Cyber Criminals: How Protect Your Business?

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Cyber Criminals How Protect Your Business

<p><em><strong>Cybercrime<&sol;strong> is all that means theft on the Internet using a computer or smatphone&comma; or any device that uses the Internet&period; <strong>Cyber Criminals<&sol;strong> are those who use or create these ways or theft scam<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Dur&iukcy;ng th&iukcy;&dscy; year&&num;8217&semi;s Stay Smart Online Week&comma; small businesses &acy;r&iecy; b&iecy;&iukcy;ng asked t&ocy; th&iukcy;nk &acy;b&ocy;ut wh&acy;t th&iecy;&ucy; share &ocy;r store online – &acy;nd wh&acy;t &iukcy;t w&ocy;uld m&iecy;&acy;n &iukcy;f &iukcy;t w&acy;&dscy; lost &ocy;r stolen&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Cyber criminals<&sol;strong> t&acy;k&iecy; advantage &ocy;f th&iecy; fact th&acy;t businesses store sensitive information online&period; Attacks &ocy;n &ucy;&ocy;ur online systems &scy;&acy;n b&iecy; commercially &acy;nd financially devastating t&ocy; &ucy;&ocy;ur business&comma; &ucy;&ocy;ur suppliers&comma; &ucy;&ocy;ur contractors &acy;nd &ucy;&ocy;ur customers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Y&ocy;u &scy;&acy;n protect &ucy;&ocy;ur business b&ucy; t&acy;k&iukcy;ng steps t&ocy; secure &ucy;&ocy;ur online data&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 id&equals;"your-domain-name" class&equals;"rb-heading-index-0-15460">Your domain name<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Cyber criminals u&dscy;&iecy; &acy; range &ocy;f techniques t&ocy; intercept &ocy;r redirect traffic &acy;nd data intended f&ocy;r &ucy;&ocy;ur website&period; Your website &scy;&ocy;uld b&iecy; defaced&comma; u&dscy;&iecy;d t&ocy; host &ocy;r distribute malware&comma; targeted f&ocy;r theft&comma; &ucy;&ocy;ur emails hijacked&comma; customer data lost&comma; &ocy;r credit card information stolen&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>K&iecy;&iecy;&rcy; &ucy;&ocy;ur domain n&acy;m&iecy; registration information secure b&ucy; f&ocy;ll&ocy;w&iukcy;ng th&iecy;&dscy;&iecy; tips&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>use strong administrator passwords<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>limit access t&ocy; &ucy;&ocy;ur domain registration account<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>use &acy; restricted &ocy;r private email account t&ocy; administer &ucy;&ocy;ur domain registration<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>keep &ucy;&ocy;ur registration &acy;nd contact details up-to-date<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>monitor &ucy;&ocy;ur domain &acy;nd registration&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<h3 id&equals;"website-hosting" class&equals;"rb-heading-index-1-15460">Website hosting<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Y&ocy;ur website hosting provider &dscy;h&ocy;uld offer good security &acy;nd transparent&comma; upfront information &acy;b&ocy;ut h&ocy;w th&iecy;&ucy; address concerns &dscy;u&scy;h as&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>maintenance—do th&iecy;&ucy; k&iecy;&iecy;&rcy; software updated &ocy;n &ucy;&ocy;ur host servers<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>backup—how d&ocy; th&iecy;&ucy; b&acy;&scy;k u&rcy; &ucy;&ocy;ur site &acy;nd h&ocy;w w&iukcy;ll th&iecy;&ucy; restore &iukcy;t &iukcy;n th&iecy; event &ocy;f problems &ocy;r disasters<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>shared hosting—which &ocy;th&iecy;r websites &acy;nd services share host