Are you safe from a cyber attack?
Phishing and ransomware attacks are the two biggest types of cyber attacks since 2020. See how many of these questions around cyber security you can answer yes to.
Do you have cyber security awareness training as part of your employee induction process?
Have your employees all read and signed an IT policy document?
Do you refresh your team on cyber security awareness at least annually (best practice is quarterly)
Are there visible displays or reminders about being cyber safe in your workplace?
Do you have a password policy?
Do you subscribe to a professional paid malware protection software?
Is there an air gap between your production system and your back ups?
Do you meet regularly with your IT service providers to talk about cyber security?
Do you sleep easy knowing your business is protected from cyber attacks?
Do you fully understand the meaning of everything in the above questions?
How well did you score?
7, 8 or 9
Not bad! Give yourself a pat on the back for having most things covered. You are relatively low risk but there are some gaps to fill where you are still vulnerable to a phishing or ransomware attack.
Risk level: Low-Medium
Recommendations: Have a meeting with your IT people to see where you can improve, invest in some awareness training for your team with Standby
10 out of 10
Congratulations! You are a superstar of cyber security awareness and best practice. You’ll sleep like a baby knowing your business has the best possible protection and your team is fully up to speed with how to remain vigilant around phishing emails and malware.
Risk level: Very Low
Recommendations: Put your business to the test with a free Phishing Security Test!
0-3 points
Time to wake up to the very real risk of Cyber Crime. You may think you are too small to be worth attacking or not in an industry that needs to worry about it. SMEs are targeted for the very reason that most are easy to hack into. If you do your banking online or hold information about your customers you need to protect it.
Risk level: Very High
Recommendations: Buy a Lotto ticket because you must be one of the luckiest people in town to have avoided being caught out by a cyber criminal already. Then sign up to get a cyber security plan in place that fits your business activity and budget.
4, 5 or 6
You have some basics covered but the risk of something slipping through is too high to be ignored. You have been lucky so far, but anything more sophisticated than the obvious spam and you could be in trouble. You are making it easy for cyber criminals who get past your first line of defence, where you rely on your people’s awareness to do the right thing.
Risk level: Medium-High
Recommendations: Invest in some better protection. Have an independent audit to identify and fix your biggest vulnerabilities, and put your staff through Cyber Security Awareness Training to bring them up to speed.
Cyber crime fact: human error is the most common way to infiltrate an organisation’s computer network
Attackers target people through clever psychology. Standby Consulting focus on the people factors for cyber security. Why? Because people are the greatest risk.
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