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The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) warns that malicious emails claiming to be from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) have been sent to members of the public in Australia as well as people overseas. These emails state personal details about the recipient, including their address, contact information, and details about their relatives.
Foolproof your information security system! In Australia, we don’t take cybersecurity as serious as what we need to. Cyber attacks not only result in IT damage. Worse, they put your reputation at risk! We’re not just talking about malware and crimeware lurking in the shadows—waiting for a chance to attack when you least expect it. Cyber threats encompass all possible ways to get into your system, so you need to foolproof your defences by looking at all sides, including an internal IT security plan and an information security audit.
In late February, Toyota’s Australian branch reported a cybersecurity breach. The attack was a big blow to the branch’s operation because it prevented the company from closing car sales. The staff members lost access to email and other cloud-based information, and they were instructed to switch off their computers. The attack followed other cyber attacks in the country, including the attack on the Parliament House computer network and a hospital in Melbourne.
Here in Australia and around the world, many people fall prey to various online scams. This is especially true for individuals who are aged 55 and older. In fact, according to Scamwatch, many older Australians have reported close to 9,500 scams just this year. Compared to younger generations, they have lost four times more money on scams, losing $12,234.81 on average!
Today, we’re going to talk about cybersecurity and whether we can ever be safe. Well, the short answer is no. However, we can try damn hard to be safe. We can be diligent and continue the game of cat and mouse to make sure that we’re on top of it. The good news is crime, in general, is on the down, but online, there are a lot of risks. You can hold people, companies to ransom.
One of the easiest ways to secure yourself is to make sure that you’ve got your stuff backed up and it’s in an offsite location. If you’ve got a managed IT service provider, they can make sure that they’re looking after that for you and they’re backing it up onsite and remotely in your own private cloud.
The cyber-world is ripe with threats, and Australia is not immune. IT specialists are constantly bracing themselves against a security breach in their system. To prevent these potential threats from becoming an attack, businesses must be proactive and have an effective cybersecurity strategy in place. This is where an IT security audit can be helpful. A good defence system against cybercrime, and regular network security audits can help reduce risk, strengthen controls, improve security, and enhance your overall business operations.
Unfortunately for Aussie businesses, cyber attacks are on the rise. Some are just waiting for a chance, a vulnerability in your network. Others scheme and target even organisations with sophisticated information security systems because hackers are also refining their capabilities. If you want to test the integrity of your information system, get IT audit companies to review your security measures and data recovery plan.
In Australia, we can be rather relaxed. The “she’ll be right” attitude is all well and good until something goes wrong and you are up you know what creek without a paddle. The importance of having a strategic and holistic approach to cybersecurity solution is more important than ever. There’s no single solution to fighting and eliminating cybersecurity risks. The challenges they present are multi-faceted, so information cybersecurity systems need to be multi-dimensional. One approach that works is having an external information system audit on top of internal monitoring.
Aussies love to be prepared. If you have a business and want to make sure your information security system can fend off cyber attacks, schedule an audit and make sure there’s disaster recovery on the IT audit checklist. It is more important than ever. With power outages and changes in the IT industry in the past years, more and more IT strategists are making data recovery the top priority in their IT plans.
A couple of months ago, we did a review of suspicious emails that come through. This is something I want to bring up again. There is a new one that is going absolutely rampant.
Long gone are the times when a business audit meant checking financial accounts for accuracy and comprehensiveness. Today, an audit covers Information Technology. The idea behind conducting an IT audit is to evaluate the performance of the systems in place to protect an organisation’s data.
Ransomware – a Guide to Avoid Becoming a Victim in 2019
Cyber attacks with malicious intent are a common way for cybercriminals to earn money illegally. This issue is huge and that last year cybercriminals all over the world earned millions of dollars.
Challenges and Trends in Cyber Security – What To Expect In 2019
Global ransomware attacks were super common in 2018. The exact numbers are not available, but there were many companies that fell victim. Even the big players fell prey to cyber attacks, such as Facebook, Quora and Strava. The challenges in cybersecurity still remain the same in 2019. As we become more aware of cybersecurity attacks should be less successful, yet the mistakes happen time and again. The need for stringent cybersecurity is going to continue in 2019, so strap in as we cover the challenges and trends in cybersecurity and what to expect in 2019.
The Government is Now Legally Spying on Aussies!
Australia has just passed a dangerous anti-encryption law after there’s been a compromise between the two different political giants. Now I don’t normally get into political stuff because I find it boring and contradictory a lot of the time, but this is something that’s going to affect every single person, especially if you’re an Australian business.
Working From Home – How to Stay Secure
So your employer has let you work from home and now you’re wondering “how do you stay secure?” There are more and more employees that are working from home nowadays and it’s becoming the norm. I personally think is fantastic because it’s lowering the number of cars that we have on the roads during peak times, which is a huge problem. You go along and there are five cars each with one person in them, instead of one car with five people in. There are more traffic and greenhouse gas emissions for no reason. Anyway, that’s another story. What we’re going to be doing today is discussing how to stay secure from both a business perspective, as well as from the freelancer remote workers perspective. Let’s start with the freelancer.
How To Keep Your Business Secured Online?
I’m in the security field where we have to keep many, many businesses safe online, day in, day out, 24 hours a day. It’s obviously a really, really important idea to make sure your business is safe online. There are lots of free tools and utilities out there that can help you keep things safe. As the old adage goes, If you can’t afford an expensive tool, wait until you see how much the price of a cheap tool will cost you. It can impact your business greatly. We see it all the time, where people don’t have tools in place, to keep their business safe.
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