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🛡️ Is your team prepared to handle cyber threats? 🚀 This article outlines how to train your team to identify and respond to cyber attacks, ensuring your business remains secure in the digital age. 🌐 #CyberSecurity #TeamTraining #BusinessSafety #TechTips Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/ewb97cN8

❓ How can we strengthen our cybersecurity measures to protect against evolving cyber threats? 💬 John Donovan, Managing Director, ANZ at Sophos: “Many Australian businesses secure their devices and networks by implementing endpoint security solutions and setting up firewalls; these are generally known as an organisation’s first line of defence. However, your best line of defence, is your staff. “One of the biggest challenges for organisations in 2024 will continue to be employee cybersecurity awareness and education. As criminal tactics become increasingly advanced, threats are now harder to spot than ever before, which increases the importance of keeping staff up to date. Despite the challenges, there are several ways to increase employee awareness, improve staff education, and mitigate risk without breaking the bank. “It’s important to get the basics right. The use of multi factor authentication (MFA) and strong, complex passwords remain foundational principles of cybersecurity. Staff should also be encouraged to regularly update software and your organisation must have an incident response plan that guides staff through a cyber-attack. Additionally, organisations must implement cybersecurity education programs for employees to improve awareness and understanding of the threat landscape. “As cyber criminals continue to find different tactics to outsmart businesses’ security measures, ongoing and updated employee cyber awareness education is critical to protect businesses against attacks.”

❓ How can we strengthen our cybersecurity measures to protect against evolving cyber threats? 💬 Robert Huber, CSO and Head of Research at Tenable: “Rapid technology advancement has provided unparalleled conveniences and exposed us to many cyber threats. As organisations rely on multi-cloud and hybrid environments to meet their infrastructure needs, their reliance on artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance security and compliance becomes urgent. Therefore, failure to address vulnerabilities in AI platforms and misconfigurations in the cloud could lead to devastating consequences, including data breaches that impact critical decision-making processes. “The threat of data poisoning is significant, as manipulations could corrupt AI learning processes, resulting in harmful outcomes, especially in critical applications like self-driving cars. “Traditional defence methods are inadequate as cybercriminals refine tactics, making reassessing and reinforcing cybersecurity strategy imperative. “The answer lies in adopting a proactive and multifaceted approach to exposure management. This involves collaboration, investing in secure cloud and AI development, and educating developers and end-users about associated risks. As AI-targeted attacks surge, fostering resilience, adaptability, and responsible innovation is essential to a secure digital future. “The time to act is now to safeguard the integrity of our AI-driven world from irreversible consequences.” #CyberDefence #DataSecurity

❓ How can we strengthen our cybersecurity measures to protect against evolving cyber threats? 💬 Sadiq Iqbal, Evangelist, Office of the CTO and Manager at Check Point Software Technologies Ltd: “Key areas to support keeping organisations secure include deploying a robust, secure data backup solution that is periodically scanned and tested, enforcing a strong password policy, including the use of multi-factor authentication, and educating employees on how to spot email phishing attacks. “You cannot defend what you cannot see so ensure that you have visibility by monitoring all your organisation’s digital assets and IOT devices using vulnerability assessment tools and applying timely critical security patches, including on your security controls. “Given over 1 in 10 organisations were targeted with ransomware attacks, anti-ransomware tools that monitor for irregular encryption behaviours and stop the process in its tracks are a necessity. “As we are now seeing an evolution into data theft/extortion attacks, considering a data encryption strategy for your critical data makes sense and costs very little. “Also, regular security posture assessments to uncover gaps, having an incident response plan in place and adopting a cybersecurity framework such as Zero Trust and the Essential Eight will help increase your cyber resiliency. Automated threat detection and prevention will maximise your chances of protection, including scanning and monitoring file activity for suspicious files.” #DataBackup #RansomwareProtection

❓ How can we strengthen our cybersecurity measures to protect against evolving cyber threats? 💬 Sumit Bansal, Vice President APJ at BlueVoyant: “It is critically important that companies understand their extended digital supply chain, or the suppliers, vendors, and other third-parties that have direct or indirect access to their network. Organisations need to know who they are connected to and what access these third parties have. If a third party gets breached, this breach can then compromise the main organisation and result in data loss, ransomware, or business interruption. As organisations look to mature their supply chain risk defences in the next year and beyond, here are four recommendations to combat common pain points: - Work with your suppliers to mitigate risk - Regularly monitor, measure, and brief senior management on your third-party cyber risk posture. - Tier your third-party relationships and refine your cybersecurity priorities accordingly. - Educate other business units about the risks of inaction. “While we cannot expect the number of supply chain cyber-attacks to decrease, we can hope that faster identification and remediation helps to soften their impact.” #CyberAttacks #DataBreachPrevention

❓ How can we strengthen our cybersecurity measures to protect against evolving cyber threats? 💬 Andrew Philp, Platform Strategy Lead, ANZ at Trend Micro: “In the face of evolving cyber threats and the tangible danger this represents, organisations must enhance risk management across the entire organisation, treating cyber akin to other business risks and mitigations. This entails understanding all critical data assets, internet-facing assets, user access, endpoint locations, and external connections, while maintaining awareness of ongoing activities throughout today’s borderless corporate network. “The current landscape necessitates a shift from legacy siloed security tools to a unified cybersecurity platform. This transition not only strengthens a company’s security posture by minimising vulnerable disconnected data and blind spots, but also streamlines operations, reducing costs and accelerating time to value. “Adopting security technologies such as combined Attack Surface Risk Management and Extended Detection and Response (XDR) is a key step in prioritising cyber risk and spotting threats early enough to take effective action against them. Other ways to bolster an organisation’s risk posture include implementing out-of-the-box automation, AI assistance, robust access controls, a zero trust approach, and ensuring a cybersecurity strategy focused on continuous discovery, assessment, and agile risk mitigation. Managing risk is key to maintaining a proactive defence against evolving cyber threats and can only feasibly be achieved through a platform consolidation approach.” #SecurityTech #CyberSecurity

