Remember that hackers are becoming clever with each passing day so you think you are clever enough to tackle them. The answer is a yes if you apply all the security measures and fulfill the little things that may invite the risk, but if you don’t adhere to the latest safety measures that the answer is a big NO from your side whether you utter a word or not.
What are these steps that can strengthen your network against any kind of breaches and attacks from cyber criminals? Let’s discuss them
A holistic approach is needed:-
We all know important are the data and network for each other so a business should take steps to protect them both. Data is known as the currency of the digital world so if the currency is lost you are left with nothing. A security system design vital to protect the data and protection of network is necessary because the network moves the data.
Risk assessment:-
Assess the risk factors to your data. Classify the data according to its importance in hierarchical manner if you are a bank, retailer. After analysing the data of the organization the safety managers then take into view who and why anyone needs access to the data and how are they going to secure data as it travels on the network from point to point. Assessment of risks is necessary in understanding how the resources can be allocated for network protection.
Monitoring of data traveling:-
A research by Ponemon Institute says that a lot of IT professionals are not aware of the fact that whether the organization has allowed clear text traffic while transmitting from host to host or are their controls in place which can inform them about the transferring of data from the third party.
Accountability for all:-
Accountable personnel should be questioned at every cost. If the leadership of an organization are not committed fully to safeguard the system and don’t understand the importance of latest measures to cope the dangers and risks from outside world, it will be very difficult to achieve the goals set by the organization.
Enforcement of policies:-
It is extremely important to know that all the employees are following the policies and rules because sometimes workers deliberately avoid and skip the policies. So it’s very important to make sure all the defense mechanisms are properly applied to detect the non compliance of the workers. Punishment should be decided for negligent and careless employees.
Incident response plan:-
A solid, valid, up to date, robust security system design should be implemented to keep all the bad intentions and bad guys of cyber world away from your network. Technology is made to serve you, so it’s important to get help from technology if there is any dander of facing serious breaches and threats from the outside cyber world.
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