As a cyber security software vendor, we’ve conducted many risk assessments for enterprises. Over the years we’ve seen some egregious security faux pas, even at highly regulated organisations. However, despite the occasional outlandish blunder, most of the IT security mistakes we witness are fairly common and predictable. In our experience, here are the five most frequent information security errors that organisations make:
So what is an organisation to do when they’ve committed one or more of our top five cyber security mistakes? Here’s our first recommendation: air gaps. By that we mean disconnect critical systems from the Internet and don’t allow the use of untrusted peripherals on your network.
Then, consider implementing an internal defence solution which would ensure your privileged credentials are always in a changing state, and that any captured credentials have limited-time value. And don’t forget about multi-factor authentication. It’s an essential defense-in-depth requirement since most cyber attacks capture user names and passwords with ease.
Philip Lieberman is CEO of Lieberman Software Corporation
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