Ethical Hacking Can Help To Increase Your Network Security

What would the cost of a data breach be for your company? The truth is that the loss of sensitive data could cost your company far more than you may imagine.?According to data from IBM the average cost of a breach was about $4.35 million in 2022.

LOSING YOUR CUSTOMER OR EMPLOYEE DATA IS AN EXPENSIVE BUSINESS.

Things could even be worse.?There is an initial cost to redefine your network security, but then there are changes needed to improve security, any fines that regulators may charge, and the potential for customers to desert your company?if they don’t feel safe.

The problem is that you can’t leave data security in the hands of your IT or security team – it applies to everyone in the business. This is especially true in this post-pandemic era of remote working. Many remote workers will have access to corporate data that could be extremely valuable to rival companies or hackers that want to sell the data.

Today it is?both harder and easier to protect networks. It is harder because there is no longer the concept of physical protection – a single office location that can be protected by controlling who can access the workspace. Easier because there are tools available now that can sniff out unusual network activity 24/7. In the past a breach was often detected long after the hacker had broken in and gained access to your network.

But even with strong security in place, a staff member clicking on an email can easily download software that breaks in and transmit personal information to a bad actor. We need to depend on everyone in the business to protect data.

This requires training, but it’s important to keep testing and checking the infrastructure you have in place day after day. Companies like IBA Group offer an?ethical hacking service?which can play a powerful role in keeping all employees aware of their responsibility to protect corporate data.

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