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🔍 How it Works: Your staff serves as the first line of defence against cyber attacks, but their effectiveness relies on having the right tools and knowledge. Regular Cyber Awareness Training equips employees with the skills needed to identify potential threats, secure their online activities, and avoid dangerous actions. Training should cover essential topics like phishing awareness, safe browsing habits, and data protection practices. 🔒 Why it Matters: With 68%* of cyber attacks starting with the actions of staff, properly training your team is crucial for mitigating risks. By investing in Cyber Awareness Training, you can significantly reduce the likelihood of your organisation falling victim to cyber threats. Educated employees are better equipped to spot suspicious activity and respond appropriately, making them your most valuable asset in defending against cyber attacks. Follow for actionable tips on Cyber Awareness Training later this week! #cyberawarenessmonth #cyberawareness #cyberadvisory #cyberservices #BeCyberFit *Source: Verizon - 2024 Data Breach Investigations Report

Actionable Tips for Your Incident Response Plan 🛡️ 🛡️Conduct a Risk Assessment: Begin by identifying potential threats and vulnerabilities that could impact your business. Understanding these risks will help you protect your most critical systems and functions. 🛡️Establish an Incident Response Team: Identify key team members who will play crucial roles during a disaster. Clearly define each member’s responsibilities and include their contact information in your incident response plan. 🛡️Develop Policies and Procedures: Create incident response policies and procedures based on your risk assessment findings. Make sure they are specifically tailored to your business needs and include relevant Incident Response Team contact details. 🛡️Implement Security Monitoring Tools: Use security monitoring tools to detect incidents in real-time. Start logging and categorising these incidents to build a comprehensive response capability. 🛡️Provide Regular Training: Conduct training sessions for your team on the incident response process. Regular training ensures they are always prepared to respond effectively in the event of an incident. Did you know? Emergence CEP-005 policyholders have access to a free cyberSuite Incident Response Plan template. Reach out to learn more! #cyberawarenessmonth #cyberawareness #cyberadvisory #cyberservices #BeCyberFit 

🔍 How it Works: An incident response plan is a crucial document that outlines the actions your team should take in the event of a cyber incident. It details the steps to follow, key individuals to contact, and important considerations to evaluate during an incident. By having a clear, well-structured plan in place, your business can handle a cyber attack efficiently and reduce confusion when the stakes are high. 🔒 Why it Matters: Cyber incidents are stressful and can have severe consequences for your business. A solid incident response plan allows your team to make better decisions under pressure, minimise the impact of an attack, and return to normal operations faster. Planning ahead helps your organisation stay resilient when faced with a cyber threat. Look out for actionable tips on creating and implementing your incident response plan later in the week! #cyberawarenessmonth #cyberawareness #cyberadvisory #cyberservices #BeCyberFit 

Actionable Tips for Patching 🛠 🛠 Establish an Asset Register: Start by creating an inventory of all your systems, services, software, and hardware to gain a clear understanding of your assets and their associated vulnerabilities. 🛠 Prioritise by Criticality: Categorise each asset by its importance to your business. This allows you to prioritise patching for the most critical assets and the most severe vulnerabilities first. 🛠 Develop a Patch Management Process: Document a patch management plan that sets time frames for applying patches—e.g., apply patches to critical vulnerabilities within 72 hours, high vulnerabilities within a week, and medium/low vulnerabilities within 14 days. 🛠 Manual vs. Automatic Updates: Depending on the number of assets your business has, schedule weekly manual patch management reviews and enable automatic updates wherever possible to streamline the process.    By following these steps, you can reduce your business’s exposure to cyber threats and ensure vulnerabilities are addressed in a timely manner. #cyberawarenessmonth #cyberawareness #cyberadvisory #cyberservices #BeCyberFit 

🔍 How it Works: Most computers or software have some mistakes in their code, which attackers are constantly looking to exploit. When these flaws are discovered, manufacturers release "patches"—updates that fix these vulnerabilities, similar to patching a hole in a pair of jeans. Installing these patches as soon as they’re available closes up security gaps and helps protect your system from cyber threats. 🔒 Why it Matters: Once a patch is released, attackers race to target organisations that haven't installed it yet. Until you apply the patch, your system is vulnerable, leaving your business exposed to potential attacks that could cause severe financial and operational damage. Prompt patching ensures your business stays secure from these opportunistic threats.  Don’t know where to start? Follow for actionable tips on patching on your feed later this week! #cyberawarenessmonth #cyberawareness #cyberadvisory #cyberservices #BeCyberFit

