The cybersecurity threats faced by businesses of all sizes and across industries have grown exponentially over the last couple of years, as everyone and everything has gone remote. Cybercriminals are out there having a field day with unsecured networks and data. Having a cybersecurity budget is more necessary than ever. With that in mind, below are some of the cybersecurity tools that any business can use to start increasing their protection today.
Security Analytics Tools
Security Analytics Tools are one of the most useful cyber-related IT investments you can make in a remote work and collaboration environment. They help you discover any blindspots in your current workflows and processes, particularly with respect to guest access across multiple teams. The monitoring capabilities let you take preventative action before something becomes a cybersecurity catastrophe.
Employee Cybersecurity Training
Hackers and malware target software flaws, as well as vulnerabilities in employees.
Employees who are not up to date on the fundamentals of cyber security constitute a significant threat to the company’s data. Employees read email, surf the web, and do a variety of other seemingly innocuous tasks on a daily basis that place them on the front lines of your cybersecurity. Their education is, therefore, of the utmost importance.
Staff training on a regular basis, especially as new threats emerge and we learn how to detect and prevent them from turning into real issues, is one of the most important variables in lowering the cost of a data breach at your company. Your employees will always constitute one of your company’s biggest cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
Network Perimeter Firewall
A perimeter firewall is the most recommended security measure for small enterprises. A network firewall, in its most basic form, scans network packets and permits or blocks them based on criteria established by the administrator. Stateless and stateful firewalls are two well-known varieties.
Stateless firewalls examine packet headers and compare static values to a set of rules.
The administrator, for example, can create a rule that blocks inbound network traffic to TCP and UDP port 3389. (remote desktop protocol). Then any inbound packets with port 3389 listed as a destination will be banned. Stateful firewalls scan packet headers as well as the state of each connection – that is, the stage of communication between the two end points. To decide whether packet headers and states are permitted, they are compared to a set of rules.
End-Point Antivirus
While some security experts tend to feel that antivirus is no longer an effective solution to today’s cyber threats, it’s reasonable to assume that the majority of them utilize end-point anti-malware on their workstations. Free antivirus software is simple to obtain, and the majority of them update automatically. While signature-based detection is not perfect, it can prevent a large number of threats.
Conclusion
Don’t leave your cybersecurity to chance. There are simply too many threats out there. The above cybersecurity tools should form the foundation of your defenses and will provide you with good baseline protection provided your employees are educated on cybersecurity and you update frequently.
