HOW TO PROTECT YOUR CYBER ENVIRONMENT

We owe it to ourselves and to our organisations to protect it in by learning how to protect ourselves. No matter what cyber security software it cannot give full guarantee.

95% of breaches are resultant from human error.

Important Must Know

  1. Educate all employees on the importance of protecting Data
  2. Understand what data you have and classify it
  3. Do not give every employee access to all and every piece of data
  4. Consider moving sensitive information and systems to a cloud provider
  5. Enable Remote Wipe
  6. Give everyone his or her own access credentials
  7. Ensure that everyone users’ proper passwords to access these systems
  8. Go Multi Factor Authentication
  9. Deal with Boyd
  10. Encrypt sensitive data when storing or transmitting it
  11. Backup- Backup- Backup
  12. Keep your backups off site, away from and not connected to networks
  13. Create appropriate social media policies and enforce them with technology
  14. Comply with all applicable regulations and industry standards
  15. Use appropriate security technology and do a penetration test
  16. Ensure that all technology is kept up to date
  17. Keep IOT of things away from not connected to production networks
  18. Hire expert advice
  19. Create a sound a cyber-security strategy
  • Monitor Networks

Network monitoring helps spotting slow and failing components that might jeopardise your system. If a detection system suspects a potential breach it can send out an email alert based on the type of activity it has identified.

  • Collaborate with colleagues and stakeholders

Build a close-knit team to back you and implement the security changes you want to see in your organisation

  • Set security measures and controls

Prevention, Detection, Response

  • Create a dynamic security structure

Carry the security banner, organise training sessions and refreshers, Securing the business and educating employees should be a top concern. Awehness is the key.

Invest in knowledge and skills.

The top thing to be aware of is Awehness.  

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