Actionable Tips for Backups 💾  👩💻 Start by mapping out the data you collect, store, transfer or use to identify the data most critical or sensitive to your business. 👩💻 Once identified, maintain at least three copies of the data. 👩💻 Ensure your backup copies are stored on two different types of media. Media types include on your computer, an external hard drive, DVDs, or even hard copies.  👩💻 Store at least one copy in an offsite location, physically separate from where your primary data is located. 👩💻 Be sure to regularly test your backups by pulling out pieces of data and making sure they can be accessed and are usable. 👩💻 Remember, not every piece of data needs to be backed up. It is important to have backup copies of the data that is critical to keep your business operating in the event of data loss. Implementing these simple steps can help safeguard your business from unexpected data loss. #cyberawarenessmonth #cyberawareness #cyberadvisory #cyberservices #BeCyberFit 

🔍 How it Works: Backups create duplicate copies of your data, ensuring that even if one copy is lost due to equipment failure, human error, or a cyber attack, you can restore your systems with the second copy. By regularly backing up your data, you protect your business from unexpected data loss and ensure continuity. 🔒 Why it Matters: Backups are crucial for minimising the damage from ransomware attacks, one of the most devastating forms of cyber threats. If ransomware locks you out of your data, a backup allows you to restore your systems without paying the ransom. In short, proper backups drastically reduce the impact of cyber incidents and keep your business running smoothly. Stay tuned for actionable tips around Backups later this week! #cyberawarenessmonth #cyberawareness #cyberadvisory #cyberservices #BeCyberFit 

Actionable Tips for Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) 🔑 Implementing MFA is essential for securing your business. Here are some actionable tips: 🔐 Identify the critical systems within your business.  🔐 Identify the most important accounts within your business—start from your most privileged accounts and work your way down to individual user accounts.  🔐 Ensure all users are educated around the process to reduce user impact.  🔐Enable MFA and download an authenticator app to receive the MFA codes.  🔐Ensure users have an alternate backup factor, and that authenticator codes are backed up in case their primary authentication factor becomes unavailable, such as through a lost phone. By following these steps, you can enhance your security and protect your business from cyber threats. #cyberawarenessmonth #cyberawareness #cyberadvisory #cyberservices #BeCyberFit 

🔍 How it Works: MFA adds an extra layer of protection by requiring two separate ways of proving your identity before accessing an account. Typically, this means combining your password with a code generated from an app on your phone. While this process keeps signing in simple for you, it makes it nearly impossible for attackers to breach your account, even if they have managed to steal your password. 🔒 Why it Matters: If an attacker gains access to your account, it can result in financial loss, reputational damage, and could even bring your business operations to a standstill. By enabling MFA, you reduce the chances of this happening by up to 99%. It’s a small step that can make a massive difference in keeping your business safe from cyber threats. We will share some actionable tips for Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) later this week, stay tuned! #cyberawarenessmonth #cyberawareness #cyberadvisory #cyberservices #BeCyberFit 

🔐 October is Cyber Awareness Month! Protecting yourself and your business from cyber threats can seem overwhelming at times, but it doesn’t have to be difficult. Cyber security isn’t just the responsibility of business leaders—it’s up to every member of the team. This Cyber Awareness Month, we want to make things easier. We will be focusing on 5 key cyber security topics that are critical to securing your business: 🔑  Multi-Factor Authentication  💾  Backups  🛠 Patching  🛡️ Incident Response Plans  📖 Cyber Awareness Training    Not only will we show you how these measures can protect your business, but we’ll also explain why they matter and provide actionable steps you can take to implement them. Each week, look out for:  - A post on why the measure matters and how it defends against cyber threats.  - A post with simple, practical steps you can take to get started. 🔒 Follow along and take charge of your cyber security this month! #cyberawarenessmonth #cyberawareness #cyberadvisory #cyberservices #BeCyberFit