{"id":10474,"date":"2022-07-12T21:52:04","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T02:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cmitsolutions.com\/tribeca\/?p=10474"},"modified":"2023-02-17T13:37:53","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T19:37:53","slug":"why-a-cyber-security-approach-to-protect-your-company-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cmitsolutions.com\/tribeca-ny-1166\/blog\/why-a-cyber-security-approach-to-protect-your-company-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"Why a cyber security approach to protect your company matters?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cyber Security is vital for any business. The Alternative Investment sector is especially vulnerable to cyber-attacks. Recent reports show that the number of attacks on the financial market surged 200% in 2020, mostly because it handles a lot of sensitive information and large amounts of capital.<\/p>\n<p>Cyber security has always been and will continue to be our focus. We use the latest technology to keep your business safe while continually working on staying up-to-date with <a href=\"https:\/\/cmitsolutions.com\/tribeca\/why-is-cyber-security-important-for-your-organization\/\">trends in cyber security<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Why is multi-factor authentication important in a world where cyber security threats can occur?<\/h2>\n<p>Passwords often do not provide ample security for online platforms as many password creators choose passwords that are easy to remember; making them easier to break. Once someone has your password, they gain access to whatever you have access to.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cmitsolutions.com\/tribeca\/reasons-why-you-should-turn-to-multi-factor-authentication\/\">Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) protects your digital assets<\/a>, and is especially important if you have MFA set up for logins. This can be accomplished through two-step verification with an RSA token or, alternatively, with a mobile phone authenticator.<\/p>\n<h2>How do our team&#8217;s endpoint protections work?<\/h2>\n<p>Endpoint Protection is a way to protect your computer against network attacks and malware. Endpoint Protection will keep you up-to-date on the latest threats while scanning your computer and protecting it.<\/p>\n<h2>What is email security and how can you do it?<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cmitsolutions.com\/tribeca-ny-1166\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/02\/1_CMIT-Project-Images-4.jpg\" alt=\"Cyber Security\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Suppressing threats and preventing them from reaching the user is as important today as it has been in the past. There are many ways a threat can reach the user, email being one of the first attacks. With a wide variety of vendors to stop <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Email_hacking\">email attacks<\/a>, it is an obvious choice.<\/p>\n<h2>How Intrusion Prevention Systems protect and keep your data safe?<\/h2>\n<p>When you don&#8217;t create a firewall and allow access to your services from the Internet, hackers can find information about targets by looking for patterns in your web activity.<\/p>\n<p>IPS can be installed to block attacks on your application. It monitors the traffic and shuts down any connection that may be malicious.<\/p>\n<p>A new <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/?title=Intrusion_prevention_system&amp;redirect=no\">IPS<\/a> signature and firewall security measures can help prevent such attacks.<\/p>\n<h2>The Approaches to Mobile Device Management<\/h2>\n<p>Having secure environments is essential for your business and <a href=\"https:\/\/cmitsolutions.com\/tribeca\/mobile-device-management-mdm-what-is-it-and-how-can-it-benefit-your-business\/\">managing mobile devices<\/a> will ensure you have them.<\/p>\n<p>You can secure your data from a laptop or computer by securing your company devices, and you can secure it on your mobile phone or any other device when commuting or working remotely.<\/p>\n<p>Ensuring devices are safe, secure and encrypted will keep you from any potential threats. If a device is being used in your business it should be secure.<\/p>\n<h2>Learn about encryption in Cyber Security<\/h2>\n<p>If the data on a company device is not encrypted, it can be accessed without any access. Devices that are lost or stolen risk having their data compromised as well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cmitsolutions.com\/tribeca\/why-is-data-encryption-so-imperative-for-every-business\/\">Device encryption<\/a> ensures the data on a device is protected with minimal performance impact by locking the data and making it readable only through providing the right username, password, pin or biometrics.<\/p>\n<h2>How vulnerability scanning can be used to ensure your data is safe?<\/h2>\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/cmitsolutions.com\/tribeca\/new-cloudflare-vulnerability-leak-passwords-logins-protected-information\/\">AI configured vulnerability<\/a> scanner can help identify missing or insecure device configurations, verify if patches are installed properly, identify weaknesses in the devices and produce a report that prioritizes action points based on severity and risk.<\/p>\n<h2>How monitoring the dark web prevents cyber security threats?<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cmitsolutions.com\/tribeca-ny-1166\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/02\/CMIT-Project-Images-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Cyber Security\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If your company uses the credentials of leaked user data on the Dark Web, it puts you at risk for a data breach.<\/p>\n<p>Leaving monitoring to third party services will protect your website against pests and other threats. These providers provide real-time monitoring, monthly reports of breaches, and full protection without any work on your end.<\/p>\n<p>We can stay up-to-date with website security breaches by being notified as soon as a new site is hacked.<\/p>\n<h2>How to Spot and Defeat Simulated Phishing?<\/h2>\n<p>As part of our Dark Web Monitoring program, we are able to provide simulated phishing campaigns to our clients.<\/p>\n<p>We find that awareness courses can heighten awareness of end users, but in the fast paced environment they usually don&#8217;t keep your knowledge up to date.<\/p>\n<p>With the ability to use simulated phishing emails in a sophisticated way and be able to report on the engagement and action of end users, it is easier to keep focus on security in order to remediate any issues.<\/p>\n<h2>Data Leak Prevention in Cyber Security<\/h2>\n<p>Sensitive information should not be shared with anyone else because it could lead to ID theft and fraud.<\/p>\n<p>To ensure your data is secure, you can install a security agent to scan outgoing data and notify compliance teams or administrators if it discovers an unintentional leak.<\/p>\n<h2>What Web Filtering is And Why You Need It?<\/h2>\n<p>The typical way to block unwanted content or productivity inhibitors involves the blocking of web surfing. Web filters can also prevent security risks, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/cmitsolutions.com\/tribeca\/preventive-measures-against-email-spear-phishing-attacks\/\">data leaks and malicious websites<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To find out more and how we can help you in cyber security contact us today.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cmitsolutions.com\/tribeca\/contact-us\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cmitsolutions.com\/tribeca-ny-1166\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/02\/cmiat-banner-Recovered.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1404\" height=\"402\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cyber Security is vital for any business. 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