Don’t underestimate the cyber risk for your business

With the technology that allows us to be hyper-connected at any time, today a simple click on an employee’s smartphone to compromise and deliver to cyber criminals work data of an entire company.

One of the famous cases, in order of time, involved Leonardo SpAcompany active in the defense, aerospace and security sectors, and led to the theft of over 100 thousand confidential documents.

But there are many known cases involving credit institutions, hospital bodies and national agencies active in the pharmaceutical sector. Not to mention the attacks that occur every day, without stopping, against small and medium-sized businesses and public administrations at every level.

This situation is often determined by the lack of awareness of the risks of a cyber attack.

How to protect yourself?

An SME must protect itself by adopting some certainly helpful technical initiatives, such as periodic backups, encryption and antiviruses. Here are some best practices to include, if you have not already done so, in your company workflow.

• Equip all devices with periodically updated antivirus software
• Adopt a VPN
• Periodically scan machines for malware or other harmful files
• Use only original software and update it periodically
• Multi-factor authentication for employee access to company platforms
• Perform periodic backups, at least daily
• Extend security criteria not only to employees, but also to any collaborators and suppliers who have access to the network.

The ones just described are some of the fundamental behaviors to guarantee the foundations of your company’s IT security. However, there is one aspect to consider, sometimes even before these technical precautions. In fact, we are talking about the people who use our company’s devices and networks. The ace up the sleeve of those who deal with cyber security in the company, in fact, is this educate people.

All employees and collaborators must be appropriately and correctly trained on the topic of cyber security. Passwords too simple? Unattended devices? These are all banal and all too widespread actions that can enormously undermine the computer networks in the company. It is therefore advisable that in your company there is at least one person who specifically deals with IT security. Dedicated campaigns and periodic reminders on cyber security aspects should not be underestimated.

Cyber ​​Risk Policy

Another fundamental way to guarantee adequate IT security is to take out a policy. There Lokky Cyber ​​Risk policy has the aim of covering all expenses and losses resulting from cyber attacks, as well as providing the intervention of an expert for the recovery of lost data and for decontamination from any malware. All this is included in the Smart versionwhich provides for a maximum limit of up to €25 thousand. There Top version the policy instead provides for an increase in the limit up to €250 thousand.