“It’s not a matter of if, but when.” How many times have you heard this? Or the line, “There are two types of companies: those that have been hacked and those who don’t know they’ve been hacked.”
It paints a fairly bleak picture. Makes you want to do away with your computers and return to pencil and paper. But you can’t if you want your organization to be successful.
So what can you do?
Change the way you perceive cyber security. Assume that your systems WILL be attacked and breached. Instead of focusing on “defense,” change your focus to “detection” and “response.”
Before you ask, you do need to have defensive measures in place. However, you must consider that bad actors may be able to circumvent those defenses. For example, one of your employees may click a link in a phishing email, thereby allowing malicious actors to walk right through the front door, so to speak.
Assuming a cyber criminal is in your system, you must have processes in place that will successfully and quickly detect that they are there and be able to respond just as quickly.
These responses include determination of whether information was exfiltrated (taken), whether any information was changed and if they are still in the network.
The common analogy is to think of this as you would your home. You have locks on your windows and doors to keep a burglar out. But what if he can break the lock or just bust the window and get in? You want to know quickly that he is in the house. Then, you will want to see if he took anything and is still in the house.
So, having a good firewall or anti-virus isn’t enough. Your cyber security plan must also include detection and response.
At Commonwealth Sentinel, we can evaluate your existing IT security and work with your team to improve it. We can also provide a complete source of services. At Commonwealth Sentinel, we stay focused on cyber security so you can focus on other things. Contact us today or sign up for a free consultation.
At Commonwealth Sentinel, we stay focused on cyber security so you can focus on other things.