Best Strategies for Network Protection
Everyone is constantly bombarded by emails, text messages, phone calls, and DMs that are trying to gain access to your business or personal information. While software can help filter out threats, your employees are both the strongest defense and the most vulnerable target. That’s why it’s crucial to educate them about recognizing and preventing phishing attacks. In this blog, we will go through some of the strategies you can implement to protect your business from hackers and wield your end users to help in the protection efforts.
Cyber Security Awareness Training
Awareness training is one investment that businesses often overlook when thinking about security. However, according to the 2024 Verizon Data Breach Report, “68% of breaches involved a non-malicious human element, like a person falling victim to a social engineering attack or making an error”.
Benefits of Cyber Security Awareness Training
Cyber security training platforms send simulated phishing emails and educational content to employees, helping them recognize and respond to cyber threats. These tools also test employees with realistic attacks, reinforcing their learning with immediate feedback. This strategy reduces the risk of human error and allows your employees to work online with confidence.
Cyber security awareness training shows your employees that cyber security is a shared responsibility. This awareness is woven into daily operations, decision-making, and company values. Ensuring that everyone, from entry level staff to executives, understands and actively participate in protecting the organization.
Password Managers
Creating and remembering strong passwords for multiple accounts can be frustrating. As a result, many people reuse passwords, making them vulnerable to attacks, aka, making your business vulnerable to attacks. What if there was a solution to this? An option that only requires you and your employees to remember one password per person.
Benefits of a Password Manager
Password managers is encrypted software created to protect and store all your passwords so that you don’t have to remember them. Utilizing industry recommended best practices- multi-factor authentication and a password, you can access your vault of passwords to all the accounts you have. Not only do they protect your credentials, when you need to make a new account, they generate new, random passwords that haven’t been discovered by malicious actors on the dark web.
Password managers also make it super simple and secure to share passwords within your company! Long gone are the days of waiting around for that one individual to share a password with you, you simply log it in your password manager vault and administer who has access to the credentials.
Multifactor Authentication
In the event a hacker steals your password, multifactor authentication acts as a second lock on the door- preventing unauthorized access. Without MFA, your business is at greater risk of breach.
The way it works is simple, MFA provides a code along with your password to authorize your account. This code will be sent to another trusted device such as your phone or another email account that your own. From there, you accept or deny the requests to get into your account. For more information on MFA, check out our blog post, Why Should You Opt for Multifactor Authentication with Duo?
Network Security Audits
If you already have a cybersecurity plan in place, congratulations! You are one step ahead of the game! Hackers are constantly adapting their tactics to navigate the cyber security landscape, so it’s crucial to continuously strengthen your security strategy as well.
Benefits of Network Security Audits
By working with your MSP, you can request a security audit to identify your network’s strengths and vulnerabilities. With these insights, you and your MSP can develop a robust, cost-effective security strategy, tailored to your business needs.
Final Notes
Implementing an effective cyber security strategy doesn’t have to be a daunting task. If you’re ready to elevate your network security, schedule a consultation with Axigent Technologies Group- we’re here to guide you through every step of the process! Click the icon below for more information.
