Though we can’t see them, there are tech-savvy hackers all over the world with the sole purpose of implanting viruses and cyber threats or obtaining personal information for malicious use. What started with attacks to personal emails of phishing scams evolved into a much more convincing type of fraud, powerful enough to bring down entire corporations.
To combat the cyber threat at workplace, start by identifying your company’s vital information and the possible internal weaknesses.
Assigning access levels to current and former employees is a great first line of defense in dealing with cyber security challenges. Managing the access of individuals within a network can be a daunting task, even with a secure server. Cyber security education and information security training have become more important than ever before.
Many companies require their employees to take security awareness training and get cyber security certification. It is critical to decide the rights of each user in public and private sectors, allowing more access with each level of supervision. For example, new employees must be afforded access based on what sensitive information they are entitled to, as it fits their job description. Upon termination, disgruntled employees must be stripped of access to both the network and the physical property to prevent malicious activity. If this is not done immediately after termination, former employees could access and manipulate company files, causing a great deal of damage, if not financial loss.
Wireless internet connections in an organization should always require an encryption key or password to access the network at any level. Otherwise, anyone with a laptop or smartphone could access the network from the comfort and security of their own vehicle while in range of the server’s signal. In today’s workplace, digitally stored information is just as much of an asset to a company as their bank account, and the two should be guarded with comparable levels of cyber security.