Cyberattack is one of the common threats that modern businesses are facing today. Despite the growing threat landscape of cybersecurity attacks, many small and medium companies that experience data breaches and threats do not have adequate preparations. This includes prevention measures before the attack and incident response plans during/after the attack.
To thrive in today’s cybersecurity landscape, learning the art of defence is essential, and layering this approach with Att&ck framework techniques has become a necessity. It means your organization needs to have a cybersecurity team to ensure that every aspect of your infrastructure is secured through processes, technical controls, and people.
Cybercriminals constantly target large organisations in the quest to exploit their networks, steal data and extort money. However, it’s well known that SMEs are also targeted with the same level of enthusiasm by cybercriminals. The reason is simple; an attack on a home user gives access to their email passwords which can then be used for social engineering, but an attack directly on a company can lead to the theft of intellectual property and sensitive strategic data.
Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus are government-backed accreditation for all businesses. It is a certification scheme that requires businesses to meet certain standards and measures to ensure that they are aware of the risks. Which risks? Well, something as simple as malware could affect your business if you don’t have the right controls in place.
Many different types of IT security risks can affect a business. It is essential to know about the implications, how cyber risks can be identified and what you need to protect against them. In this connected world, cyber attacks are a common occurrence. As long as the internet exists, there will be information security risks and malicious attacks that come with it. Ranging from minor nuisances to devastating consequences, hackers never seem to stop attacking your data!
With the changing tech landscape, v8 of CIS critical security controls presents a more consolidated approach that replaced CIS Top 20 released a while ago.
This post is about LinkedIn – a go-to professional networking and jobs platform – a feature that allows outside individuals (not belonging to the target organisation) to post jobs on an organisation’s behalf. Whether you call it posting scam jobs on LinkedIn, phishing the LinkedIn users or any wider campaigns based on the drivers – it is a recipe for Identity fraud.
Traditional and typical cyber security techniques usually fail to meet the security requirements of today’s corporate industries and businesses. As the digital world has revolutionized, so are cyber security threats and risks. It has become more difficult to rely on a single security solution or a single line of defence.
To get a better understanding of how RDP works, think of a remote-controlled toy car. The user presses buttons on the controller and makes the car move forward or backwards. He can do all that and control the car without actually contacting it; the same is the case while using RDP. This article shall help you become aware of RDP security encompassing threats, vulnerabilities and encryption practices.
In the IT world authentication is a process that verifies or identifies if a user is actually who he claims to be. This protects systems, networks, devices or applications from unauthorised access or use as only legitimate authenticated users are allowed to access the resources. Usually, user authentication is achieved by submitting a valid username or user ID and its corresponding private information (e.g. a password).
