Securing your work place from cyber-attack and global best practices

Recent cybercrime incidents have shown that even
government networks are not safe from attack. In
principle, these should be even better secured than normal
company networks, but professional hackers have often
managed to penetrate these systems in the past. The
Bundestag was attacked in 2015. Companies are increasingly
becoming the target of hackers against the backdrop of
industrial espionage. The previous measures against these
attacks are defi nitely not yet adequate and preventive. The
aim of every company should be to act instead of react. In
most cases, companies are rigorously surprised by attacks, if
they even notice. Against this background, fi rewalls only help
to protect one’s own systems to a limited extent. Because,
above all, complex infrastructures can only be protected
with a great deal of security, a large number of measures and
security-relevant technologies. The human factor also plays
an important role. Most systems are connected to the Internet,
where employees have to answer emails or open attachments.

Cyber-attacks are the de facto threat today. The increasing
volume of data and the openness of the networks harbors
dangers, because everyone uses smartphones, tablets,
computers and other networked devices in everyday
business. All of these devices are connected to the Internet
and are therefore potential gateways for attackers to break
into the entire company network. For the management
level, the question arises: what threat scenarios are there,
what damage can be expected to your own organization and
how can companies protect themselves? With 220 million
suspicious activities taking place on the networks every day,
according to NATO, decision-makers often need even better
information about the threat and the types of cyber-attacks.

At the moment, IT security has little perception
in companies. The high degree of networking and the
simultaneous exchange of company-critical data via the
Internet off er cyber criminals greater potential than ever
before. This is a big problem that companies have to adapt
to today and in the future. Because, above all, data from the
R&D, marketing, human resources and fi nance departments
are in great demand. According to this, cyber criminals
are particularly interested in customer and employee data,
balance sheets or even access to bank accounts.