Did you know?
60% of Small businesses shut down within 6 months after suffering a breach
82% of Ransomware attacks are on businesses with < 1000 employees
There are an estimated 1.7m ransomware attacks per day
1. EMAIL SECURITY
Secure your email. Most attacks originate in your email. We'll help you choose a service designed to reduce spam and your exposure to attacks on your staff via email.
2. PASSWORD SECURITY
It is important to apply security policies on your network. Eg:
- Deny or limit USB file storage access
- Enable enhanced password policies
- Set user screen timeouts
- Limit user access
- Use unique passwords for each account
3. MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION
Utilise Multi-Factor Authentication whenever you can; Including on your network, bank websites, and even social media. MFA adds an additional layer of protection to ensure that even if your password does get stolen, your data stays protected.
4. DARK WEB RESEARCH
Knowing in real-time what passwords and accounts have been posted on the Dark Web will allow you to be proactive in preventing a data breach. We scan the Dark web and take action to protect your business from stolen credentials that have been posted for sale.
5. DATA BACKUPS
Backup local. Backup to the cloud. Have an online backup for each month of the year. Test your backups often! And if you aren't convinced your backups are working properly, call us ASAP, or we can manage it all for you.
6. DATA ENCRYPTION
Whenever possible, the goal is to encrypt files; at rest, in motion (think, email) and especially on mobile devices.
7. FIREWALL
- Turn on Intrusion Detection and Intrusion Prevention features
- Send the login files to a managed SIEM
Symsafe can manage this process for you.
8. COMPUTER UPDATES
Make sure Microsoft, Adobe and Java products remain updated. We provide a 'critical update' service via automation to protect your computers from the latest known attacks.
9. ADVANCED ENDPOINT SECURITY
Protect your computers and data from malware, viruses and cyber attacks with advanced endpoint security. EDR technology (which replaces your current anti-virus solution) protects against file-less and script based threats and can even rollback a ransomware attack.
10. SECURITY AWARENESS
Train your team - often! Educate them about data security, email attacks and your specific policies and procedures. We offer excellent web-based training solutions and 'done for you' security policies.
11. SECURITY ASSESSMENT
It is important to establish a baseline and close existing vulnerabilities. When was your last assessment?
12. CYBER INSURANCE
If all else fails, protect your income and business with cyber damage and recovery insurance policies.
Get started with a cybersecurity risk assessment
to gauge your current level of protection.
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