How not to fall behind hackers

The evolution of cyber threats is unpleasant but unstoppable. Attackers constantly come up with new ways to reach your data and money — that's why running regular vulnerability checks is essential.

The evolution of cyber threats is unpleasant but unstoppable. Attackers constantly come up with new ways to reach your data and money — that's why running regular vulnerability checks is essential. This applies to companies of any size! In this article we'll look at why these checks matter and why you shouldn't skip them.

Why is it important to run them?

The main reason is the constant evolution of cyber threats. Last year, more than 29,000 new ways to ruin your day — and potentially your business — were added. Other reasons include:

·         Hidden threats: lots of weak spots are hidden inside the tangled digital web. Regular checks won't always catch them, but they will surface most of them.

·         Evolving threats: it's important to keep your cybersecurity up with the times — better still, one step ahead. New weaknesses and attack paths into your network show up every day, so you need to REGULARLY check and improve network protection.

What can go wrong if you don't check?

Plenty of business owners still believe that running regular vulnerability checks is one of two things: a complete waste of time and money, or something only for big companies. Unfortunately that's not the case. If you have any valuable data, the chance someone will try to steal it is fairly high. So what specifically can happen if you don't watch out and don't check?

·         Data theft: if you hold sensitive data — say a person's address and date of birth — someone will absolutely try to steal it and sell it on. That'll cost you not only a pile of money for lawsuits and putting the system back to normal, but also wreck your reputation.

·         Ransomware: let's say you run an accounting firm and you don't run these checks — most likely a ransomware attack is in your future. This happened to one company that contacted us afterwards. The attackers set the ransom at 100,000 CZK and the company was out of operation for several weeks.

Don't want to fall behind?

If you want to keep up with the times and benefit from these checks, book a free no-strings meeting with us — and hopefully we'll be able to help you, too.