Cybersecurity Solved for Hurstville Small Business
The Threat Reality
It is not a case of will a business be attacked but a case of when. A business can expect that attack is likely to include malware, and in more than two-thirds of these incidents this is distributed by malicious email links and attachments.
Our IT Security Solutions are aimed at mitigating an attack. Adopting a multi layered approach and implementing identified best practices (The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) Essential Eight Maturity Model) underpin the CT solution options.
Key benefits to the SME are reduced headaches knowing you are prepared for an attack; the approach of prevention means less impact if attacked and earlier detection meaning less disruption to the SME.
For Hurstville small businesses, the cyber threat is no longer hypothetical. Local accounting firms, allied health practices, and retailers we work with see phishing attempts every week, and the businesses that fare worst are the ones that have not decided what to do before an incident happens. Cybersecurity is preparation: the right anti-virus, the right backups, the right user training, and a partner who can respond quickly when something does go wrong.
As a Hurstville-based IT specialist, our cybersecurity service is built around the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) Essential Eight maturity model, sized for small business budgets. We are not selling enterprise-grade complexity to a ten-person team — we match practical, layered protection to the actual risks your business faces.
You do not need to face this alone. Whether your office is in Hurstville, Penshurst, Bexley, Kogarah, or anywhere across the St George area, we can sit down with you, map your current setup, identify where you are exposed, and build a plan you can actually implement. Most clients start with our Total Protection Plan, then add or remove pieces as their business grows.
Some Australian statistics:
- 43% of all cybercrime targets small business
- Annually, cybercrime costs the Australian economy more than 1bn
- 33% of businesses with fewer than 100 employees are not taking proactive measures against cyber security breaches
- SME’s rate cybercrime as the 3rd biggest risk to their business
- 4 out of five SMEs recognise that the risk of their business becoming a victim of cybercrime is increasing
Source Cyber Aware National Report, released in November 2017
The CT Security Solution Elements
Evaluate: Start with an assessment that allows the identification of the threat prone areas of your business, and identifies the list of required actions to minimise and reduce the areas of weakness.
Adopt and Apply an agreed plan of action that is implemented based around preventing malware running, the capacity to limit the extent of an incident and finally, to recover data quickly. Our base solution is a protection plan which can be extended to a fully managed solution covering all your IT needs.
Adoption means ensuring that your staff have a culture of cyber awareness. Initial training and ongoing training can be provided for all staff. Make them aware and confident in your business’s cyber security practices.
Ongoing Monitoring enabling a constant review of the effectiveness of the solution and of the practices implemented, permitting modifications to be made to ensure a continued high level of protection.
A CT Managed Protection Plan options include:
- Anti-Virus software
- Scan management
- Patch Management
- Maintenance Monday (basic tasks such as temp file removal, defrag)
- Daily monitoring
- Remote support
- Data backup plus an option of office 365 data backup
- Email security monitoring
- User access and administrative privileges
- Password policy compliance management
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- Ensure passwords are strong and secure, use Multi factor authentication where possible.
- Regularly change passwords, implement a policy at the network level that forces staff to change.
- Remove system access from people who no longer need it, limit access to only those that need it to perform their role.
- All devices are updated with the latest security updates and regular scans for malware are run.
- Implement a No USB or external hard drives to be used without clearance and a scan for malware being performed.
- Train staff in identifying phishing and ransomware emails. Ensure your software will not allow you to download a file or open a file without it being scanned for malware.
- Avoid transacting online when using a public or complimentary Wi-Fi.
- Create a VPN when using a public Wi-Fi.
- Be vigilant about what you share on social media – try to keep personal information private.
Cyber Attacks Basics
Email phishing:- Attempts to trick the user by a hoax email enticing the user to click on a dangerous link or providing personal or financial information to an unauthorised source.
Malware:- Malicious or intrusive software, including Viruses, Worms,
Trojans, Ransomware, spyware and adware.
Ransomware:- Hijacking of your files and locking you out of your system. Asks for a payment (ransom) when paid gives access back to you.
Denial of service:- Using a network of computers to send requests
to your system to overload it so it becomes unavailable or breaks.
Watering hole attack:- Setting up a fake (or compromised) website you are known to go to and then using it to infect visiting users.
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