Is Your Company Ready For A Cyber Attack?

Is this really a fair question? Can you really be ready for a cyberattack? It’s like an accident. Can you be ready for an accident? — Yes, you can!

The thing is though, if you are not already prepared for a cyberattack, then you must not understand the serious and imminent dangers of an attack (and with that, the importance of cybersecurity companies). When you understand how many millions of attacks that happen each week, and when you understand how much that threat could cost you, you will start to feel the severity of having some kind of quality cybersecurity service. Hackers are coming at your company from all angles, ready to take personal information from you and you need to be sure that you are ready.

It’s not just a matter of, “you should probably do something about that,” it is a, “you NEED to make the necessary adjustments as soon as possible,” and here’s why. In the U.S. alone last year, hackers made 668 million breaches — the year before they made 1.5 billion breaches. If your company is based in the U.S., you have a much higher chance of being attacked compared to the rest of the companies around the world; 38 percent of attacks are targeted at the United States. The average cost of a full breach in the U.S. in 2018 reached as high as 7.9 million dollars per company; enterprises are being attacked all the time! If you haven’t already, take a minute and look at one of the many cyber threat maps to see how many attacks are detected every second — there are hundreds of thousands every day!

Now, the point of you reading this is to know if you are safe from cyberattacks — we get it. That’s why you need to understand what kinds of threats you are up against and how you fare. As you know, there are compliance rules and regulations set by HIPAA, PCI, FFIEC and others that your company must follow. However, there are plenty of products that help you stay within regulation, but do not give you the coverage that you need. It is wisest to trust a cybersecurity company to ensure the safety of your company’s network.

The reason it is best to rely on a cybersecurity company is because their teams are full of cybersecurity experts who have the extensive education and experience needed to combat the various types of cyberattacks. If you have some kind of cybersecurity product installed to your network of devices, you are going to be able to prevent a good amount of attacks, but without an expert that constantly reads reports and anticipates the different attacks, you are at risk. Experts do not need to turn to a manual every time there appears to be a threat. Companies need a team to be on the constant lookout for things such as zero-day attacks and other unseen threats that may appear.

Just look at all the different kinds of cybersecurity companies and products that exist, it’s because attacks can come from your cloud, servers, firewalls, SDS systems, personal devices and more. With a SIEM solution, you will not only get preventative software, but real-time notifications on serious threats, not false-positives. In addition, if an attack is detected, your hired team of experts will start working with you to find a solution within minutes of an attack.

To bring everything back around, asking if you are ready for a cyberattack is like asking if you are ready for an accident. When an accident occurs, you can have insurance and the coverage you need to take care of the problem — with a cyberattack, if you have a cybersecurity company on your side, you can do the same.