The biggest risk to Cyber Security in an organisation is not deficiencies in Cyber Security controls, but Cyber Security awareness. It’s often the actions or inactions of employees that causes incidents. Your Cyber Security Awareness training must be effective and deliver results.
What is Cyber Essentials? It’s a UK government backed IT security certification that is valid for 12 months. For self-assessment, organisations are assessed using a questionnaire. For Cyber Essentials Plus, an audit is required at least 3 months after self-certification.
As well as training users and updating software regularly, to prevent ransomware you must use advanced anti-virus software, host-based firewalls, identity and access management, and control access to e-mail, Wi-fi, USB ports, web browsing, and untrusted software.
Cyber Security is the art and science of using the right combination of people, processes, and technology to prevent data corruption, loss, or theft. Cyber Security services are provided by CISOs, security officers, engineers, analysts, and ethical hackers.
5 cyber security tools you need in 2022 are: (i) governance, risk, & compliance (GRC), (ii) identity & access management (IAM), (iii) web application firewall (WAF), (iv) security information & event management (SIEM) and (v) security orchestration & response (SOAR).
