How to fortify your cybersecurity portfolio

A major customer data breach has recently dominated the headlines, highlighting that every business is vulnerable to cybersecurity threats. In today’s climate, it’s no longer a question of if a cyber-attack will happen, but when.

As such, businesses need to assume that a cybersecurity breach is inevitable and prepare accordingly.

So, what is cybersecurity

Cybersecurity refers to a set of techniques used to protect the integrity of a business’ security architecture and safeguard its data against attack, damage, or unauthorised access.  

Traditionally, businesses have taken a reactive, point-product approach to fight cyber threats, meshing individual security technologies to protect their networks and data. However, this tends to be a more expensive and complex approach to protecting your organisation. 

What steps can you take to fortify your cybersecurity portfolio? 

When it comes to protecting your people and your data, we recommend a 5-step approach to cybersecurity. 

1. Prepare

• • Strengthen your cybersecurity posture 

• • Ensure continuing staff awareness training 

• • Protect endpoints, and fortify detection and response procedures 

• • Implement all scenario-planning and disaster recovery processes 
    
    

2. Prevent

Manage system vulnerabilities by installing: 

• • Firewalls 

• • Endpoint and detection software 

• • Network infrastructure security 

• • Email filtering and protection capabilities 

• • Proactive monitoring 
    
    

3. Detect

Endpoint security solutions provide additional security for all your exposed devices and network: 

• • Familiarise your teams with intrusion or hacking attempts 

• • Set up clear policies and procedures to manage, recognise, and respond to any cybersecurity breach 

• • Consider an external security resource to add a layer of impartiality to your incident management and response unit. 

4. Respond 

Work on the established solutions in your incident response plan to contain, mitigate, and eradicate the threat: 

• • Alert affected parties with progress reports 

• • Check and patch afflicted systems 

• • Eliminate attacker’s artifacts 

• • Restore systems and data from backups 

• • Eliminate threats from affected systems and restore data 

• • Incident investigation to prevent future attacks 

5. Reinforce

A disaster contingency planning policy is critical to any business operating in today’s environment. Ideally, incorporate industry standards and best practices to share common risk understanding and prevention practices from: 

• Australian Signals Directorate’s Essential Eight Guidelines 
• National Institute of Standards and Technology Cybersecurity Framework 
  
  

Ready to fortify your cybersecurity portfolio? Contact us today to learn more about how our solutions can benefit your business.