Managed Cyber Security

Why your business needs Cyber Security

When it comes to IT security, the main question to ask yourself is would you leave your front door open?

We hope the answer is no and this approach should be taken with your IT too. In the modern world, your business, more than likely, relies on IT to operate day to day.

How would your business survive if your IT systems were offline or inaccessible for a few hours or days? Maybe a few weeks? The consequences in most circumstances would be devastating.

Our role is to prevent cyber attacks and minimize risks, cyber and IT security is the epitome of ‘Prevention is better than the cure’.

As your business and technology evolves so should your approach to cyber and IT security. As part of our service, we identify risks and vulnerabilities and offer recommendations on how to minimise or eliminate potential risks.

Did you know?

More than 9 in 10 businesses have some form of digital exposure, and with 4 in 10 businesses reporting experience with cyber attacks in the last 12 months, the need to protect your IT has never been more significant.

To make matters worse, a UK small businesses is successfully hacked every 19 seconds with data breaches costing the UK economy an average of £27 billion per year!

With our Managed IT Services (IT Support and Cyber Security!) we take care of all your IT Security needs, from updating operating systems and software to installing protective measures, we’ve got it covered.

We can even guide you through the Cyber Essentials certification to further ensure that you, your customers, and your data are protected from the cyber baddies.

Phishing Attacks

Phishing is a sneaky form of social engineering. When phishing, the attacker will trick their victim into providing them with sensitive information or installing some bad software such as malware.

Phishing attacks often come in the form of emails disguised as being from someone you trust. We partner with Vade Secure to provide industry leading anti-phishing cyber security solutions to our clients so that we can stop these internet tricksters dead in their tracks!

Social Engineering

In the cyber world, social engineering is a manipulation tactic used by attackers to exploit human error and get access to private information or your IT systems. The goal is often similar to phishing – access restricted systems and spread malware.

Social engineering attacks are designed around how people think and act, allowing the attacker to control the behaviour of a user. To help you combat this we provide Security Awareness Training to educate staff and users of your systems on how to avoid falling victim to this type of attack.

Man in the Middle Attacks

A Man in the Middle (MitM) Attack takes place when an attacker intercepts communications between two people or parties. They do this to try and secretly steal private data such as login information or to spy on the victim.

To ensure that you receive the best protection against MitM attacks we deploy a variety of Endpoint Security Software including; software firewalls, DNS filtering solutions, and anti-malware.

Exploits

Exploits do exactly what they say on the tin – attackers exploit vulnerabilities in a network or IT system to get remote access to a network, give themselves higher level access and either manipulate or steal information.

As part of our excellent (if we don’t say so our self) Managed IT Support service we ensure that your software and operating systems are always up to date so that the threat of your IT systems being exploited is minimised!