The Biggest Cybersecurity Risk to your Business
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The biggest cybersecurity risk that IT departments experience is when employee’s devices are lost or stolen. While it is important and just easier if employees keep track of their things, accidents happen and you need to be prepared.
Here is what you need to know about the biggest cybersecurity risk to your business, having an employee device stolen.
Preventing Cyberattacks from a Stolen Employee Device
Many security breaches happen when devices are stolen, so it’s important that companies implement encryptions to make sure the device is secure against threats.
IT professionals are constantly looking to improve and protect corporate network systems, and to stay up to date with the latest data security practices and advances.
Methods for avoiding cyberattacks this way include:
- Having employees secure their devices by using a PIN code
- Having employees keep their devices up to date so they are not at risk of being targeted by hackers, including mobile phones as well as apps installed
- Making modifications to IT infrastructures so that they are compliant with standards and identify applications employees are using to interact with corporate data
- Businesses need to ensure that the data is not only protected but also conforms to the current IT infrastructure. Testing should be carried out to identify any vulnerabilities with the current IT estate
- Implement one-time passwords so there is a different password every time the employee logs in
- A good practice when keyboard logging is a risk
- Keyboard logging is a technique used by hackers to record login and password credentials
Keeping Strong Cybersecurity Practices
Although today’s world poses significant security risks, if managed properly, an effective cybersecurity program can reduce corporate costs and increase productivity while improving security. In this modern era, it is the responsibility of the employer to have the best cybersecurity system available for the safety of the organization and its employees. This is why cybersecurity is important.
It is also important to educate employees on how to protect their devices as well as helping them to configure devices to be in line with security policies. This will at least provide basic security precautions.
Important to note is that if any of these recommendations are in place, employees should be informed and their considerations and desires should be taken into account. Employee cooperation is essential in implementing a safe network security system that protects corporate interests and employee personal information.
In order to keep your employee data secure, the first step is choosing a payroll and HR software solution you can trust, as cyberattacks are just one of many types of payroll fraud.
Our platform is backed by world-class security and infrastructure so that you can feel confident that your data is kept safe and in the cloud.
Contact us today to learn more.
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