Cybersecurity is business-critical. The impact of a data breach can be immense: costing you both reputational damage and lost business. Looking to achieve cybersecurity best practice? Discover these 5 top tips from established expert Paul Overton.
Paul Overton, Director, Trusted Cyber Solutions
In this blog, I'll be looking at five key areas to focus on if you want to achieve cybersecurity best practice.
All data has value. Some data may not seem particularly important right now, but this might be different for a hacker. Being proactive about cybersecurity means understanding the value of your data.
What makes data valuable? Consider the following:
Costs of a data breach shouldn’t be underestimated; If your business lost personally identifiable data, you could face fines up to 4% of your annual turnover.
It's important to be ever-evolving in your approach to cybersecurity. After all, one thing hackers have that you don't is time. So, although being one step ahead is virtually impossible, you can be proactive about protecting your systems should a breach or attack occur.
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Pixl8 recognises that lockdown has resulted in hackers having more time on their hands. However, we see no evidence of any security or data breaches with our own sites - we're being proactive to ensure site code is as up to date and secure as possible.
Remote working presents a whole new set of cybersecurity challenges. To ensure data remains secure whilst your staff work from home, put appropriate policies and place and communicate them across your team.
Consider that remote workers in different countries can pose a problem for companies handling sensitive data; there are legal implications once data leaves a geographic area.
For video conferences or remote training, use passwords and waiting rooms to ensure only authorised users are allowed into your meetings or events.
If you want to achieve cybersecurity best practice, you need a good handle on the basics, and to take a proactive approach. As I mentioned earlier, the one thing hackers have on their hands which you don’t is time.
If you want to mitigate the potential risk of a cyber attack or data breach, you should be taking steps at all levels of your organisation to prevent data leakage, train staff, and handle personal or sensitive data with care.
If you are interested in how I can potentially help you, your teams and organisation, I’d love to hear from you.
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