The ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine has led to a sharp rise in cyber-attacks.
And while many of the attacks are between these two countries, there is genuine potential for other countries to fall victim to cyber-attacks by Russia, thanks to the sanctions placed upon it.
President Joe Biden’s declared that the government has been improving national cyber security defenses for some time now.
They’re focusing on the infrastructure to ensure that water, electricity, and oil pipeline services aren’t at increased attack risk.
The White House has also issued a warning and excellent cyber security advice to all businesses.
Businesses should be taking a series of actions immediately to protect themselves against cyber-attacks and other data security risks.
To start with, look at implementing multi-factor authentication. This is where you generate a login code on another device to prove it’s you logging in.
Data backups should also be checked regularly. Ideally, there should be a copy of data that cannot be changed during a cyber-attack.
All data should also be encrypted, meaning it would have no value and be unusable if anyone did manage to access it.
It’s also a good idea to have an emergency plan ready to go to help mitigate any attack quickly and effectively.
Businesses are also being advised to give their staff training to help them spot and avoid the common tactics used by cybercriminals.
These include phishing attacks where they send an email pretending to be someone else. And spoof login web pages, where they hope you will enter basic login details in error.
If you already have an IT support partner, speak with them to ensure all your systems are fully up-to-date and patched.
They can also help you audit how well you’re performing with the items above and get a plan to help you respond to an attack or attempted attack.
If you don’t have an IT support partner – or you feel your current one isn’t able to help you with your data security, we can help. Call us.
Published with permission from Your Tech Updates.