It’s Time To Up Your Security Game

It seems as though every day we hear some new and scary story about yet another security breach. The recent discovery of the Capital One hack, in which the details of over 100 million people were exposed, was one that sent the world reeling.

This weekend, Hostinger, the popular hosting company admitted that one of their servers had been hacked. They estimate that around 14 million accounts were breached. As a precaution, they reset all their client passwords.

It’s just another unfortunate incident that shows just how seriously we need to take cybersecurity now. It’s no longer enough to rely on just your anti-virus software and password to protect you. You need to take proactive steps to secure your data.

In the infographic below, you’ll learn a lot more about how to do this. Here are some of the most important tips:

If you’re running a business, it’s important to hold regular security awareness training. That way staff will know how to better secure their systems and how to recognize potential phishing attacks.

It might also be time to reconsider that bring your own device policy. Or, at the very least, make sure those devices are as well-protected as yours.

Finally, it’s essential to consider secondary measures as well. So, consider installing emailing scanning software that prevents suspicious emails from hitting your servers. Or implement two-factor authentication.

You want some more tips, don’t you? Then check out the infographic.