❓ How can we strengthen our cybersecurity measures to protect against evolving cyber threats? 💬 Beni Sia, General Manager and Senior Vice President APJ at Veeam Software: “There are four guidelines Australian businesses can follow to strengthen cybersecurity measures: 1️⃣ Implement a zero-trust approach: Modern, effective security is based on zero trust – a security strategy to trust no one by default from inside or outside networks and requiring verification before receiving access. Leaders are obligated to bring this strategy into their businesses to establish concrete pathways to stronger defenses, more efficient operations and faster recovery. 2️⃣ Malware demands vigilance: Malicious software – viruses, computer worms, and Trojans – often hide within seemingly trustworthy websites, emails and downloads. It is important to have an up-to-date anti-malware program in place and avoid clicking on links unless verified. Identifying malware before it strikes goes a long way in prevention, protection and defense! 3️⃣ Educate and empower employees: Employees can be the best defence against a cyber threat. Ensure all employees are skilled in the practice of identifying and recognising threats and offer regular refresher courses to keep one step ahead. 4️⃣ Have a backup plan in the event of an attack: Secure backup is any business’ best line of defense against ransomware. If a business has the right backup measures in place, they are setting themselves up the best way possible to restore after a crisis safely and rapidly so they can keep their business running. A comprehensive backup plan includes regular, automated, and secure backups of critical data stored both on-site and off-site, coupled with a well-defined incident response and recovery strategy.” #ZeroTrustSecurity #CyberRecovery

❓ How can we strengthen our cybersecurity measures to protect against evolving cyber threats? 💬 Matthew Lowe, ANZ Country Manager at LogRhythm: “Businesses of all sizes continue to continue to be a top target for cyberattacks. To protect against ransomware threats, a strong cybersecurity posture must be implemented and should include automated incident and response plans to efficiently identify cyber threats and provide a comprehensive view of the IT infrastructure. This proactive approach will not only allow organisations to continually monitor threats but facilitate the proper countermeasures. In addition, businesses should prioritise regular backups, end user training and password hygiene. “At the same time, assessing third-party risk is also a critical aspect. For larger organisations, it is essential to have strong communication and notification tools, as well as a deep understanding of how to effectively configure their complex IT environment. This allows organisations to gain a comprehensive view of anomalous and malicious activities across all fronts, enabling a prompt and thorough response. By implementing a well-configured security monitoring solution that provides complete visibility, including for third-party vendors, businesses are more likely to detect indicators of compromise and mitigate threats in a timely manner. “At a minimum, organisations must patch aggressively, limit privileged access, create backups, prepare a response plan, prioritise educational training and consider cyber insurance.” #CyberAttackPrevention #Security

❓ How can we strengthen our cybersecurity measures to protect against evolving cyber threats? 💬 Shankar Somasundaram, CEO at Asimily: “Healthcare organizations’ cybersecurity continues to be a challenge, particularly as these organizations increasingly depend on vast fleets of internet-connected devices for patient care and outcomes. These devices come with thousands of new reported security vulnerabilities each month: an unparalleled challenge that no cybersecurity budget could surmount. This year, I think we’ll see more healthcare organizations approaching this cybersecurity challenge by adopting risk-first strategies, and utilizing IoT device visibility to prioritize the 5-10 percent of vulnerabilities that represent true immediate risk considering their use cases, network configurations, and common cyberattacker practices. For healthcare organizations with limited budgets, this approach will optimize resources, and results.” #CyberSecurity #ExpertAnswers

❓ How can we strengthen our cybersecurity measures to protect against evolving cyber threats? 💬 Stephen Leonard, Founder and Director at Geeks on Tap: “Cybersecurity is a constant race to see who will find the vulnerabilities in your systems first – you or the hackers. But it’s possible to stay one step ahead. ⏺ Invest in security measures: For example; firewall, antivirus software, intrusion detection system (IDS) and intrusion prevention system (IPS). ⏺ Automate updates: Avoid missing any vital software or system security patches. ⏺ Deploy a password manager: Securely generate unique, complex passwords and control how they’re used. ⏺ Mandate multi-factor authentication: Require both the password and a related token, such as a YubiKey or an authenticator app passcode. ⏺ Educate employees: Use phish threat testing to identify users in need of training. ⏺ Monitor for suspicious activity: Implement a monitoring system to identify and notify you of unauthorised access attempts or data exfiltration. ⏺ Develop a response plan: Include steps for containing a cyberattack, notifying affected parties, recovering services and reporting the attack to the ACSC. ⏺ Test your backup strategy: Does it back up frequently enough and recover everything you need in a timely manner? ⏺ Partner with an MSP: Yes, that’s a lot of spinning plates, which is where an MSP comes in to streamline and automate your security measures. “Keeping up with the ever-changing threat landscape might seem daunting, but it just takes the right approach applied consistently.” #SecurityMeasures #MFA #CyberSecurity