Proactive State of Enterprises From the Global Security Threats

The recent high-profile vulnerabilities on popular collaboration platforms have left many companies to focus on their security efforts to prevent similar types of data breaches.

Cyber security?risks are skyrocketing these days, including the risk of real-time communications sessions such as voice, messaging, video, collaborations are being compromised.

When a company uses more digital resources, the more it becomes critical to control the threat intelligence that augments the chances of thwarting Cyber Attacks.

Henceforth, only by being proactive in cyber security, companies can stay safe.?

I would like to split up the security aspects into three key areas, starting with Pre-Call Settings and Policies where a secure and successful conference call starts by ensuring that all the proper settings are deployed. These settings can be locked down by educating the end-users or the firm’s IT dept.

Second most important aspect is the Call Data Transmission, since it’s the most susceptible area of?video conferencing security?and the data travels over several private and public networks to reach the destination.??

And finally the Post Call Archiving as most of the?Video conferencing calls is habitually archived for later use. The data storage must be secure and separated from all other networks since the media and meta data information?from?these video conferences are sensitive in nature.

Growth of Security Attacks

Remote employees need to be aware of Unregulated Digital Assets while using digital resources that have not been assessed by security teams. Organising these remote teams with the demands of digital asset protection should become a relentless process.

As digital footprints grow, the challenge to protect your brand becomes certainly high. When teams are using third-party developers, the increasingly convoluted supply chains and attack surface mapping is simply more difficult, hence?taking greater control over that Complexity needs to be a priority.

Similarly, you need to control the ease of use in the growing number of digital tools?by your teams, as these tools can also lead to over-reliance and complacency. Threat actors attack such complacency to deliver phishing links, and if those links are on the digital resources, then it’s more likely to be clicked on by your teams inevitably.

Steal a march on

I believe that threat intelligence is the key to brand protection. The more you gather, process and utilize the threat intelligence, the easier you can thwart the cyber-attacks.?

There is always a shared responsibility for learning and executing that is essential to occur to?secure video conferences?such as, sophisticated phishing attacks, threats against a brand’s reputation, compromised credentials (internal and external), prolonged leakage of data and targeted threats against a brand.

Few Cues for Security Etiquette Success

Keep a track of appropriate metrics related to?conferences,?it will be critical to help create policies and boost user satisfaction.??

Create and deploy strong policies across the organization to ensure that most of the following steps become the usage patterns and default behavior.?

Avoid sharing full meeting links publicly and the passwords can be set at the individual meeting, account, group, or?user level.?Verify the meeting invitation links whether it’s from a trusted sender before clicking it.

Do not use your personal meeting IDs as it will pave the way for pranksters to identify it and eventually disrupt the online sessions.?

While creating a?real time communication event, choose only?to?allow signed-in users to participate and eject participants from meetings if they intrude?in the meeting or becomes unruly. Always turn on the play sound when a participant joins or leaves.?

Monitor the file-sharing feature constantly, specifically for external users sending potentially malicious?content.?

Be sure?you are?not accidentally sharing?or recording?anything confidential on your laptop or in your background since these virtual backgrounds?can?prevent others from sighting sensitive information.?

Nip it in the bud with CONTUS MirrorFly

As businesses are increasingly reliant on complex digital environments, the demand for actionable and timely intelligence that will aid to thwart an attack is growing relentlessly. As a result, we at CONTUS MirrorFly’s have a?real-time communication platform?that is robust and secure for brands across the globe. Our solution is end-to-end encrypted and comes with?HIPAA Compliant communication tools?that ensures every message relayed complies with law enforcement standards.

Digital transformation nowadays offers various added values for brands. But before racing to achieve it, companies must have the proper security in place.