Resources 7 Cybersecurity Tips You Should Know

Cybersecurity is Serious Business

Regretfully, there is no solution to keep your network completely secure. This especially holds true when considering the weakest part of your cybersecurity solution, the user. A single click on a suspicious email or attachment can cause a breach. Below is a list of some of the most important tips users need to know for a secure network. Educating your users helps reinforce your cyber defenses.

1. DDoS is Always a Threat

Everybody is vulnerable to a DDoS attack. A successful attack will take your services offline, immediately affecting your reputation and revenue. If your customers cannot connect with your service, will they retry or are they going to your competition?  Consider employing cloud-based anti-DDoS solutions so you won’t have to find out.
 

2. Change Your Passwords Often

Staying with the same password for an extended period of time makes it easier for hackers. At the very least, change your password every 90 days. If you access sensitive data or are a system administrator, consider changing your password more often as 90 days is too long.
 

3. Be Complex

Passwords should be complex enough to stop any hacker. While many companies require at least 12 characters, a decent password has at least eight. The password should also include a combination of at least three of these categories:

  • lowercase letter
  • capital letter
  • number
  • special character
     

4. Knowledge is Power

Educate your team. Social engineering is still the number one threat in cybersecurity. A culture focused on continual employee education can combat threats like phishing, whaling, and other social engineering based attacks.
 

5. Back Up Your Data

Backups and snapshots are an integral part of any security plan. If afflicted with ransomware there is only one solution, loading a backup.
 

6. Invest in Protection

Do you have end point protection, and is it up to date? Make sure your anti-virus and anti-malware are on every PC, server, and virtual machine on the network.
 

7. Stay Up To Date

Update all your firewalls and software to the current version. If any devices connected to the network are not updated, then force an update. Also, consider Next Generation Firewalls (NGFW) to keep even more malicious data out.

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