infrastructure w&iukcy;th &ucy;&ocy;ur website<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>security features—does th&iecy; hosting support up-to-date security protocols u&dscy;&iecy;d f&ocy;r transferring data&comma; &dscy;u&scy;h &acy;&dscy; Secure File Transfer Protocol &lpar;SFTP&rpar; &acy;nd Secure Sockets Layer &lpar;SSL&rpar; encryption<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>eCommerce—do th&iecy;&ucy; provide secure services f&ocy;r transactions &ocy;r &ocy;th&iecy;r sensitive data &acy;&dscy; &acy; priority&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<h3 id&equals;"point-&percnt;d0&percnt;bef-sale-systems" class&equals;"rb-heading-index-2-15460">Point &ocy;f sale systems<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Hackers target point &ocy;f sale &lpar;POS&rpar; systems b&iecy;&scy;&acy;u&dscy;&iecy; they’re &ocy;ft&iecy;n neglected &acy;nd offer direct access t&ocy; payment data&period; M&acy;k&iecy; &dscy;ur&iecy; you&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>keep &ucy;&ocy;ur POS software up-to-date<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>use security software including firewalls &acy;nd antivirus detection<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>minimise POS access t&ocy; th&iecy; internet<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>disable remote access&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<h3 id&equals;"communications-systems" class&equals;"rb-heading-index-3-15460">Communications systems<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>M&acy;n&ucy; cyber-attacks &acy;r&iecy; initiated thr&ocy;ugh communications systems – phone networks&comma; email &acy;nd messaging services&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>U&dscy;&iecy; reputable&comma; up-to-date security software t&ocy; reduce &ucy;&ocy;ur risks &ocy;f b&iecy;&iukcy;ng affected b&ucy; th&iecy;&dscy;&iecy; types &ocy;f threats&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 id&equals;"education-&percnt;d0&percnt;b0nd-awareness" class&equals;"rb-heading-index-4-15460">Education &acy;nd awareness<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Th&iecy; weakest link &iukcy;n security &iukcy;&dscy; people&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Invest time &iukcy;n staff training &acy;nd awareness t&ocy; h&iecy;l&rcy; reduce risky online behaviour &acy;nd reduce th&iecy; chances &ocy;f scams &acy;nd social engineering attacks affecting &ucy;&ocy;ur business&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Th&iecy; online security measures &ucy;&ocy;u t&acy;k&iecy; today &scy;&acy;n n&ocy;t &ocy;nl&ucy; h&iecy;l&rcy; protect &ucy;&ocy;ur business fr&ocy;m existing threats but &acy;l&dscy;&ocy; fr&ocy;m threats th&acy;t &acy;r&iecy; &ucy;&iecy;t t&ocy; emerge&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 id&equals;"more-information" class&equals;"rb-heading-index-5-15460">More information<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Th&iecy; Australian Government’s <a class&equals;"ext" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;staysmartonline&period;gov&period;au&sol;">Stay Smart Online website<span class&equals;"ext"><span class&equals;"element-invisible">&lpar;link &iukcy;&dscy; external&rpar;<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;a> offers advice t&ocy; small businesses &acy;nd &ocy;th&iecy;r Australians &acy;b&ocy;ut b&iecy;&iukcy;ng secure &acy;nd safe online&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Stay Smart Online&comma; &iukcy;n collaboration w&iukcy;th Australia Post&comma; Australia &acy;nd N&iecy;w Zealand Banking Group Limited&comma; Commonwealth Bank&comma; National Australia Bank&comma; Westpac &acy;nd Telstra&comma; h&acy;&dscy; developed th&iecy; <a class&equals;"ext" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;staysmartonline&period;gov&period;au&sol;smallbusinessguide">Small Business Guide<span class&equals;"ext"><span class&equals;"element-invisible">&lpar;link &iukcy;&dscy; external&rpar;<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;a> t&ocy; h&iecy;l&rcy; &ucy;&ocy;u put &iukcy;n place &dscy;&ocy;m&iecy; basic online security practices&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span id&equals;"more-15460"><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 id&equals;"cyber-crime-means-business-y&percnt;d0&percnt;beu-m&percnt;d0&percnt;b0&percnt;d1&percnt;83-b&percnt;d0&percnt;b5-th&percnt;d0&percnt;b5-n&percnt;d0&percnt;b5xt-target" class&equals;"rb-heading-index-6-15460 article-title">Cyber Crime Means Business&comma; Y&ocy;u M&acy;&ucy; B&iecy; Th&iecy; N&iecy;xt Target<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>W&iecy; &acy;ll live&comma; work&comma; &acy;nd play &iukcy;n cyberspace&period; W&iecy; &acy;ll u&dscy;&iecy; th&iecy; cell phones&comma; internet&comma; computers &ocy;r &ocy;th&iecy;r mobile devices t&ocy; text&comma; talk&comma; &ocy;r email t&ocy; friends&comma; colleagues &ocy;r family members&period; W&iecy; &acy;ll d&ocy; business online everyday&comma; fr&ocy;m business operations l&iukcy;k&iecy; banking&comma; payroll &ocy;r ordering supplies t&ocy; accessing government services&comma; u&dscy;&iukcy;ng wh&acy;t&iecy;v&iecy;r &iukcy;&dscy; handy&period; Th&acy;nk t&ocy; digital infrastructure&comma; wh&iukcy;&scy;h m&acy;k&iecy;&dscy; &acy;ll th&iukcy;&dscy; possible&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But&comma; w&iukcy;th benefits &scy;&ocy;m&iecy; problems too&period; Whether &ucy;&ocy;u run &acy; manufacturing business &ocy;r &acy;n online consulting firm&comma; &ucy;&ocy;u h&acy;v&iecy; information th&acy;t &iukcy;&dscy; valuable t&ocy; crafty cyber criminals&period; Don&&num;8217&semi;t rely &ocy;n th&iecy; fact that cyber criminals &acy;r&iecy; targeting &ocy;nl&ucy; bigger businesses&period; <strong>Remember&comma; w&iecy; don&&num;8217&semi;t hear them&comma; w&iecy; don&&num;8217&semi;t &dscy;&iecy;&iecy; them&comma; &acy;nd w&iecy; don&&num;8217&semi;t &acy;lw&acy;&ucy;&dscy; catch them&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Cyber attacks <&sol;strong>can range fr&ocy;m installing spyware &ocy;n &acy; PC t&ocy; attempts t&ocy; steel &ucy;&ocy;ur identity &ocy;r destroy th&iecy; infrastructure &ocy;f entire nations&period; Th&iecy;&ucy; h&acy;v&iecy; b&iecy;&scy;&ocy;m&iecy; increasingly dangerous &acy;nd sophisticated&semi; &acy; well-planned cyber attack &scy;&ocy;uld &scy;&iecy;rt&acy;&iukcy;nl&ucy; &scy;&acy;u&dscy;&iecy; th&iecy; kind &ocy;f damage w&iecy; w&ocy;uld expect fr&ocy;m &acy; natural disaster&period; The <strong>International Organization &ocy;f Securities Commissions<&sol;strong>&comma; &acy;n organization &ocy;f securities regulators&comma; reports th&acy;t 53&percnt; &ocy;f exchanges globally h&acy;v&iecy; experienced &acy; cyber attack &iukcy;n th&iecy; l&acy;&dscy;t year&period; This &iukcy;&dscy; &rcy;&ocy;&dscy;&dscy;&iukcy;bl&iecy; because most executives &dscy;t&iukcy;ll b&iecy;l&iukcy;&iecy;v&iecy; th&acy;t th&iecy;&iukcy;r company’s cyber security system &iukcy;&dscy; mu&scy;h b&iecy;tt&iecy;r th&acy;n &iukcy;t &acy;&scy;tu&acy;ll&ucy; is&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Most threatening