The number of vulnerabilities has increased steadily over the past couple of years. Not only is the threat landscape increasing in size, but recent global events have also meant that employees are spending much more time out of the office.
As technology continues to improve at breakneck speed, these vulnerabilities creep into our everyday lives – often without being noticed.
Employees working from home can mean a company has created thousands of extra endpoints, each one of which is vulnerable to attack. This, combined with the move away from on-premise to Cloud, means that we have millions of files moving around the world every day.
As the supply chain continues to evolve, so will new and dangerous vulnerabilities emerge. To gain a clearer idea of what they are and how to safeguard against them, Neeraj Singh, WithSecure’s Research and Development Manager, offers his expert opinion on how we can keep ourselves – and each other – safe.
Endpoint Detection and Response is a crucial part of defending a company against attack. Here, we shine a light on the ‘response’ aspect, given it can make the difference between being able to sweep up a minor attack quickly and having to deal with a full-scale data breach.
It takes skills, knowledge and perseverance to become a brilliant Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) – and no one knows that better than our in-house Countercept team. We picked their brains to discover what they feel is critical to optimizing your offering, as well as best practices and future issues to look out for.
We asked a series of questions about supply chain security to our audience on LinkedIn and in our recent Supply Chain webinar.
SA not well-equipped against cyber crimes
According to the article by Business Insider SA, “South Africa remains vulnerable to cyberwarfare, despite a plan to protect the country against threats to its national security and commercial capability being put into motion almost eight years ago.
Cyberattacks have increased at a rapid rate, especially since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, which left many businesses vulnerable to incidents as work moved from secure offices and servers to homes.”
South Africa needs to improve efforts against cybercrime
In a recent Mail and Guardian publication, it was declared that “South Africans must up their game against cybercrime”, and that the country “needs a sustained national public awareness campaign to inform and mobilise the public against a growing pandemic of cybercrime”. Also that “although much progress has been made in educating the public about the dangers of Covid-19, the same cannot be said for protecting citizens from falling victim to cybercrime. And unlike Covid-19, there is no “’herd immunity” against cyberattacks.”
Be sure to consider some of the cyber threats out there and consider these tips for protecting yourself and your devices. Until our next mailer, you can check out all the great resources we have available on our website.
