How to stay safe from Cyber Attacks

Cyberattack is an assault launched by cybercriminals using one or more computers against single or multiple computers or networks. A cyber attack can maliciously disable computers, steal data, or use a breached computer as a launch point for another attack. It is very dangerous and harmful to brands, organizations and people generally as their data, information and important documents stored in their computers would be lost. 

Cybercrime continues to evolve with new threats surfacing every year, thus, experts have stressed on the need for people, organisations and businesses to create awareness on cybersecurity to minimise the risk. More people need to be fully aware of cyber security and the ways to protect their computers from Cybercrime as most people are totally oblivious of how to minimize it. 

According to cyber experts, who gathered at the Franco-Nigerian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Business Webinar tagged, “Cyber-security and process automation,” businesses need to create strategies to mitigate cyber-attacks. 

Senior Manager, Risk Advisory, Deloitte and Touche, Funmilola Odumuboni, said the weakest link in an organisation’s supply chain is the people. Organisations need to create awareness on cybersecurity to minimise the risk of cyberattacks.

Funmilola said no industry is immune to cyberattacks, stating that organisations must have a monitoring system in their security infrastructure as cybersecurity is all about confidentiality, integrity and availability. One of the ways to minimize cyberattacks is through vulnerability assessment and visibility. Identifying the right people with a security strategy is key to fighting cybercrime, which consists of training and retraining workers of new technology.

Organisations need to identify the type of security control they need. Over 90 per cent of data and security breaches are from insiders within an organisation. One of the ways to mitigate insider cyber-attack is through zero-trust security. Organisations should pay attention to; the people, the process and the technology used in running their daily operations. Organisations should have a database of verified applications to mitigate against cyber attacks.