Protection Against Ransomware

What can small businesses do to tackle cyber-crime and keep their data as safe as possible.

The latest cyber-attacks that happened throughout the globe had affected national companies and left them without IT systems.  If such attack can take down huge corporations, small businesses are no exception and can be particularly susceptible to this type of crime.

So how do we protect data, our businesses rely upon? National Cyber Security Centre website and Twitter feed should be one of your stops on your way to protection. A lot of valuable information available there.

Protection agains cyber crime and ensuring business continuity can also be performed in several free and simple steps that business owners can take. Such steps reduce their risk of exposure to all types of malware including ransomware like WannaCry and Petya:

  • Stay up to date

    One of the simples, yet often forgotten, steps is to keep your software fully up to date. Companies such as Microsoft constantly provide security patches for their operating systems or office suite to keep the software as robust as possible.

  • Backup

    Backup! Backup! Backup! Even do backup of backup. Boring topic indeed, however, when it comes to it, backup saves your business. We have been there many times where due to user error or indeed a virus, backup was the ingredient of speedy data recovery.

  • Education

    Raising awareness of cyber security risks within your organisation is just as important as having the latest technology available. Employees, being the last line of defence against attacks, have to be aware that clicking on an innocent email can cause fundamental difficulties to the business.

Further Cyber Threats

Cyber threats don’t stop at ransomware. World of viruses and other malicious software keeps flooding our network. Knowing how to protect your business and how to recover from attack should it come to it is fundamental to continuity.

If you have any concerns about your network security or if you feel there is more you can do to protect your business, at Mahonyt we are always available to advice. Feel free to reach out to us for a friendly chat and make a use of free assessment of your network to learn more about any back door you may have left opened.