Advanced technology and security practices, no matter how sophisticated, will always be constrained by the human factor.
No matter how strong your:
• Firewalls
• Intrusion Detection Systems
• Cryptography
• Anti-Virus Software
And the list goes on, YOU are the weakest link in computer security, people are more vulnerable than computers.
91% of attacks launch with a phishing email
A Single human mistake, can result in an attacker taking over all of the organization’s infrastructure, no matter what hardware, software, or endpoint security implementation that has been done from the defensive team.
Companies until today, purchase their hardware and solutions focusing on their business, without looking into an offensive point of view when it comes to Cyber Security.
Proposed Solutions:
• Simulated targeted Phishing attacks Services, which mimics real-life scenarios attacks and techniques like advanced spoofing, reconnaissance techniques, and not just by email or automated simulations that are easy to detect, but using the sophisticated ways, that are proven successful daily.
• In-depth training should be provided to your employees on how Social Engineering works, actually try to put them in a position to fall for a silly attack, bypassing the measures set by the Cyber Defense Team resulting in either Ransomware attacks, blackmail and Corporate Espionage (Client/Employee & Credit Card Details) or disrupt some services causing substantial damages on large scales (DDoS Attacks) to ensure the awareness of different attack vectors.
These are some of the effective services against such attacks, not only they will harden your infrastructure and give you a point of view from an offensive perspective, but it will also educate your employees so that they can understand, that when it comes to a targeted attack, there is no underestimation to be considered.
Enterprises that don’t give priority to proactive security awareness or risk assessment are doomed to spend a hefty amount on mitigating PR nightmares from scandalous data breaches.
Many Companies today, do not create the necessary budget to proceed with such proactive solutions, focusing only on the cost of hardware/software. As seen statistically, when a company is breached, they will not only pay more, but it will also include a press release describing how the company did not work proactively to mitigate such attacks in protecting their data & systems, affecting severely the reputation of the company and its clients.
The Global cost of online crime is expected to reach 6 Trillion Dollars by 2021, how much did you invest in hardening your existing infrastructure, and how would you know how you would withstand such advanced attacks aimed at not just the hardware but the Human Element if you do not test them?
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