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As the leader of your organization, one of your most crucial jobs is to keep the business and its staff safe at all times.
This is a constantly evolving task, which is never fully completed. There are always existing threats to be managed and new ones to combat.
Whether you are making sure that your company offices are safe from potential fire risks, setting up CCTV cameras outside your warehouses to protect them from break-ins, or ensuring your buildings are compliant with the latest health and safety regulations, there are many threats to take care of.
Of course, the most aggressive threat to your business that has emerged over the past twenty years is cybercrime. As businesses have increasingly relied on technology to complete daily tasks, they have become more vulnerable to cyber threats trying to destroy your company.
A successful cyberattack can destroy your brand reputation, cause severe financial damage, or sink your company altogether.
To help you prevent this from happening, this is how to protect your organization from cyber threats in 2023:
Make Sure Your Entire Network Is Protected
The first step you need to take to safeguard your organization from cyber threats is to ensure that the entire digital network is protected.
One of the most challenging aspects of modern cyber security is maintaining full control and visibility over your network. This is not easy because this could involve employee smartphones, laptops, and home networks.
Moreover, given the recent increase in digital nomads, ensuring your staff are always working from safe networks is increasingly hard.
To help with this, consider using a specialist cybersecurity and network security solution that gives you full visibility over your network and limits the chances of any malicious third party entering your internal network.
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Store Sensitive Information Responsibly
As with any threat, the best way to protect your business against it is to understand what the attacker wants most.
In the case of cyber security, it is sensitive data. This could be in the form of private customer details, top-secret product plans, financial information, and employee details.
It could also be important passwords, email accounts, or other useful data that could be useful to an attacker. Why do they want this information?
Well, they either sell it on at a hefty profit, threaten to share it and attempt to extort large sums of money from you, or share it anyway and destroy your reputation (sometimes on the behalf of a competitor, shockingly).
You should, therefore, protect your data as strongly as possible. Your best bet is to store sensitive information in cloud storage accounts.
Set Best Practices for Staff to Follow
Another great way to reduce the chances of a cyberattack on your business succeeding is to train your staff on cybersecurity best practices.
This might mean teaching them to set stronger passwords, tips on what to look out for with certain scams, or minimizing the threat if they notice one in the system.
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For many industries, COVID-19 has accelerated the timeline for Digital Transformation Programs by multiple years. Digital Transformation has become a necessity. Now, to survive in the Low Touch Economy—characterized by social distancing and a minimization of in-person activities—organizations must go digital. This includes offering digital solutions for both employees (e.g. Remote Work, Virtual Teams, Enterprise Cloud, etc.) and customers (e.g. E-commerce, Social Media, Mobile Apps, etc.).
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