Cybersecurity for small and medium-sized businesses
Whatever the size of your business, digital technology is now part of our daily lives. But this transformation is accompanied by real risks that are steadily increasing, with the number of computer attacks rising dramatically. Data theft, ransomware, image damage and sabotage are just some of the risks weighing on organizations, often with serious and sometimes irreversible consequences.
This reality can still seem abstract, highly technical, complex and costly for companies, especially the smaller ones, so they are not always sufficiently prepared. As a result, they are regularly targeted by cybercriminals due to their lack of resources and low level of security.
Although 95% of business leaders surveyed claim to be sensitive to cyber issues, the reality is more complex: only a third of VSEs/SMBs have a cybersecurity specialist.
How can you strengthen your company's cyber security?
To protect yourself effectively, the key is to understand the risk and prioritize the actions to be taken: - Get to know your IT and business assets: Take an inventory of your hardware, software, data and processes that make up your information assets - Make regular backups: Regular backups enable faster restoration of operational activities in the event of an incident, particularly in the event of a ransomware attack. - Update your applications regularly: It is essential to update operating systems and all software as soon as possible, as soon as security patches are made available by their publishers. - Use anti-virus software: Anti-virus software is an invaluable tool for protecting IT resources, providing a first line of defense against attackers. - Adopt a strong password policy: Many attacks on the Internet are facilitated by the use of passwords that are too simple, or are reused from one service to another. - Activate a firewall: This software, installed on the user's computer, mainly protects against attacks from the Internet. For companies with a corporate information system, it can also slow down or limit the action of a malicious actor wishing to take control of one of the workstations. - Secure your e-mail: E-mail is another main vector for workstation infection, whether by opening attachments containing malicious code, or by clicking on a link to a malicious site (phishing).
Dattak offers its policyholders free personalized phishing campaigns! - Inform and sensitize your employees: They are the first point of entry to an attack, so it's essential to train them. - Insure against cyber risk! Even with the best protection, no company is immune. That's why it's essential to be insured against the risk of cyber attacks.
Less than 1% of French VSEs and SMEs are insured against cyber risk, while 69% of hacking notifications are reported by SMEs, and 60% of VSEs and SMEs go bankrupt within 6 months of an attack. Cyber risk is the number 1 risk for any business, whatever its size.