How To Protect Your Business From Cyber Attacks

Cybersecurity has been, for a while, set aside as a concern for the IT department. However, as technology continues to advance, more and more people are slowly getting the gist of it. In the business world, you cannot afford to overlook cybersecurity as a core part of running a company. A lot is at stake if certain cybersecurity standards are not met. Here are some of the core cybersecurity tips that you need to protect your business from any cyber-related risks:

Establish Information Security KPIs

Key performance indicators (KPIs) are meant to help you track the progress of your performance over a certain period. Even for cybersecurity matters, KPIs are necessary to track progress. Some of the metrics you can consider include number of cyber-attacks, network uptime and downtime, cost of cyber insurance and cyber breaches, number of mitigated threats, to mention a few. Solicit some help from your IT team for analyzing performance based on the KPIs you choose for your business.

Another way that having established security KPIs can help your business is by detecting breaches much faster. If one facet of your system suddenly sees an unusual change in activity, it could be due to a hack or breach. If one user has use behavior that could indicate that they are abusing your service or website…