As a decision-maker within your business, the responsibility of ensuring that the company is investing correctly and receiving a worthy return on investment can often lead to taking chances, losing out on some opportunities whilst winning others. We understand that weighing the pros and cons is a challenging job which is why we believe that choosing the right Managed Cyber Security Services need not be a stressful one.
The harsh reality is that the risks your business face are everywhere. Cybercriminals are constantly developing new ways to hack into your network and steal your business critical-data.
You need to know that should the worst happen, you can recover your data securely and as quickly as possible. By adopting the right mentality and being prepared for anything, you will ensure that your business can still operate day-to-day functions following the impact of a cyber-attack.
Detecting the Weak Links
In order to improve you will have to take an objective look at your business to assess where your vulnerabilities lie. Unlocking this knowledge will prove to be one of the greatest insights and tools in your arsenal when combatting cyber-attacks.
Whether you have an existing infrastructure or want to adopt a new one, our network penetration testing service will benefit you in four main ways;
- Bring you confidence and peace of mind in knowing that your business is more secure.
- Validate your internal and external security controls supported by an independent penetration test.
- Satisfy your business, industry and regulatory compliance needs.
- Test your response and detection capabilities.
Our Network Penetration Testing simulates a real-world cyber-attack on your business putting your networks, applications, devices and team to the test with a view to learning which areas of your business need to improve.
Choosing the Right Cloud Backup Service
Now that you have a better understanding of how effectively your cybersecurity systems function it is time to decide which Managed Cloud Service your business will benefit from the most.
Managed Private Cloud – With a dedicated, secure private cloud environment your business will have access to high performance computing in a cost-effective, scalable and efficient way.
Managed Hybrid Cloud – A seamlessly integrated, fully managed end-to-end cloud service that integrates both private and public cloud designed to meet your specific business requirements.
Managed Public Cloud – Leveraging the scale, efficiency and power of public cloud services such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure provides you with the choice of picking a familiar platform.
The Winning Team
All it takes is one individual within your organisation to be the unknowing catalyst for a major security breach to occur. It is vital that your team is educated on the basics of cyber security practices;
- Choosing a strong password
- Learning how to identify phishing emails
- Avoid untrustworthy and dangerous applications
- Using only approved devices with the correct encryption for work
- Using discernment when handling confidential information
You cannot be in all places at the same time. As such as it important that your team understands what is at risk and how best they can protect themselves as well as the business.
Keeping your Software Up-to-Date
Cybercriminals are relentless, like prowling lions looking for the next prey to devour, they will be on the lookout constantly to assess if, when and where they can attack from. Ensuring that the relevant patches – software updates – are installed will ensure that your network is fully functioning allowing you to keep a tight control of your network and software.
Managing Access Controls
Regardless of which industry you are in, keeping your company’s data safe and secure is priority number one. You can manage who has access to your systems and what level of access they have. Full access should be limited to a select number of trusted individuals so as to make managing any leaks easier, as well as preventing risk either by accident or malicious intent.
Long-term Storage Media
When discussing the future of your business you may want to spare a thought as to how you’re storing your most valuable assets, as well as how your current storage systems may affect your business years down the line.
With the rate that technology is developing, the format in which information is stored, and the ability to run programs to read or interpret it will change also. It may be a conversation to have with our dedicated IT support team.
If your critical business data is only backed up in one place be it on-site or cloud-based, we do not consider it to be backed up. You need a backup to your backup if you want to protect your business of which we offer Managed Backup Services designed to support your business.
Develop a Cyber Security Response Plan
While we can do as much as humanly and digitally possible to build a strong defence against cybercrime, having a Cyber Security Response Plan will give your business the confidence and clear guidance needed to manage network security incidents.
The benefit of having a response plan ready is that it will provide a set of instructions built to help your business prepare for, detect, respond to, and recover from network security incidents.
Regular Testing
Now that you have the right systems in place as well as a great response plan you will also need to schedule and run regular tests to ensure everything is functioning as it should. After all, you wouldn’t want to be caught out by a stray loophole that could have easily been patched with the support of our highly-experience engineers.
In order to successfully test your businesses data backup and disaster recovery systems we’ve outlined a few essential steps below;
- Purpose – With the help of your selected IT support team you will be able to understand exactly what the purpose is for the test being run so as to optimise the insights gained.
- Objectives – Understanding how you will measure success in any test is vital to achieving realistic and actionable results.
- Evaluation – Taking an objective look at the test and results obtained will help give you a better idea of how successful this activity was and how best to proceed.
- Change and Action – Once you’ve concluded your analysis it’s now time to take those results, consider what changes can made and act.
The primary purpose of testing your data backup and disaster recovery systems is to better understand how your primary defences are working. The secondary purpose is to take your findings and apply them to your plan, tweaking and fine tuning it. This process isn’t one which ever stops, in fact it is a continuous work in progress.
Conclusion
Ensuring that you have the best the cyber security world has to offer is only part of the parcel when it comes to fighting against cybercriminals. We must also keep in mind that cyberattacks inevitably happen but there are ways of ensuring your business does not fall into victim to tactics, such as ransomware by using the correct protection methods and having a reliable cloud backup service.
If you’re ready to discuss our Penetration Network Testing Services, Managed Cloud Services or Managed Cyber Security Services you can get in touch with our friendly team on +44 203 034 2244 or +1 323 984 8908. Alternately, you can contact us online. We will be happy to help you overcome your IT challenges. We have engineering bases in the United Kingdom, Europe and Southern California and our group of highly experienced engineers are available 24/7 to assist and ensure that your business’ IT infrastructure is running seamlessly.
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