Cybersecurity is one matter that concerns large and small businesses alike. It is not enough to merely formulate security policies, unless there is concrete action in applications. Hackers and cybercriminals try hard to find backdoor vulnerabilities to attack businesses, and they seem to discover and invent new ways for causing damage. If your company is worried about cybersecurity, below are a few concrete steps that are worth considering.
Focus on in-house training
Employees are on the frontline in ensuring security of networked devices. Each networked device works like a computer, and how these devices, software, and programs are managed makes a big difference. Your employees need to know about cybersecurity, what they are expected to do, steps that must be followed in case of a security breach, and other aspects that may concern enterprise security. Get cybersecurity experts, if need be, for training and workshops.
Don’t miss on basic protection measures
- First things first, ensure that default passwords are changed immediately after a product or software has been deployed. Ensure that new passwords are strong, long, and has special characters. It is also absolutely necessary to ensure that employees are using a reliable password management tool.
- Next, ensure that network is secured, protected, and encryption is used where possible. Also, ensuring that networked devices are placed behind firewalls is necessary, and if required, use network segmentation. With network segmentation, it is possible to avoid malware attacks and ransomware incidents.
- Think of extra security. Multifactor authentication, use of lockout feature, and additional cybersecurity measures to protect privilege accounts can be good steps in the long run. If required, add a second or third layer of security, and make sure that managers are in charge of managing access rights.
- Don’t forget to update firmware and software. Manufacturers are constantly trying to fix security issues, and they do offer updates from time to time. Ensure that all software, firmware and operating systems are updated, and if there are old programs or software that are not in use anymore, uninstall them immediately.
- Take backups. In case a major security breach happens, it would be one of the foremost priorities to restore affected apps, systems and programs, for which taking backups is absolutely important. Also, schedule necessary network scans, so that security issues can be sorted before things go beyond control.
Finally, don’t shy away from taking outsider help, as needed, to create cybersecurity policies.
