Without even checking, the answer is YES, it is! How current the data is and how high a level of risk may vary, but that’s why regular Dark Web Scans are critical.
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Your cyber insurance or agency that regulates your industry may have standards that you should learn and follow, but we recommend monthly.
Training can include presentations, videos, and testing. It should definitely include regular phishing simulations.
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Client Watch is our quarterly full-assessment scan of clients’ networks.
As our CEO Sheri Donahue likes to say, “Cyber Security is a journey, not a destination.”
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A SOC or security operations center is a team of cyber security professionals that monitors an organization’s entire IT infrastructure, 24/7, to detect cybersecurity threats and events in real-time and address them as quickly and effectively as possible.
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XDR stands for Extended detection and response.
It is a cybersecurity architecture that integrates security tools and operations across all security layers. XDR is also known as “cross-layered detection and response.”
Think of it as anti-virus on steroids.
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The frequency of when you do your backups is up to you and the risks you are willing to take. It should be based on the importance of having updated data. It can be done monthly, weekly, nightly, or as often as you update a file. Keep in mind that if you experience a cyber incident requiring that you restore your system from backups, your data is only as good as, and only as recent as, what you saved.
Additionally, be sure to follow the 3-2-1 Backup Rule. That is, have at least 3 copies of your data stored on at least 2 different storage media with at least 1 copy kept offsite. This is to protect against one of your copies being infected or unusable following a cyber incident.
When a vulnerability is found in software or an operating system, the manufacturer or developer creates a “fix” or a “patch” to address it. Depending on the patch type, you may be alerted the next time you use it, find out on the news following a major hack, or be notified by your cyber security provider.
You may not follow cyber news closely, but we do, and so do cyber criminals! The longer it takes for you to address needed patches, the more likely that vulnerability is to be exploited by bad actors.
The first thing is disconnecting the computer and/or network from the internet.
Next, notify IT and your superiors.
Then, everyone should start working the Incident Response Plan. Don’t have one? That is a problem. Commonwealth Sentinel provides Incident Response service and can help you create a plan in advance.
An overview of the steps taken includes Locating the threat, analyzing the threat, containing the threat, eradicating the threat, recovering from the threat, and preparing for future threats. We will take the necessary steps to recovery while implementing a forensic methodology to help your company.
Vulnerability Assessments offer detailed insight into the vulnerabilities present in your environment. These can be in various levels of detail depending on the known level of risk, the size of the organization, and when the last assessment was completed.
Pen Tests can be part of an assessment or done stand-alone. During a Pentest an attempt is made to access your network and data. Like a Vulnerability Assessment, these can vary depending on a number of factors.
Cyber hygiene is a term that refers to the best practices and other activities that are being taken to improve cyber security.
Information Technology, or IT, refers to the use of computers, networking, storage devices, and other physical equipment and processes that are utilized to create, process, store, secure, and exchange all forms of electronic data.
This technology is typically used in the context of business operations rather than personal or entertainment purposes. The commercial use of IT includes both computer technology and telecommunications.
IT may provide services related to Cyber Security, but its main focus is keeping your technology running. Cyber Security’s main function is to protect your technology and keep your data safe.
You go to the gym or a personal trainer to keep your body working. That’s IT.
You go to the doctor for vaccinations, tests, and in the event of serious problems, surgery, or other treatments. That’s Cyber Security.