Info Security Resolutions for 2018
As cyber threats and data breaches have become more frequent in nature, businesses must take appropriate steps to prepare themselves
As per the reports made by CSO, it is estimated that the Ifo Security threats are bound to reach a massive $6 trillion by 2021. This is a petrifying issue regarding the businesses globally. It is time to make a well-grounded plan before your company is open to these attacks which would cost you more than the implementation charges of the best security schemes.
1. Education And 2FA For Everyone
One of the main things that can be done globally for cybersecurity would be to educate the 3.8 billion Internet users about the threats they are facing and also ensure that they are making use of a two-factor authentication in virtually whatever they do. These two methods are sure to make a safer online planet.
2. Apply Machine Learning
Apply machine learning at a deeper level to security. It would be an astonishing idea to use machine learning to identify the cyber attacks rather than depending on humans to strain through the enormous alerts and logs coming from corporate clients.
3. Prevent the Threat Before It Happens
Normally people like to use passwords that can be remembered easily which is a serious problem. Nothing is a better solution compared to a frigid password. Another method would be to encrypt or mystify the data which an attacker is likely to attack.
4. Help Customers Achieve GDPR Compliance
The customers globally are unable to understand the aftermath of the Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) deadline. The intimation is not limited to the EU companies. Each and every company that handles data for customers in Europe must prepare for GDPR compliance. The companies should be ready to serve their customers regarding the preparation for this regulation.
5. Engage and Empower
It is possible to deploy technologies and comply with standards whichever way you like, but the risk is not to engage your clients on cyber-attacks. Engagement and empowerment have to be encouraged with the employees.
6. Set A Schedule
You should take resolution to set a schedule to review, assess and add more security. When we get busy we forget that a whole quarter has gone by. It becomes easy to be proud of, when no attacks have occurred but we should regularly check and improve with the schedule that has been set.
7. Focus More on Object Storage
One of the best ways to protect our data from threats such as malware, ransomware or malicious users are to store the information with technologies that employ either versioning or write-once-read-many technologies (WORM). Storage with versioning capabilities allows you to guard the data off and protecting it while making it easily accessible for recovery whenever needed.
8. Battle Insecure IoT Authentication Practices
Internet-of-things devices have become more popular now and there will be a huge threat from insecure authentication practices. It is necessary that the Tech companies must identify all such authentication risks and start addressing them. Also, when a company changes any enterprise architecture, new IoT threats will rise which requires the same awareness as the old ones.
9. Test All Backups
We all are aware of keeping backups, but some companies might forget to test them and worry about not working. Perform tests for our backups to make sure that they function properly but not frequently as we like. Our resolution must be to perform more frequent backup tests.
10. Ensure NY DFS Compliance Across the Board
A new standard for Info security has been set by the New York Department of Financial Services. The companies must decide to comply with these new standards throughout. The new regulations are a direct response to the changing industry and so even if we do not comply they are soon to be industry standard for most of the industries.
11. Achieve Zero False Positive Alerts
Automating incident response is the solution to reducing errors and removing false positives. Observe the power of artificial intelligence to make this process even easier, faster and more effective coming year.
2018 is nearing and with the forecast of such high rising cybercrimes, it has become even more significant to develop a scheme of counter attacks to battle these attacks. Make a resolution now to protect your business from the cyberthreats by implementing a campaign to save your company, thereby safeguarding the confidential information of your valuable customers.
Remesh Ramachandran