You can often receive spam mails or unknowingly use an infected pen drive in your computer or your system can be infected with virus or intrusion in many different ways. In any of the situations, you are exposed to cyber attack and your entire business can be at the risk with exponential losses in some cases. Many times, depending on the amount of losses, companies end up shutting down operations for a certain period of time after the attack. To protect your data you need to first know which are the channels you can be attacked from and the types of threats you will encounter.
Cyber security standards comprises of a wide range of controls, techniques, and strategies to make sure every data remains safe in the system. One of the challenges of security system is to maintain harmony between control and access. Too much access can expose you to attacks, while too much control can become cumbersome in your day to day process.
One of the unique problems in protecting your company from attacks in future is the evolving nature of risks. As technology is updated regularly, so are the ways to hack into protected shields in the virtual world. You need to constantly monitor the changes in the industry, implement precautions to prevent any attack and maintain a well-thought action plan in case of a cyber attack.
Types of Cyber Threats:
Phishing: This scam initiates with email for getting hold of financial and personal information. Take a moment and think how many times you have received emails stating that you had become a billionaire without enrolling yourself in a lottery. Out of gullibility, if you send your PAN number, Phone Number, Credit/Debit card number and Bank Account details to the sender, you are exposed to an attack.
Social Media Engineering: Life is hard to imagine without social networking sites. However, social media engineering is a type of attack which depends on human interaction and tricking the social media account holders to break security procedure. Needless to say, the significant sensitive personal details are unlocked to the unwanted people.
Ransomware: This is primarily malicious software developed to extort money from the users. In this case, you try to open computer but are blocked from gaining basic access to important data. Only after handing over money, you can unlock the files and save data.
Identity Theft: This is a fraud, wherein an individual pretends to be someone for executing a criminal activity in the name of the latter. Stealing key information including credit number, address, name and bank account, the identity hacker can also open a new account for own self-interest.
Cyber protection can avert the risks of a data breach, identity theft and cyber attacks. Spending on creating a solid infrastructure to protect your company data is an investment. An updated security network, and a constructive response plan can help you protect your company build the basics of cyber security.
At SiriNiti, we have built a team of highly experienced cyber security professionals capable of handling every type of cyber attack and can help you protect your company from such risks in future. Write to us at info@siriniti.net and one of our experts will get in touch with you.
