We are a few months into the new year and many may already have resoutions in their rear-view. Don't let the tradition of making resolutions at the beginning of the year and breaking them shortly after stop you from achieving your goals. You may need to alter or make new resolutions throughout the year to be successful. As an organization, it's never too late to make a resolution to improve your cybersecurity. To succeed in such a resolution, it is important to have a clear idea of what needs to be done.
Today’s cyberspace is flooded with “solutions” and even more threats. With issues ranging from targeted phishing to ransomware, choosing the right cybersecurity solution to fend for yourself and your organization can be a daunting task. Because of this, we’re providing four pivotal tips that will help you understand what your organization needs.
1. Educate Your Employees
The weakest link of every cybersecurity system is the end user. Having a workforce with an emphasis on a cybersecurity culture is the best way to strengthen that link. With 87% of firms stating that establishing a culture of cyber-awareness would improve the organization’s profitability and viability and only 5% of employees believing their organization’s cybersecurity culture is good enough, it’s clear that many businesses have some room for improvement.
2. Use a Strong Email Filter
An email filter is the first line of defense against phishing attacks. With a strong email filter providing pre-delivery protection, post-delivery detection, and the removal of malicious messages from user inboxes can mitigate or even prevent damage to your organization. Of course, some attempts may still go through which leaves your employees as the final line of defense (see tip 1).
3. Employ Multi-Factor Authentication
Cloud computing services added a lot of functionality and utility for organizations, but it also added new cybersecurity concerns. Anybody with the proper credentials can log into a cloud service, like Office 365, from anywhere in the world. This, of course, leads to issues like bad actors using compromised credentials to gain access to your organization's cloud enviornment. The best way to combat this is to implement Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), which makes it nearly impossible for somebody with comprimised credentials to gain access without the second factor of authentication.
4. Invest in Next-Gen Firewalls
Standard firewalls are no longer the effective solution they used to be. Where standard firewall solutions stagnate and are slow to evolve, next-generation firewalls are designed to keep up with today’s ever-changing cyber threats.
If you have concerns about how secure your organization is, contact us - we can help you determine the best defence against cyber crime.