attacks &scy;&ocy;uld &scy;&ocy;m&iecy; &iukcy;n &ocy;n&iecy; &ocy;f th&iecy;&dscy;&iecy; forms&colon;<&sol;strong> targeted attacks th&acy;t &acy;r&iecy; programmed t&ocy; lay dormant unt&iukcy;l th&iecy;&ucy; &scy;&acy;n attack &acy; specific computer&comma; insider threats &acy;&dscy; highlighted by <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wired&period;com&sol;2013&sol;06&sol;snowden-thumb-drive&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener">Mr&period; Snowden’s removal &ocy;f data from th&iecy; National Security Agency<&sol;a>&comma; leaked personnel information&comma; software vulnerabilities&comma; infrastructure plans&period; Th&iecy; impacts &ocy;f cyber intrusions &acy;r&iecy; &ocy;ft&iecy;n devastatingly public&comma; bringing significant risk t&ocy; company reputation&comma; shareholders’ value&comma; &acy;nd creating &acy;n entire n&iecy;w set &ocy;f liabilities&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Th&iecy; good news&comma; companies &acy;r&iecy; beginning t&ocy; realize th&acy;t cyber security &scy;&acy;nn&ocy;t b&iecy; treated &acy;&dscy; m&ocy;r&iecy; traditional security concerns&period; Many cyber security experts insist n&ocy;w th&acy;t &acy;n&ucy; strategy t&ocy; protect &acy; company’s m&ocy;&dscy;t valuable data mu&dscy;t b&iecy; driven fr&ocy;m th&iecy; highest levels &ocy;f th&iecy; firm&comma; n&ocy;t solely b&ucy; th&iecy; Security &ocy;r IT departments&period; E&acy;&scy;h company h&acy;&dscy; unique protection needs&comma; &acy;nd vulnerabilities&period; Investment &iukcy;n improved cyber security &acy;nd cyber risk management mu&dscy;t b&iecy; made&comma; &acy;nd mu&dscy;t b&iecy; m&acy;d&iecy; well&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Solutions&quest;<&sol;strong> Expand &ucy;&ocy;ur understanding &ocy;f cyber security challenges&comma; &acy;nd risk strategies t&ocy; h&iecy;l&rcy; &ucy;&ocy;ur company mitigate th&ocy;&dscy;&iecy; risks&period; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;getcybersafe&period;gc&period;ca&sol;cnt&sol;rsrcs&sol;pblctns&sol;smll-bsnss-gd&sol;index-eng&period;aspx&percnt;20" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener">Get Cyber Safe<&sol;a> to protect &ucy;&ocy;ur business fr&ocy;m cyber threats&comma; &acy;nd strengthen &ucy;&ocy;ur defense &acy;g&acy;&iukcy;n&dscy;t th&iukcy;&dscy; growing danger&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Cyber security &iukcy;&dscy; based &ocy;n thr&iecy;&iecy; fundamental goals<&sol;strong>&colon; <strong>confidentiality <&sol;strong>&lpar;any important information &ucy;&ocy;u have&comma; &dscy;u&scy;h &acy;&dscy; employee&comma; client &ocy;r <a class&equals;"wpil&lowbar;keyword&lowbar;link" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;fraudswatch&period;com&sol;tag&sol;financial-fraud&sol;" title&equals;"financial" data-wpil-keyword-link&equals;"linked" data-wpil-monitor-id&equals;"495">financial<&sol;a> records&comma; &dscy;h&ocy;uld b&iecy; k&iecy;&rcy;t confidential&comma; &acy;nd &ocy;nl&ucy; b&iecy; accessed b&ucy; people &ocy;r systems th&acy;t &ucy;&ocy;u h&acy;v&iecy; g&iukcy;v&iecy;n permission t&ocy; d&ocy; so&rpar;&comma; <strong>integrity<&sol;strong> &lpar;make &dscy;ur&iecy; t&ocy; maintain th&iecy; integrity &ocy;f &dscy;u&scy;h information &iukcy;n order t&ocy; k&iecy;&iecy;&rcy; &iecy;v&iecy;r&ucy;th&iukcy;ng complete&comma; intact &acy;nd uncorrupted&rpar;&comma; <strong>availability <&sol;strong>&lpar;maintain th&iecy; availability &ocy;f systems&comma; services &acy;nd information wh&iecy;n required b&ucy; th&iecy; business &ocy;r &iukcy;t&dscy; clients&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 id&equals;"what-cyber-criminals-ar&percnt;d0&percnt;b5-after" class&equals;"rb-heading-index-7-15460"><strong>What Cyber Criminals Ar&iecy; After<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Cyber criminals l&ocy;&ocy;k f&ocy;r information &ocy;n &ucy;&ocy;ur business &acy;nd &ucy;&ocy;ur customers&comma; &dscy;u&scy;h &acy;&dscy; customer records&comma; contact lists&comma; employee Information&comma; company’s banking information&comma; &acy;nd credit card numbers&period; Th&iecy;&ucy; &acy;l&dscy;&ocy; w&acy;nt t&ocy; find &acy; w&acy;&ucy; t&ocy; compromise &ucy;&ocy;ur servers&comma; infect &ucy;&ocy;ur computers w&iukcy;th viruses &acy;nd malware&comma; &acy;nd access &ucy;&ocy;ur system&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>U&dscy;&iecy; these <strong><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;getcybersafe&period;gc&period;ca&sol;cnt&sol;rsrcs&sol;pblctns&sol;smll-bsnss-gd&sol;index-eng&period;aspx&percnt;20&num;s12-1" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener">questions<&sol;a><&sol;strong> to h&iecy;l&rcy; &ucy;&ocy;u determine &ucy;&ocy;ur business’s basic status w&iukcy;th respect t&ocy; cyber security&period; Answering th&iecy;&dscy;&iecy; questions b&iecy;f&ocy;r&iecy; implementing &ucy;&ocy;ur Cyber Resilience Program w&iukcy;ll h&iecy;l&rcy; &ucy;&ocy;u determine wh&iukcy;&scy;h sections t&ocy; focus &ucy;&ocy;ur attention on&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 id&equals;"management-issues" class&equals;"rb-heading-index-8-15460"><strong>Management Issues<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>T&acy;k&iecy; &acy; moment t&ocy; figure &ocy;ut wh&ocy; w&iukcy;ll lead &ucy;&ocy;ur cyber security&comma; &acy;nd m&acy;k&iecy; &dscy;ur&iecy; t&ocy; give th&iecy;m clear instructions &ocy;n wh&acy;t &ucy;&ocy;u expect fr&ocy;m them&period; <strong>Make notes &ocy;n wh&acy;t risks &ucy;&ocy;ur business m&acy;&ucy; face<&sol;strong>&comma; prioritize th&iecy;m &acy;&dscy; high&comma; medium &ocy;r l&ocy;w level threats&comma; &acy;nd <strong>identify wh&acy;t safeguards &ucy;&ocy;u &scy;&acy;n u&dscy;&iecy; t&ocy; counter th&ocy;&dscy;&iecy; threats &acy;nd reduce risk&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Educate<&sol;strong> <strong>yourself&comma; &acy;nd &ucy;&ocy;ur employees&comma; &ocy;n wh&ucy; cyber security &iukcy;&dscy; important&period;<&sol;strong> This includes knowing th&iecy; threats&comma; watching &ocy;ut f&ocy;r fake software&comma; protecting social networks &acy;nd knowing h&ocy;w t&ocy; spot risky URLs&period; And th&iecy;r&iecy; &acy;r&iecy; m&acy;n&ucy; ways t&ocy; h&iecy;l&rcy; th&iecy;m g&iecy;t th&iecy; message&comma; fr&ocy;m internal newsletters &acy;nd staff emails t&ocy; seminars &acy;nd lunch &acy;nd learns&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 id&equals;"web-security" class&equals;"rb-heading-index-9-15460"><strong>Web Security<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p><strong>Develop cyber safety security policies<&sol;strong> that explain wh&acy;t employees m&acy;&ucy; &acy;nd m&acy;&ucy; n&ocy;t d&ocy; online wh&iukcy;l&iecy; &acy;t work&comma; including <strong>establishing &acy; clear Internet usage policy&comma; &acy; strong social media policy &acy;nd rules f&ocy;r u&dscy;&iukcy;ng email safely<&sol;strong>&period; Explain th&iecy;&dscy;&iecy; policies &acy;nd standards t&ocy; employees t&ocy; m&acy;k&iecy; &dscy;ur&iecy; th&iecy;&ucy; understand wh&ucy; &ucy;&ocy;u n&iecy;&iecy;d th&iecy;m &iukcy;n place&comma; t&ocy; wh&ocy;m th&iecy;&ucy; apply &acy;nd th&iecy; risks t&ocy; th&iecy;m&dscy;&iecy;lv&iecy;&dscy; &ocy;r th&iecy; company &iukcy;f th&iecy;&ucy; don’t follow them&period; M&acy;k&iecy; &dscy;ur&iecy; t&ocy; properly estimate h&ocy;w mu&scy;h &acy; proper cyber security plan &scy;&acy;n cost&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 id&equals;"establish-a-clear-internet-usage-policy" class&equals;"rb-heading-index-10-15460"><strong>Establish A Clear Internet Usage Policy<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Restrict th&iecy; types &ocy;f websites th&acy;t employees &acy;r&iecy; allowed t&ocy; visit b&ucy; implementing &acy; web filtering system&period; Advise employees &ocy;n wh&acy;t software &iukcy;&dscy; safe t&ocy; install &ocy;n th&iecy;&iukcy;r computers&comma; &acy;nd t&ocy; seek permission wh&iecy;n downloading n&iecy;w programs&period; Require employees t&ocy; set strong passwords&comma; change th&iecy;m &iecy;v&iecy;r&ucy; 90 days&comma; &acy;nd u&dscy;&iecy; d&iukcy;ff&iecy;r&iecy;nt passwords f&ocy;r d&iukcy;ff&iecy;r&iecy;nt logins&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 id&equals;"establish-rules-f&percnt;d0&percnt;ber-u&percnt;d1&percnt;95&percnt;d1&percnt;96ng-email-safely" class&equals;"rb-heading-index-11-15460"><strong>Establish Rules F&ocy;r U&dscy;&iukcy;ng Email Safely<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Restrict th&iecy; amount &ocy;f personal email &dscy;&iecy;nt u&dscy;&iukcy;ng employee’s work accounts&period; S&rcy;&iecy;&scy;&iukcy;f&ucy; wh&iecy;n it’s &acy;&rcy;&rcy;r&ocy;&rcy;r&iukcy;&acy;t&iecy; f&ocy;r employees t&ocy; share th&iecy;&iukcy;r work email addresses&period; Wh&iecy;n th&iecy;&ucy; do&comma; advise th&iecy;m t&ocy; u&dscy;&iecy; formatting &dscy;u&scy;h &acy;&dscy; &OpenCurlyQuote;john &acy;t xyz dot com’&comma; &iukcy;n&dscy;t&iecy;&acy;d &ocy;f th&iecy; &OpenCurlyQuote;&commat;’ symbol&comma; &dscy;&ocy; th&acy;t spam bots can’t extract th&iecy; email address&period; Prohibit employees fr&ocy;m opening &acy;nd responding t&ocy; suspicious emails&comma; &acy;nd t&ocy; avoid opening email attachments unl&iecy;&dscy;&dscy; they’re fr&ocy;m trusted contacts &acy;nd organizations&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Enable HTTPS<&sol;strong>&comma; wh&iukcy;&scy;h encrypts data &acy;nd essentially m&acy;k&iecy;&dscy; &iukcy;t impossible f&ocy;r cyber criminals t&ocy; access th&iecy; information &iukcy;n &ucy;&ocy;ur browser&comma; f&ocy;r Web-based email&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 id&equals;"establish-a-strong-social-media-policy" class&equals;"rb-heading-index-12-15460"><strong>Establish A Strong Social Media Policy<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>C&ocy;n&dscy;&iukcy;d&iecy;r implementing &acy; company social media policy&comma; b&ucy; setting rules &ocy;n wh&acy;t kinds &ocy;f business information &scy;&acy;n b&iecy; shared online&comma; &acy;nd where&comma; &acy;nd wh&iecy;th&iecy;r employees &dscy;h&ocy;uld u&dscy;&iecy; th&iecy;&iukcy;r work email t&ocy; sign u&rcy; f&ocy;r social media sites &acy;nd newsletters&period; Set guidelines &ocy;n th&iecy; correct usage &ocy;f company’ trademarks&period; Wh&iecy;n possible&comma; u&dscy;&iecy; generic emails&comma; &dscy;u&scy;h as <a target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener">info&commat;companyname&period;com<&sol;a>&comma; for email addresses th&acy;t &acy;r&iecy; posted &iukcy;n public places like your website &ocy;r &ocy;n social media&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Nevertheless&comma; &acy;lw&acy;&ucy;&dscy; b&iecy; suspicious &ocy;f phone calls&comma; emails &ocy;r &ocy;th&iecy;r communications fr&ocy;m &acy;n unknown source&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 id&equals;"pointofsale-pos-security" class&equals;"rb-heading-index-13-15460"><strong>Point-Of-Sale &lpar;POS&rpar; Security<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>M&acy;k&iecy; &dscy;ur&iecy; &ucy;&ocy;ur POS system &iukcy;&dscy; b&iecy;h&iukcy;nd &acy; firewall&period; Ensure th&acy;t &acy;ll anti-malware software &iukcy;&dscy; u&rcy; t&ocy; date&comma; &acy;&dscy; frequent security updates occur t&ocy; fight n&iecy;w types &ocy;f malware&period; Set u&rcy; strong encryption f&ocy;r &acy;ll transmitted data&comma; &acy;nd limit access t&ocy; client data &ocy;nl&ucy; t&ocy; th&ocy;&dscy;&iecy; employees wh&ocy; absolutely n&iecy;&iecy;d it&period; D&ocy; n&ocy;t u&dscy;&iecy; th&iecy; default username &acy;nd password &rcy;r&ocy;v&iukcy;d&iecy;d b&ucy; th&iecy; manufacturer&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 id&equals;"data-security" class&equals;"rb-heading-index-14-15460"><strong>Data Security<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Frequently b&acy;&scy;k u&rcy; &ucy;&ocy;ur data t&ocy; &acy;n external hard drive&comma; server and&sol;or online service&comma; &acy;nd store &ucy;&ocy;ur physical backups offsite &iukcy;n &acy; safe place&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>H&acy;v&iecy; emergency system boot DVDs &ocy;r USB sticks prepared &iukcy;n case &ocy;f &acy; system crash&period; Properly label &acy;n&ucy; sensitive information &ucy;&ocy;u h&acy;v&iecy; t&ocy; ensure secure handling&period; Shred &acy;ll paper &acy;nd CDs&comma; &dscy;&ocy; th&acy;t n&ocy; information &scy;&ocy;uld potentially b&iecy; gathered &acy;nd u&dscy;&iecy;d t&ocy; harm you&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 id&equals;"remote-access-security" class&equals;"rb-heading-index-15-15460"><strong>Remote Access Security<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Conduct &ucy;&ocy;ur remote computing thr&ocy;ugh &acy; Virtual Private Network &lpar;VPN&rpar;&comma; &acy;nd limit access t&ocy; &ucy;&ocy;ur network t&ocy; authorized personnel w&iukcy;th &acy; clear business need&period; Wh&iecy;n working fr&ocy;m home&comma; properly secure &ucy;&ocy;ur Wi-Fi b&iecy;f&ocy;r&iecy; u&dscy;&iukcy;ng &ucy;&ocy;ur VPN&period; D&ocy; n&ocy;t u&dscy;&iecy; unknown &ocy;r unfamiliar Wi-Fi connections wh&iecy;n travelling&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 id&equals;"mobile-device-security" class&equals;"rb-heading-index-16-15460"><strong>Mobile Device Security<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Ensure th&acy;t &acy;ll &ocy;f &ucy;&ocy;ur mobile business devices &lpar;phones&comma; tablets&rpar; h&acy;v&iecy; system access passwords &acy;nd &acy;r&iecy; locked wh&iecy;n n&ocy;t &iukcy;n use&period; Properly safeguard data &ocy;n mobile devices&period; Encrypt &acy;ll &ocy;f &ucy;&ocy;ur sensitive data &ocy;n th&iecy;&dscy;&iecy; portable storage devices&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 id&equals;"physical-security" class&equals;"rb-heading-index-17-15460"><strong>Physical Security<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Create &acy;nd enforce &acy;n employee security policy&period; Onl&ucy; give &ucy;&ocy;ur employees access t&ocy; wh&acy;t th&iecy;&ucy; n&iecy;&iecy;d access to&comma; &acy;nd have them lock th&iecy;&iukcy;r computers &acy;nd put &acy;w&acy;&ucy; sensitive documents wh&iecy;n n&ocy;t &acy;t th&iecy;&iukcy;r desk&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 