There’s no doubt that we are experiencing a time of uncertainty in the world. While we at The Garam Group firmly believe we should never live in fear, we strongly advocate for taking appropriate precautions. With the concern of cyber Security at a high, we want to provide you with the comfort of knowing what is being done and what you should do to add the layers of security that are available you to.
Security is about layers. Just like your home, you add layers of security to ensure your continued success. Garam Group supports several layers of security that you may not be taking advantage of. Below is a comparison of some ways you may protect your home and how that translates to protecting your business.
Only invite trusted people into your home
Teaching those in your home when to not open the door
Breach Secure Now with Dark Web Monitoring teaches your how the Internet Bad Guys think.
Knowing what tricks they use to get your personal information or money is key to your security. Additionally, it monitors the Dark Web to find your credentials that have already been compromised.
Users are your biggest weakness! If they don’t know not to click, they unlock and open the door to the Internet Bad Guys.
Maybe
| Home Security | Cyber Security | Description | Do you have this?* |
| Having a door.
Closing and locking the door. Adding a dead bolt to the door. Add a camera system to monitor the door. |
Firewall – You have a firewall with rules and policies to allow/deny specific traffic. | Firewalls are a critical element of any network security. They block Internet Bad Guys from accessing your network. However, a firewall does not prevent your team from inadvertently allowing the Internet Bad Guys in. | Yes |
| Cisco Umbrella DNS Filtering – Use Cisco’s platform and intelligence to identify and deny access to sites run by the Internet Bad Guys. | Cisco Umbrella’s platform monitors the internet and can identify what sites are malicious. Reporting helps to identify what traffic your team is going to and can stop it in it’s tracks. | Yes | |
| Having multiple points of exit (safety window, back door, garage door, fire escape, etc) | BigLeaf / Metro-Wireless SD-WAN – Failover protection for your internet to ensure you have internet access even if one provider fails. | Monitors multiple internet connections and automatically and seamlessly failover if one fails. Keeps your business up and running while ensuring your Highbridge Communications voice traffic is prioritized! | Maybe |
| Walk around the house to check that security measures are in place.
Have a security system to alert first responders if the door security fails |
Webroot – Monitors and prevents you from running known malicious applications infected with viruses | Webroot is constantly updated and monitoring your systems. Garam Group is alerted if/when your system becomes infected so we can take action. | Yes |
| Ransomware Detection – Monitors and isolates your computer and alerts Garam Group if ransomware software is detected | Ransomware Detection is quick to act when it senses ransomware activity. Locking the computer down so that it can not communicate with any system other than Garam Group systems so that the issue can be resolved before returning to normal function. | Yes | |
| Sentinel One Complete EDR (Endpoint Protection and Response) | While you currently have Anti-Virus protection via Webroot as part of your Business 360 support agreement, EDR brings protection to the next level and has become the industry standard for endpoint protection. Not only does it provide definition based virus protection, it also leverages artificial intelligence to monitor the behavior of applications on your system and can respond accordingly. The response can range from alerting to process termination to complete system isolation with the ability to roll back system changes. | Maybe | |
| Pillr SOC (Security Operations Center) | 24/7/365 security monitoring is now affordable! Pillr (formerly NovaSOC) provides the monitoring that used to only be able to available to large organizations. When nefarious behavior happens after hours, Pillr is watching. When the behavior is identified, they contact The Garam Group with the details and we jump into action using tools like Sentinel One to isolate and roll back changes or which ever response is appropriate. | Maybe | |
| Business 360 Complete – Quarterly Network/Security Assessments with Penetration Testing | Every quarter, Garam Group captures audits from each system and compiles these with the results of an external penetration testing to generate a report that both ensures existing policies are in place and identifies any security risks that may have been introduced to your network. | Maybe | |
| Having insurance to protect you from any losses | Offsite Backups ensure your local, critical data is backed up to allow for restoration if lost. | Using File Protect or Alto/Siris backups from Datto, your files and servers can be protected and restored when disaster strikes. | Yes |
| SaaS Protection creates cloud-based backups of your Office 365 or Google Workspace environments. | Microsoft and Google recommend that you utilize a third-party to ensure your email, Calendars, Contacts, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive are all backed up. With the ability for the Internet Bad Guys to encrypt your email with ransomware, this is a critical service to employ! | Maybe | |
| SaaS Defense adds AI-based filtering to identify emails that are malicious. *Requires SaaS Protection | With AI, emails are inspected to identify links, forms and content that are indications of malicious intent. Not keyword driven! SaaS Defense can identify that a link in your email will take you to a site other than Microsoft that will ask you to supply your Microsoft credentials. | Maybe | |
| Cyber Security Insurance | This is developed between you and your insurance provider to ensure your business has sufficient protection. | ** | |
| Only invite trusted people into your home Teaching those in your home when to not open the door |
Breach Secure Now with Dark Web Monitoring teaches your how the Internet Bad Guys think. | Knowing what tricks they use to get your personal information or money is key to your security. Additionally, it monitors the Dark Web to find your credentials that have already been compromised.
Users are your biggest weakness! If they don’t know not to click, they unlock and open the door to the Internet Bad Guys. |
Maybe |
The post Cyber Security Concerns and Practical Steps for Protection appeared first on The Garam Group.
