Cyber Security
Cirrus offers comprehensive cyber security services to protect UK businesses from online threats, recommending a multi-faceted approach with essential and optional solutions.
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Our extensive range of cyber security services protect your organisation from the inside and out.
Attackers are constantly working; And so are the services we provide
At Cirrus we recommend a multi-faceted approach to Cyber Security. Our foundations of security lists items that every business should embrace as essential to Cyber Security with a suite of additional options to be explored
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Cyber Security?
Protecting your business on-line is a fundamental that all business should be more proactive about. In the UK 38% of SME’s reported some kind of Cyber incident in 2023 Cyber Guidance for SME
Here are a few things you should be thinking about to make your business more secure on-line
What are the Fundamentals of Security?
So before we dip into the specifics lets talk about a couple of overriding principles worth bearing in mind.
- Security is created through a number of layered solutions. It’s not just about (for example) having Antivirus (AV). AV is important but it needs to be thought of as a component and one of a number of solutions
- Policy based application of the tools you use to. There is no point having AV if you are going to allow users to disable or uninstall it. A policy based solution will ensure these changes cannot take place OR that you are at the very least notified to take action.
Access Control
SSO for Starters & Leavers
The attached article from Gartner Advantages vs Disadvantages talks about client experience in deploying SSO. Like everything else on the topic, SSO is not a silver bullet but a useful and practical approach to Access and Security. SSO also simplifies administration for starters & leavers as you will have less to setup and less to remove. The fact users have to remember, manage and set fewer passwords also improves the experience and removes the more hard to ignore prompts for passwords.
Password Managers
Disk Encryption
Patch Management
AntiVirus
Mail Scanning
Mail is a huge part of any business and as a result e-mail is the number one vehicle for transmitting threats and attempting to exploit your organisation. ViPRE Security Report highlights the volume and scale of this issue with criminals evolving fast in terms of the volume of messages but also the types of threats. Mail threats often appear genuine or familiar. Increasingly they contains links to external sites, attach documents or ask you to call a number.
Considerations
Our Fundamentals of Security are not the only aspects for consideration. Backing up your data is also important as are network policies and having a robust firewall. Clients also look toward Cyber Essentials certifications or full Information Security as part of their strategies to bolster security but also raise awareness with employees. All of these are valid and as as a minimum should be discussed
Conclusion
It’s a big topic. We understand. But broken into a number of workable action items everyone can take some basic steps to protect their business from on-line threats. Cyber criminals are not targeting your SME, they are targeting everyone’s SME.
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