Cybersecurity
Keeping Your Data Safe
How We Can Help
At Smart Offices and Smart Homes we offer multiple solutions to both business and residential cyber security. Our team is dedicated to 24/7 security support and monitoring. As a Managed Service Provider, we have many tools at our disposal – allowing us to custom create a plan for you and your network so you don’t have to change your operations. Rest easy knowing your data is protected by one of our customized Network, Device, and End-User cyber security solutions.
Daily U.S. Cyber Attacks
Seconds Between Attacks
“It takes 20 years to build a reputation and few minutes of cyber-incident to ruin it.”
― Stephane Nappo
“There are only two types of companies: Those that have been hacked and those that will be hacked.”
― Robert S. Mueller
The Importance of Cyber Security
A robust cyber security plan is a business necessity. Anyone can be hacked in a matter of minutes, and if an attack goes unnoticed for any length of time, it can result in a breach of your clients’ and your sensitive data. Although risk is inevitable, a good defense strategy can mitigate threats and protect your data. Let our vigilant Smart Offices team keep watch over your information.
How They Attack
A hacker will typically target your business one of two ways: they will either shut down your business, which is commonly referred to as a denial of service, or they will encrypt your data, which is referred to as a ransomware attack. Both methods can cripple your ability to operate and even destroy your IT equipment. The key to stopping these attacks is knowing which routes they will attempt to gain access.
End-User Attacks
Hackers will often look for entry through your employees because it is the easiest way to gain the most control. A hacker will often utilize phishing campaigns or spoofing networks to fool your employees into providing their credentials. These attacks have a high success rate and can cause significant damage, especially if the hacker is able to exploit an employee with higher permissions. Training your employees how to better spot phishing emails and be conscious of their internet footprint is key to mitigating these tyles of attacks.
Endpoint Attacks
A hacker will often launch an attack through business devices. Sometimes a hacker doesn’t even need to gain someone’s credentials for access, they can simply create their own by exploiting an outdated device. Older devices running older software are goldmines for hackers because they are rich with unpatched exploits. It is important to keep devices up to date, patched, and to have a custom firewall set if possible. It is also important to have a plan for pushing updates. Sometimes updates may be published with an unknown “zero day” vulnerability that the software developers are unaware of. To avoid unnecessary security risks, in most cases it is best to wait a little while before pushing updates to critical devices.
Network Attacks
Hackers may attack a weak or out-of-date firewall by targeting a specific device or attempting to break your network. This type of attack is often focused on causing a denial of service to your clients. As a best practice, companies should invest in a dedicated, physical firewall that provides a layer of protection between the internet and your network. A dedicated firewall provides protection by preventing access to any outside address. Only a trusted address will be allowed network access.
Security For Your Custom Application
Have An Application From Us?
If we’ve developed an application for your business, we can offer increased security configurations and application monitoring. We utilize stack software to monitor the logs from your application and the server hosting it, filter them, and push them into organized graphs that will give us real-time analytics. This enables us to immediately respond to an incident, flag malicious behaviors, prevent future attacks and protect your data.
What We Offer
Phishing Campaigns
Phishing campaigns are a fantastic way to help your employees become aware of possible phishing emails. A campaign works by anonamously sending emails to your company that includes a link. the link is harmless, but if clicked will add the user to a monthly report of who has been phished. additionally there will be another button added to the email account that allows the user to report the phishing email.
Employee Training
Need employee cyber security trainning? We can help! We can come to your business or remotely host a webinar for your employees to participate in for cyber security awareness trainning. Our trainning can help your employees implement better security aware practices to help keep your company safe.
Cybersecurity Newsletter
We also offer a cyber security newsletter! Every week we will post a newsletter detailing important events in the cyver security landscape along with new threats to watch out for. We will also include tips and tricks for your own cyber defense practices!
Custom OS Installs
Device Firewall Monitoring
Each device on your network has its own built-in firewall. For some devices a firewall is simple, but for others it can make or break your business security. Firewall monitoring is key to knowing what to change on your firewall based on the threats you can find.
Update Management
Not all updates are friendly, some may include an unexpected change that may break your system. more importantly, some updates include exploits. lettting us manage your updates can greatly ensure the security of your business by controlling what new threats enter your network.
Physical Firewalls
Our team can help you install and configure physical firewalls for your networks. Whther you need a standard firewall or something more advanced, we’ve got you covered.
CloudFlare DNS
Cloudflare DNS is our prefered DNS provider. Not only does Cloudflare increase speeds, but it also protects your network from DDOS and bruteforce attacks.
Network Monitoring
Depending on the equipment you have, you may need network monitoring. We can monitor your businesses network and make changes on the fly to better suit your needs and help you keep your network compliant to security standards.
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