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Why Web Security is High on the Agenda for Irish SMEs

Posted on by Sean Lucas
Web Security Fusemail DNA IT
16
Jul

The management team of any SME should understand the value of reducing the risks associated with web security.

Any negative impact on your IT security could produce significant business losses.  It may be time to look at what you are currently doing to protect your network and see what improvements need to be made.

Everybody is online now, if you are visible then you are vulnerable.  All businesses will have data, email systems and file networks that are vital to the everyday operation and therefore open to attack.  It’s not just the loss of data, but the resulting loss in reputation, damage and loss of business that will cause concern.

How vulnerable is your business?

Outdated software and systems will leave you vulnerable to attack.  There should be patch management on every piece of software on all your company computers.  In 2017 wannacry attack exploited out of date software on pcs and caused mayhem throughout the world.    This could happen to any company that is not current with their updates.

Not completing network backups regularly is another dangerous game.  If your systems just disappeared overnight how would you recover them?  If they are not backed up regularly, you may lose weeks or months’ worth of information.

Are your employees up to date with IT security protocols?  Phishing emails and other threats are sent everyday around the world.  Will they know what not to click on?  Don’t assume that they all know, a bit of education on the threats will go along way. One click can result in disaster so put another layer of security in before it can be clicked.

Web Security

Web security needs to become as important as email security and anti-virus, as all three work hand in hand to protect organisations against online threats.  With web security there would be automatically scanning for threats to help avoid disaster.  Restricting access for staff for websites that might cause issues with data loss is important.  Analysing emails that may have a risk of carrying ransomware, looking at downloadable content away from your system, just in case it is unsafe.

DNA IT Solutions offer Fusemail as part of our IT Security offering.  We like it as we can build to suit your needs.  It helps protect your organisation from web-based threats, controls internet browsing and enforces web usage policies to users.

FuseMail enables businesses around the world to communicate with confidence every day. The cloud based services provide simple, secure, and scalable solutions for email security, spam/virus filtering, archiving, encryption, web security and email hosting.

Talk to DNA IT Solutions about FuseMail and let us help protect your business from harmful risks.

 

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Web Security Threats

Posted on by Sean Lucas
Web Security threats DNA IT
16
Apr

There are many security threats facing organisations today.

They are not only the concern of large global companies but can effect even the smallest of businesses.  If you are aware of what may attack your business, then you can put plans in place to ensure you have the right level of cover to protect your systems and data.

Here are some of the most popular types of cyber security threats today:

Malware

Malware is software that is designed to gain access to a computer system in order to damage or disrupt.  Malware can appear on both the computer and the network and can cause significant damage.   Cloud based web security system prevents downloads which will stop the initial infection.  It can also stop the malware connecting to the internet to make more problems.

Spyware

This is software that allows the attacker to spy on the user’s computer activity.  It records activity to learn about the user, stalking it and then uses the information gathered to create some harm. Web security products can reduce the risk of this happening by preventing the users machine from interacting with installed spyware.

Ransomware

Ransomware is software designed to block access to the computer system.  In essence it freezes everything until a ransom is paid.  Many organisations will then pay to get their systems back which makes the hackers become more active.  Web security systems will implement sandboxing to help counteract this threat.  This is where all downloads are analysed off the network to check they are safe before delivering them to the network.

Phishing

Phishing is where a fraudulent email is sent pretending to be from a reputable person or company.  It is sent in the hope that the user will divulge personal and financial details.  Phishing call also be in the form of a website that pretends to be something they are not.  Web security services can check to see what websites or emails are trustworthy and stop the risk at source.

Social engineering

Also known as spear phishing, this is the gathering of personal information either directly or online to later target somebody for financial gain.  By having an additional layer of security on email systems, this can reduce or even eliminate such harmful issues.  Likewise, having security that prevents showing links to harmful websites will give additional protection to the user.

Zero hour Attacks

Also known as zero day attacks, these target well known but unpatched vulnerabilities in operating systems.  Security services will work with other layers of security on end point protection.  Fixes can be rolled out in a matter of hours to help protect against attack.  In addition, systems will detect any breach and block it.

These are only some of the threats to an organisations IT Systems, there are countless other ones that will cause significant damage.

One product that can form part of your security solution is Fusemail.  This is part of our security portfolio at DNA IT Solutions and will provide protection against many threats.  We only work with world leading technology solutions to protect our clients.  Fusemail can be part of your web security service that help protect you, talk to us about it today.