The high complexity of cyber attacks and the presence of technology in the corporate environment forces businesses to have a robust and reliable IT infrastructure. Therefore, investing in good protection mechanisms is crucial, as it prevents the company from being exposed and suffering losses.
This is an old technique, but it still causes many victims today. Phishing is the creation of fake pages to steal user data.
Often disseminated with the support of SPAM emails, this technique directs the user to a fake page and instructs them to enter passwords for their personal accounts. To prevent your company from this type of situation, the best approach is to educate your teams about network security and the damage caused by this type of threat.
The DDoS attack seeks to bring down websites and web systems. In this case, a group of infected web devices is triggered to send requests to a single IP. Thus, it is possible to congest your access bandwidth and prevent other people from viewing the web page.
The prevention and mitigation of a DDoS attack involves the following steps:
creating a scalable infrastructure capable of handling the increased workload;
use of solutions that make it easy to filter out suspicious IPs;
adoption of a backup infrastructure to direct legitimate access in case of attack.
In this case, the business is invaded by exploiting existing vulnerabilities in its infrastructure. The hacker reads the equipment and systems used by the business, as well as possible access points. Once a person gains access to internal directories, he will work to capture as much sensitive data as possible.
To be on the safe side, the company must always keep systems up-to-date and monitored. The enterprise needs to create a routine for testing, validating and distributing updates in an agile way. Thus, vulnerabilities will be mitigated and users will be able to stay in a more robust and reliable environment.
Ransomware is one of the types of attacks that have one of the biggest impacts on the corporate environment. This malware automatically replicates itself and, once it gains access to a system, encrypts all users' data. For access to be restored, a payment is required from the user.
In general, prevention against this threat is done by updating systems, creating backups and access control policies. Furthermore, the business can segment its data network. That way, if an attack does occur, it will be easier to restore files and resume operations.