Today’s businesses are under constant threat of cyber attacks. The famous last words ‘It could never happen to us’ are well known for a reason. An organisation that doesn’t prioritise cyber security paints a target on its back.
The first step to protecting your company is understanding what you’re up against. In our Threats, Vulnerabilities and Solutions guide, we’ve broken it down, threat by threat, to bring you up to speed on the top three threats to your data and IT systems:
THREAT 1: RANSOMWARE & MALWARE
Companies paid over $1.1 billion in ransom in 2023. This trend is only accelerating. Once ransomware infects a system, it encrypts everything, rendering your files a jumbled mess. Only by paying the ransom do you get the key to decrypt it. And ransomware is only one type of malicious software that threatens your business — anything from spyware to remote access takeovers can wreak havoc.
THREAT 2: INSIDER THREATS
Whether through user error or deliberate misconduct, insiders can inflict massive damage. This is especially true for users with administrator or superuser privileges.
THREAT 3: SOCIAL ENGINEERING
‘Click this link.’ ‘Download this attachment.’ ‘Enter your username and password here.’ ‘I’m wearing a reflective vest and hard hat, so let me into your data centre’… What all of these have in common is that they’re deceptive techniques hackers use to trick people into helping them.
The good news is that you can protect yourself — and a great way to do it is by employing CloudFirst solutions that combine state-of-the-art cyber security technologies with around-the-clock professional defence teams. These include products such as ezSecurity, which focuses on IBM i Systems, and ezProtect, which is designed to protect multiple platforms, including end-user devices.
The best protection against cyber attacks is defence in depth. This cyber security strategy involves layering defences on top of each other so that even if one layer fails, another can protect you. ezProtect uses a defence-in-depth approach, and by combining it with ezSecurity, ezAvailability, ezRecovery and ezVault into a single holistic solution, you’ll be ahead of the pack when it comes to protecting your valuable data and IT systems.