALLS. Firewalls are designed to minimise the attacks against your networks.
Like anything else, there are cheap ways, cost-effective way and very expensive ways of getting good protection. The most expensive way is ‘appliance’ based. Hardware security companies such as Sonicwall, Watchguard, Barracuda and Sophos all offer a box that has sophisticated monitoring of all the network equipment, including Wi-Fi equipment.
Most companies have firewalls but just don’t know it!
This is where you IT provider comes into play. They are the experts so will give you the best advice……if their industry training is up-to-date. We are in a daily changing world and for IT professionals, it’s a daily challenge of education, education, education of helping to secure you business against cyber threats.
KEEPING YOUR PRESONAL DATA SECURE
On a personal level, beware of the new types of scams designed to rob you of your hard earnt money.
Have you received any text messages from Royal mail lately? There have been recent incidents of asking recipients to pay for excess postage by clicking a link. Thereafter, a phone call would be received from the bank (an actor posing as your bank!), to say that there is fraudulent activity on you account and they are setting up a new account to transfer your money into……reverse psychology!
The new account is the scammer’s account and your money is lost! Thankfully, banks do refund the losses in most cases but this may be on a case-by-case basis.
Do you ever logon to free Wi-Fi at any venues?
There is an abundance of ‘free’ Wi-Fi service but did you know that some of these could be fake? Imagine, you are in a Café and you search for a Wi-Fi service. You pick the strongest signal, follow the login instructions and start using you Internet banking service.
All the while, a hacker sitting in a van outside, sending out a fake Wi-Fi service, is capturing your login details to your account!
We are in a very complex world and therefore we may be easily be led down the wrong road at any time. In the digital world, never has this saying been truer……’A little knowledge is very dangerous’ so please consult your IT provider or invest in a one-off independent audit of all your IT systems and even a penetration test to test the firewall defences in your business.
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