Cybersecurity Insights

With cyber threats becoming increasingly sophisticated, adhering to best practices in key management is not just recommended—it's essential. These practices help protect encryption keys throughout their lifecycle, reducing the risk of compromise and ensuring that your organization’s data remains secure. Implementing strong key management practices involves several critical steps, from defining clear policies and roles to using strong cryptographic algorithms and enforcing secure key generation. These measures are designed to prevent unauthorized access and ensure that keys are properly generated, distributed, stored, and rotated. Organizations can limit exposure in the event of a key compromise by automating key rotation and continuously monitoring key usage, further strengthening their security posture. At SecHard, we understand the importance of comprehensive key management. Our SSL Key Manager not only ensures that your encryption keys are managed securely but also automates the entire SSL certificate lifecycle, including vulnerability analysis and expiration monitoring. With SecHard, you can be confident that your keys—and by extension, your data—are protected by industry-leading security practices.

I've got a sad story for you today, but one that's becoming all too familiar. A medium-sized business absolutely obliterated by a cyber attack. A 158-year-old UK delivery company, Knights of Old 1865-2023 (awesome name), is gone, brought to its knees by one attack from Akira ransomware. Files encrypted, financial systems wrecked, 700 employees lost their jobs, the company became a statistic and ceased trading They tried to fight back. They refused to pay the ransom, knowing there were no guarantees they’d get their data back even if they did. Instead, they tried to rebuild from backups - but the hackers had destroyed them too. And how did the bad beans get in? Brute force password guessing. That’s it. No zero-days, no nation-state tactics - just poor security hygiene and a lack of detection and response. They even had a £1 million cyber insurance policy - but that's not enough to bring back your £100 million in annual revenue company from the grave when they've lost everything. Super important lesson here, as I’ve always maintained, cyber insurance is *not* a silver bullet!! It’s easy to read about ransomware incidents and think, That wouldn’t happen to us. But Knights of Old wasn’t a tech startup running on a shoestring budget. It was a £100-million-a-year company in the UK with multiple depots, long-standing partnerships, and a solid reputation. Weak passwords are still a massive problem. Brute force attacks are not sophisticated, yet they’re still taking companies down. And if your business doesn’t have proper detection, response, and recovery plan and have secure backups, you’re running on borrowed time. Any other suggestions for mitigating risk from “the network”?

Poor secrets management can expose your organization to data breaches, unauthorized access, and compliance failures, yet it remains one of the most overlooked areas of cybersecurity. Cyber threats are evolving - are you keeping up? Let’s discuss how to strengthen your secrets management strategy. 📩 Reach out to discuss with one of our specialists today! #Cybersecurity #Riskmanagement #Secretsmanagement #InfoSec

Tips To Prevent Brute Force Attacks

Ever wondered how to organize and protect your company's data? Data classification is the answer! Our graphic shows the main categories: Confidential (think trade secrets and PII), Restricted (internal use only), Public, and even Archived data. Understanding these distinctions is crucial for implementing the right security measures and complying with regulations. Contact us to learn more about building a robust data classification strategy!