Kiwi businesses face daily cyber threats, just like traditional brick-and-mortar establishments contend with the risk of criminal activity. Any business dependent on technology is susceptible to potential cybersecurity challenges. Filling out Cyber insurance applications not to mention meeting and implementing the many requirements can be daunting. We help many business with their paperwork completion and compliance. Feel free to reach out to us any time, for a no obligation chat if you need help.
Cyber threats can be viewed in two ways: As a source of vulnerability, danger, and expenditure, or as a driver of transformation. The key is your confidence in the resiliency of your strategy and the support you have behind your IT infrastructure.
Luckily, we provide the most precious component in today's cybersecurity: confidence. Combat the horror of the unpredictable with effective, time-tested preventative strategies.
To deliver end-to-end cybersecurity services, we combine a business-focused perspective, sector-specific experience, innovative technology, and thousands of trained individuals. Working with the right partners, we develop a plan to detect and totally eliminate security threats before they pose a danger to your system. We closely follow the NIST Framework and HIPAA Protocols and can help you with advice on the these useful tools.
Such malicious attacks encompass a spectrum, spanning from hacking and malware to ransomware and phishing emails. The aftermath may involve fraud, extortion, or the theft of valuable assets.
Example: After receiving an email from her boss instructing a $120,000 transfer to an overseas supplier, the accountant at a manufacturing firm promptly complied. Subsequently, it was revealed that a cybercriminal had infiltrated their systems, acquiring enough information about the company to craft a convincing email impersonating the boss. The result: a loss of $120,000 for the company, along with additional expenses incurred to enhance their system security.
If your business collects or stores information from customers, suppliers, partners or employees, there is a risk of that data falling into the wrong hands.
A data breach occurs when cybercriminals gain unauthorized access to your systems, employing tactics like hacking, phishing, and malware to pilfer sensitive information—ranging from business records and credit card details to intellectual property.Human error can also contribute to a data breach, such as instances where employees inadvertently send data to the wrong recipients.
The Result
1. Deterioration of trust and business reputation
2. Expenses accrued for system patching and restoration
3. Diminished intellectual property
4. Financial losses if accounts become targets
5. Revenue decline during system restoration
6. Potential fines or penalties for violating customer privacy
Some Tips
1. Establish a comprehensive incident response plan outlining the location of your data, associated risks, risk reduction strategies, and a clear protocol for responding to breaches.
2. Educate your team on identifying phishing emails and malware.
3. Promote sound data management practices among staff, including encrypting and password-protecting data before sharing.
4. Ensure the secure storage and proper destruction of physical data, such as paperwork and USB sticks.
5. Enforce the use of robust passwords or passphrases.
6. Regularly install and update anti-virus software and firewalls
Malware, a type of malicious software, is employed to infiltrate your systems and pilfer financial or sensitive business data. Its installation can occur unwittingly through actions like opening infected emails, clicking on malicious links, or downloading compromised online software.
Malware can impact your business in various ways, including:
1. Disabling services and launching attacks on your company's websites.
2. Unauthorized access to confidential and sensitive business data.
3. Theft of data and personal information related to your business, customers, and employees.
4. Leaving your systems susceptible to additional attacks
Some Tips
1. Don't open attachments or links in emails from people you don't know or that look suspicious.
2. Educate your staff on how to recognise phishing emails and how to browse online responsibly.
3. Keep your software, anti-virus, firewall and anti-spyware up to date and scan regularly.
Employee negligence occurs when individuals fail to exercise due care, such as opening emails containing phishing attacks, using USBs infected with viruses, or maintaining weak passwords that expose your business to cyber threats.
How You Can be Affected
1. Impact your business's brand or reputation adversely.
2. Disrupt normal business operations during issue resolution.
3. Compromise the security of your customers' data.
4. Put your critical business information at risk of compromise or deletion
Some Tips
1. Restrict admin user access to only those who require it.
2. Implement robust password policies, especially for mobile devices.
3. Develop a checklist outlining best cybersecurity practices, or adopt our recommendations.
4.Educate your employees on identifying and responding to cyber attacks.
5. Establish a comprehensive response plan.
Simply put, it's digital extortion and represents the most rapidly escalating cyber threat for businesses of all sizes.Ransomware can lurk in emails and websites. Once activated, it encrypts your files with a 'key' only accessible to the attacker. Its rapid spread and ability to adapt make ransomware exceptionally perilous, evading security measures.
How You Can be Affected
1. Restricting access to your systems, data, or information until a ransom fee is paid.
2. Disabling the functionality of your devices and systems, rendering your business operations inoperable.
3. Incurring significant financial consequences – you may be barred from conducting business until the ransom is paid, with no assurance of unlocking by the cyber criminal.
4. Compromising the privacy of your employees or customers, potentially resulting in a loss of trust and damage to your reputation.
Some Tips
1. Ensure your software and operating systems are consistently updated; enable automatic renewal for added convenience.
2. Exercise caution with unexpected emails featuring unfamiliar links or attachments.
3. Conduct routine backups of your data onto an external hard drive to maintain access in case of a cyber attack.
4. Educate your staff on recognizing potential threats and emphasize the importance of refraining from opening suspicious links or emails.
Train team members on security awareness to keep your company safe. From phishing, malvertising, malware, and malware attacks to ransomware assaults and authentication systems, your employees are high-value candidates for malicious attackers.
Our Security Awareness Training solution provides timely and up-to-date cybersecurity awareness training. It assists IT, security, and regulatory leaders in developing a cyber-aware culture in which employees understand and avoid becoming victims of cyber attacks.
We assist in protecting your business and reducing online threats by raising user awareness of the methods and hazards meant to harm your organization. The program also aids in meeting regulatory or industry compliance training requirements for compliance-sensitive enterprises.
Prevent the financial and business consequences of personnel errors and poor decision-making immediately! Create a security-compliant culture in which your employees understand the importance of data privacy and security and are driven to safeguard personally identifiable information and many other critical materials.
Security is critical for two very basic reasons. First, our identities are increasingly online. From lending institutions to our working places, we are continuing to live online. Second, all of the supply chain operations that keep us alive are managed by digital technology.
The consequences of significant data breaches require more than simply changing your password on a regular basis. This means that attackers are focusing on the technology that defines and supports our lives.
Our cybersecurity services portfolio comprises both strategic and consultative services, as well as a variety of analysis and testing services. Working directly with you, we personalize a strategic plan that matches up with your business objectives now and into the future.
We provide a variety of cybersecurity solutions as part of our full IT service offering. We are ready to assist anyone who wishes to maximize the value of their cybersecurity investments.
If you have any questions or just want to say hello, contact us to ensure maximum security for your business! Feel free to contact us by mail, phone, or email at any time.
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