Redpalm are now offering Cyber Risk Score analysis – find out how secure your business’ systems really are and how to improve your online security.

Since the dawn of the internet, endpoint security has been at the forefront of business data protection. With an increasing number of companies migrating to virtual platforms, patching systems, devices and other technical infrastructure that can access your IT environment has been essential for the protection of your network. 

Whilst wireless networking has made our work lives immeasurably easier, it does pose a risk to the safety and security of our IT environment. If at any point, your business’s wireless network is compromised, there could be serious repercussions. 

Your teammates and staff are at the forefront of keeping your business information safe and secure from cyber threats. As a company, you may have comprehensive cyber security practices and policies in place, but it’s important to stay on guard and ensure that your business network and data are well protected. 

With multinational corporations investing more resources into improving their cyber security systems, cyber criminals are diverting more of their attention towards SMEs, as they are generally easier targets.

As an increasing number of businesses move their data online, cloud storage security has gained more prominence. For many IT professionals, cloud solutions have become the holy grail of business and project management.

With a growing proportion of the global economy and communication moving online, more and more companies are at risk of falling prey to a wide range of cyberattacks. Digital threats like malware, social engineering schemes and phishing scams are responsible for an ever-increasing cybercrime rate.

This makes it crucial for companies of all sizes to have a business disaster recovery plan in place to mitigate and alleviate any losses if such an event occurs. 

The Internet of Things (IoT) has been growing exponentially and trend data indicates it is here to stay with an astonishing 127 new devices coming online every second.

What’s more, it has been predicted that by 2027, the digital realm will have nearly 41bn IoT devices. Simply put, billions of “things” or devices will be linked together which will enable us to transfer exabytes (that’s 1 billion gigabytes) of data to one another as well as backend systems.

In 1970, the first virus was detected on ARPANET – the predecessor of the Internet. Whilst fairly innocuous, the virus, named “Creeper”, was thought to be the first of its kind. However, it wasn’t until 1988 that a virus would gain mass media coverage in the form of the first “worm” – the Morris Worm.

As an IT manager or business owner you need to determine the viability of your current cyber security solutions and the threat to your existing IT infrastructure. To help you with this, our Redpalm security experts have compiled a list of 10 cyber security facts you should know.