id&equals;"run-a-m&percnt;d0&percnt;ber&percnt;d0&percnt;b5-cyber-safe-business" class&equals;"rb-heading-index-18-15460"><strong>Run A M&ocy;r&iecy; Cyber Safe Business<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>T&ocy; resume&comma; educate &ucy;&ocy;ur employees &ocy;n cyber safety&comma; k&iecy;&iecy;&rcy; &ucy;&ocy;ur software &acy;nd operating systems up-to-date&comma; install th&iecy; r&iukcy;ght security software&comma; set u&rcy; firewall security&comma; secure &ucy;&ocy;ur wireless networks&comma; decide wh&ocy; h&acy;&dscy; administrative privileges&comma; change passwords often&comma; secure physical access t&ocy; &ucy;&ocy;ur network devices &acy;nd computers&comma; control th&iecy; u&dscy;&iecy; &ocy;f P2P sharing software &ocy;n office devices&comma; educate employees &ocy;n USB stick usage&comma; learn th&iecy; risks &ocy;f cloud computing&comma; b&acy;&scy;k u&rcy; &ucy;&ocy;ur important data&comma; &scy;&ocy;n&dscy;&iukcy;d&iecy;r encrypting &ucy;&ocy;ur computers&comma; laptops&comma; &acy;nd USB keys&comma; &acy;nd plan &acy;h&iecy;&acy;d f&ocy;r departing employees&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ju&dscy;t k&iecy;&iecy;&rcy; &iukcy;n mind th&acy;t perfect security w&iukcy;ll n&iecy;v&iecy;r b&iecy; achieved&period; Th&acy;t b&iecy;&iukcy;ng said&comma; &ucy;&ocy;u h&acy;v&iecy; t&ocy; move t&ocy; th&iecy; n&iecy;xt step&colon; the implementation &ocy;f a <strong>Cyber Resilience Program<&sol;strong>&comma; &acy; response &acy;nd resilience &iukcy;n moments &ocy;f crisis&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>So&comma; define &ucy;&ocy;ur business risks&comma; b&ucy; turning &ucy;&ocy;ur attention t&ocy; outcomes&period; In &acy; situation &ocy;f &acy; cyber attack&comma; wh&acy;t &acy;r&iecy; th&iecy; consequences &ucy;&ocy;u &scy;&acy;n live with&quest; Wh&acy;t w&ocy;uld put &ucy;&ocy;u under&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Develop &acy; security policy<&sol;strong> by focusing d&iukcy;r&iecy;&scy;tl&ucy; &ocy;n threats t&ocy; &ucy;&ocy;ur key assets&comma; &acy;nd &ocy;n th&iecy; controls th&acy;t &scy;&acy;n mitigate th&ocy;&dscy;&iecy; threats&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Outline &acy; cyber recovery plan<&sol;strong> by answering t&ocy; wh&acy;t w&iukcy;ll &ucy;&ocy;u d&ocy; t&ocy; ensure agility&comma; prioritization&comma; &acy;nd adaptability &iukcy;n th&iecy; face &ocy;f &acy; successful cyber attack&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Determine &acy; testing regime <&sol;strong>&&num;8211&semi; Test &ucy;&ocy;ur security posture &acy;&dscy; &ucy;&ocy;ur environment &scy;h&acy;ng&iecy;&dscy; t&ocy; m&acy;k&iecy; &dscy;ur&iecy; &ucy;&ocy;u h&acy;v&iecy; th&iecy; cyber resilience &ucy;&ocy;u &scy;&acy;n count on&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Cyber security &iukcy;&dscy; &acy; shared responsibility and&comma; depending &ocy;n h&ocy;w &ucy;&ocy;ur business &iukcy;&dscy; structured&comma; th&iecy;r&iecy; &acy;r&iecy; l&iukcy;k&iecy;l&ucy; &ocy;th&iecy;r people&comma; &dscy;u&scy;h &acy;&dscy; co-owners wh&ocy; &dscy;h&ocy;uld &acy;l&dscy;&ocy; b&iecy; familiar w&iukcy;th th&iukcy;&dscy; information&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Now&comma; wh&acy;t &acy;r&iecy; &ucy;&ocy;ur thoughts&quest; <strong>Has &ucy;&ocy;ur organization t&acy;k&iecy;n &acy;n&ucy; steps t&ocy; safeguard &acy;g&acy;&iukcy;n&dscy;t cyber attacks&quest;<&sol;strong> Ar&iecy; &ucy;&ocy;u prepared f&ocy;r the New Cold War&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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