According to the Cyber Security Intelligence Index conducted by IBM last year, 60% of all attacks were actually executed by someone inside the company. Three-quarters involved malicious intents while one-quarter were inadvertent insiders.
Allowing employees to bring their own devices (BYOD), mobile office and work from home become incredibly popular. Unfortunately, employees use their unsecured mobile phones, tablets or home PCs to access company network which leaves the door wide open for hackers to infiltrate company servers and steal sensitive data.
To reduce cyber threats inside the company, cyber security expert suggested to
build a culture of security.
1. Access Right
Carefully identify who may grant the authority to access confidential or important data. Assign appropriate access rights for each employee.
2. Public Free WiFi
Hackers are able to intercept data transmission from unsecured WiFi. Employees should not browse or download sensitive files via public free WiFi.
3. Customer Information
Educate employees to safeguard customer data seriously. Use
SSL Certificates to encrypt communication and browser-to-server transactions, in particular, involving credit cards and personal information.
4. Password Policy
Create a policy to regularly update passwords and require a "Strong Password" including capital letters, lower-case letters, numbers, symbols, and at least 8 characters.
In addition, eliminate accounts and block access rights of resigned employees once leaving the company. Otherwise, hackers can find easy access by using those old accounts eventually.
5. Backup Regularly
Cyber criminals are experts at using human errors. Perform regular
online backup to reduce losing vital business information and financial loss.
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