Secure Our World
#BeCyberSmart
Every October we celebrate Cyber Security Awareness Month and help you become more aware of cyber threats and how you and your employees can be more cyber smart.
The theme for 2024 is "Secure Our World"
The five areas Grey Matter is focusing on this year are:
Cyber security awareness training
Testing for vulnerabilities
Password management
Backup and recovery
Managed Detection and Response Services (MDR)
Why is cyber security so important?
Gov.uk reports that 50% of businesses and 32% of charities report having experienced some form of cyber security breach or attack in the last 12 months
Gov.uk also found that the most common type of breach or attack is phishing (84% of businesses and 83% of charities). This is followed, to a much lesser extent, by others impersonating organisations in emails or online (35% of businesses and 37% of charities) and then viruses or other malware (17% of businesses and 14% of charities).
Cyberattacks are more complex and frequent. The amount of sensitive data an organisation holds is continuously increasing, which means regulations and cyber security frameworks require businesses to have more security controls in place.
Now more than ever, it’s vital for businesses to have a multi-layered security strategy.
Our five focus areas
Cyber security awareness training
Cyber security awareness training teaches individuals and employees how to recognise and respond to cyber threats and protect sensitive information. It covers topics like phishing, password security, malware detection, and safe internet practices.
The benefits include reducing the risk of cyberattacks, safeguarding personal and organisational data, minimising financial losses, maintaining customer trust, and ensuring regulatory compliance. Ultimately, cyber security awareness training empowers individuals to become a critical line of defence against cyber threats, enhancing overall security posture for individuals and organisations.
Testing
Testing your cyber security defences, applications, APIs and more is integral to ensuring that you have everything in place to prevent an attack and maintain business continuity from an outage.
Automated testing runs continuously in the background to keep an eye on your applications or APIs.
However, penetration testing is more detailed and robust. It involves technical specialists doing a deep dive across all areas before providing a comprehensive report on gaps in your security defences alongside advice on effective remediation.
Password management
Password managers are an efficient and secure way for employees to manage many passwords. You only need to remember one password to securely gain access to all your login details in one place.
IT managers and admins can implement them for teams and individuals and manage the access and policies for use.
Backup and Recovery
For effective backup and recovery, set specific recovery time objectives (RTOs) and recovery point objectives (RPOs) to ensure quick recovery and acceptable data loss.
Use the 3-2-1-1-0 strategy—three data copies on two media types, one off-site, and one offline— to minimise errors. This is a much more secure way to protect and manage your data. You can manage your own backup and recovery or leave it to the experts to manage for you if you don’t have the time or resources to do so.
Managed Detection and Response (MDR)
Managed Detection and Response (MDR) is a cyber security service that combines technology with human expertise to rapidly identify and limit the impact of threats. It achieves this by performing threat hunting, monitoring, and response.
Swiftly mitigate threats without requiring additional staffing, which can be costly. Significantly reduce your time-to-detect, from the typical 277 days down to just a few minutes. Beyond faster detection, MDR also helps improve security posture, identify hidden threats, and redirect staff from reactive incident response to more strategic projects.
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