A lack of IT security is one of the greatest risks for companies. Small businesses and SMEs in particular are increasingly falling victim to hackers. High time to properly protect the company's website from cyber risks. You don't know anything about IT? No problem. Here you will learn basic, easy-to-implement measures that you should initiate for your company.
Request a DemoNew technologies and the Internet of Things are part of everyday life for companies in all industries. However, the use of the Internet and networked communication devices results in numerous risks such as Identity theft, data espionage and Virus attacks.
Especially if you store personal data on your website, it is important to guarantee your customers the best possible protection against cyber attacks. Therefore, it is necessary to protect your own business, including your website, by taking appropriate precautions and security solutions. The following eight tips reveal some basic measures to protect your business against hackers.
Hackers often use bugs or security holes in the software to gain access to a system. Therefore, it is important to regularly install the latest updates. Performing updates promptly sounds trivial, but is nevertheless often forgotten. However, it is inevitable to always keep all systems up to date.
Cybercriminals often exploit gaps in the operating system to gain access to data. A problem that you can eliminate relatively easily, since many technical gaps are eliminated with a patch or update. Furthermore, programs like an antivirus solution and a firewall are important to protect the system.
IT processes are becoming increasingly complex and only a few people know their way around. Employees are therefore a frequent target of cyber attacks. It is particularly important to involve employees in the topic of IT security. This does not mean turning every employee into an IT specialist, but rather providing a basic understanding.
Employees must be regularly trained and educated in the handling of sensitive data.
It must be clearly defined who is allowed to access which data. They must also be made aware of various problem situations, such as e-mails that contain potential viruses and have not been detected by the anti-virus program.
Use complex and thus secure passwords that consist of a mixture of numbers, special characters, and upper and lower case letters and, at best, do not form a single word.
This way you make it more difficult for hackers to guess the password. Moreover, it makes sense to create a username that is not easy for a cybercriminal to guess.
In many activities, data and programs need to be downloaded from the Internet on a regular basis. Before downloading, make sure that the source is trustworthy.
At best, download the program from the respective manufacturer's website and not from shady third-party vendors.
If the PC becomes infected despite all protective measures, important data may be lost. Therefore, create backup copies and test them regularly with regard to their up-to-dateness, functionality and consistency.
Keep the backed up data separate and not accessible via the network. Cloud applications offer one possibility for backup copies.
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A vulnerable network can, among other things, allow confidential data to get to unauthorized persons or data within the network to be modified from the outside. We identify services that should not be accessible from the Internet due to their increased risk potential.
In our analysis, we evaluate the security and up-to-dateness of the applications used and identify software that has security vulnerabilities due to a lack of updates.
There are many mistakes that can be made when setting up and running web applications. These mistakes allow attackers to do everything from stealing secret information to taking over a server.
If encrypted communication is not configured properly, it represents a point of attack. This can compromise not only confidentiality, but also integrity and availability.
We monitor the Internet for malware signals that can be traced back to your company. These include, for example, spam emails sent from your company's email addresses. The more such signals exist, the more infected the network is.
Hackers regularly capture large amounts of data. We check accounts registered with third-party providers that are or were affected by such a data leak.
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