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11/12/2022

Are you in the construction business?
Builder, developer, sparky, plumber!
Do you think that you would not / could not be a victim of cybercrime?

How much information do you have on your clients?

I can guarantee that it is a lot more than you think and it is not particularly well protected.

Recently I was delivering a boot camp and one of the students was in the building industry.

During the course, he got more and more agitated concerning the amount of information that his building company collected and the lack of security around their systems.

We sat down and did a quick and dirty audit of his systems and assets and found a number of ways that he could recommend improving their security.

He pointed out that management did not consider security an important part of their business.

With the new changes to the Australian Privacy Regulations, making board members liable for a breach I hope this changes.

With access to millions of dollars, information on high-profile people, and access to technological systems that can be used to hide behind they are a decent target for the cybercriminal.

Why would they think differently?

Every and any industry can be a devastated victim.

What have you done to reduce it?

20/01/2020

As a CEO, you never want to be in this situation. A cyber event can be a extinction level event for an organisation. One that comes through a ransomware attack can be even more devastating.

Travelex, the foreign currency exchange service whose services have been knocked offline since New Year’s eve by a cyber attack, is declining to say if it has paid a ransom to the criminals responsible.

20/01/2020

Ripple effect be dammed, this is a subject / topic that was discussed at the ADFA cybersecurity summit in Feb 2019. The cascading effect of an attack on critical infrastructure would be instrumental in crippling a country

A cyberattack targeting one of the largest banks in the U.S. that stops the processing of payments likely would have a major ripple effect throughout the financial

28/12/2019

Same threats, different year. We never seem to learn. Technology changes but human nature does not!

2019 was an interesting year for cybersecurity. Here is a list of predictions for what is in store for 2020.

28/12/2019

What is wrong with this picture?It seems that testing, vulnerability scanning and pen testing on these IOT devices is non existant, but people keep purchasing them.

Arlo, the maker of unique security cameras of both the indoor and outdoor variety, has released an app update that brings major new features to its IoT products. Upon updating, Arlo owners can now …

28/12/2019

The unabated tide of security breaches has boosted the pressure on chief information security officers.The CISO must answer when the board asks, “Are we secure? Are we doing the right things?” Here are their six cybersecurity predictions for 2020

28/12/2019

A little vigilance helps retailers reduce and prevent three of the most common kinds of mobile app fraud

26/12/2019

For many, the answer is in the cloud. More specifically, hybrid cloud services offer an ideal delivery mechanism for BC and data backup capabilities. This whitepaper highlights:

26/12/2019

So 2019, was quite a year for hackers and security breaches. Countless malware, trojans, ransomware and data breaches attacked the business and financial sector leaving our security and information mo

28/09/2019

https://caremit.com.au/why-you-need-an-off-site-backup/

Off-site, secure, out of band backups are your only hope for recovery in a cyber event Ransomware, the scourge of today’s business, is literally a click away from crippling your business and organisation. “Attackers can reportedly execute the malware and begin encrypting most file types and remo...

22/09/2019

Off-site, secure, out of band backups are your only hope in a cyber event
Ransomware, the scourge of today's business, is literally a click away from crippling your business and organisation.

A determined crypto-virus attack on your organisation can reduce the organisations chance to make money, it can impact your reputation and can cause problems for months if not years.

Even an accidental infection, most result from an accident, can cause similar effects.

In the event of a crypto-virus attack, especially for small and medium enterprises, you have 2 options.
* You pay the ransom - you may get your data back, you may get some of it back or you may get none of it back, we are after all talking about a criminal organisation that is holding your data to ransom.
* You recover from your backup.

Paying the ransom is up to you, most security and ICT companies will say not to pay.

If you have a security or ICT company, or someone in your organisation that does the job they would have told you to do a backup.

Your back up has to cover the following:
* It should be regular - depending on your requirements for the data and access to the data a back up should be completed every 24 hours. A better solution is to have an incremental backup every 15 minutes.
* It should have no human intervention - the backup has to run no matter what. If you are backing up to a hard drive, connected to your device and you require someone to change drives then human error comes into it. The old adage that the backup will fail the same day you need it is true.
* It should be off site - As in totally away from the business but also not connected to the business except when it is doing a backup.
* It should be secure - all the data, no matter where it is stored should have encryption wrapped around it. It should be encrypted at rest (stored on the location), it should be encrypted in transport (getting there and back) and it should be encrypted if you are going to use it. This stops the information being stolen but also being accidentally accessed by the provider.
* It should be tested regularly - you have done a backup and thats all I have to do. No, you need to test it regularly. Do a regular restore to test that it works and also to ensure that you are backing up ALL of your essential data. You do not want to be in the situation where a failure is your first test.

Achieving off of these components are difficult. Try talking to us or a reputable ICT and security provider concerning your options

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