Major milestone in cybersecurity: CYBERS integrated into NEVERHACK’s ecosystem
Press release: CYBERS joins NEVERHACK SAS, a leading European cybersecurity group, to enhance its market position, expand reach, and offer added value to its clients.
THE GOVERNMENT FORCES EVERYONE TO WORK AT HOME. HOW TO SECURE YOUR HOME OFFICE?
During the last weeks of the emergency situation due to a COVID19, Estonia as well as all other counties are experiencing a significant impact on their population’s daily lifestyle, schedule, and routines. Undoubtedly, the COVID 19 will change the world and changes can already be observed now. Many organizations have temporarily closed their offices because of the quarantine and isolation requirements and forced their employees to work from home. For many companies, remote work is a common practice, but for the majority of organizations, it is a serious and unexpected challenge, putting their business viability and stability at risk.
I assume that only 30-40% of the companies were able to switch from normal operations to a mobile home office workplace without any issues, considering cybersecurity as a key element of their business success. The majority, i.e. 60-70% sacrificed security protections and countermeasures without even noticing it, in order to allow employees to work from their homes as fast as possible.
What could be easier than a home office? All people have access to the Internet, they can use publicly available cloud services like DropBox and Microsoft OneDrive to store and share corporate data with their colleagues, use personal emails and applications like Skype, Viber, and WhatsApp to communicate and exchange information, with now their office being only one step away from their fridge and couch.
Cybercriminals are actively using this situation to steal your commercial secrets, passwords, and credentials without even being detected! Furthermore, attackers are taking an advantage of security weaknesses by encrypting all data on employees’ workstations and corporate servers, offering the decryption key to restore the data for a solid reward, also known as ransomware. Alternatively, they are stealing credit card details or bank account credentials to use them on a grey market. Cybercriminals don’t have any conscience or morale in pursuing their goals and objectives, and absence of proper security controls makes their life even easier than before! But how to avoid such issues, while still allowing your employees to work from home and keep their life safe in given circumstances?
A remarkable example of a violent and barbaric cyberattack was revealed a few weeks ago in Czech Republic, when one of the biggest hospitals in Brno was not able to proceed with COVID19 tests and stopped the surgery of an 89–year–old patient. Hospital’s personnel turned off all devices, sensors, computers, and servers to mitigate the impact of this cyberattack. The recovery from such an incident was not possible in a short period of time and many patients had to be transported to other medical institutions nearby. What would happen if someone attacked our e-health system during this critical time, would our institutions be able to withstand a cyberattack, how big would be the impact?
Unfortunately, only 10% of companies in Estonia are taking cybersecurity seriously, even though our country is recognized as most advanced in the area of digitalization and IT technologies. Right now, when COVID19 forces everyone to work from home, this situation is even worse than it was before! What actions do you need to take to protect your business against cybercriminals?
Digital hygiene is as important as hand hygiene! It all starts from risk assessment.
Each organization should consider what kind of risks they would have in case of a cyberattack. What are your assets, where are they located, which employees, information, and objects are crucial to run your business? What would be the impact and the consequences if your business did not function, if you were under attack? For how long could you tolerate a downtime? Is having a regular antivirus and firewall enough to protect your assets and business (the answer is usually not enough!)? Here are some tips for you to consider making remote work secure.
This is the starting point for your business and organization, whether your data is stored in cloud datacenters, Dropbox, OneDrive, or other SaaS applications.
Don`t trust anyone.
All endpoints require full attention.
Protect your infrastructure.
Know your data.
Know your weaknesses.
Gather visibility and monitor activities.
The most important thing to remember now is that stopping investments into cybersecurity will have significant consequences for your business in no time, similarly like avoiding washing your hands.
Contact our sales@cybers.eu to request cybersecurity consultancies to protect your environment and ensure that your data, infrastructure, and business are well protected.
Press release: CYBERS joins NEVERHACK SAS, a leading European cybersecurity group, to enhance its market position, expand reach, and offer added value to its clients.
CYBERS and NEVERHACK Merger: A Game-Changing Alliance in cybersecurity
Explore the fusion of service design and cybersecurity in our latest blog post, inspired by KüberCAST’s enlightening episode with Andres Kostiv. Learn how this integration not only enhances digital service innovation but also fortifies user trust and safety in the evolving digital landscape.