Top 10 Tips to Secure Your Startups
If you've been keeping up with the news, you've probably noticed a few recent
reports about companies being breached on a daily basis. The rate of cybercrime
has grown exponentially and is consistent with the growth of technology.
The cyber-attacks do not separate between startups or large enterprises. All
entities are subjected to such attacks and each should put different
countermeasures to protect its valuable assets.
CyberTalents is summarizing 10 simple tips entrepreneurs can use to help in
securing their startups.
Tip 1 => Physical Security
Securing your company from a software perspective is great but physical security
is always the KING. Physical security breaches can result in more issues for an
organization than a worm attack.
Without strong physical security, an organization can spend thousands of dollars
on antivirus, firewalls, and intrusion prevention systems only to have confidential
data stolen by a USB flash drive!
Tip 2 => Prioritize your Valuable Assets
You can't secure everything. Prioritize your valuable assets and list their top
threats and risks. This will help you to use your budget, effort, and time wisely.
Tip 3 => Attack Yourself First
Doing regular penetration testing is very important to evaluate the security of
your startup. It is recommended to do it every 6 months or more depending on
your budget.
If you do not have a penetration tester employed in your startup, you can request
the services of penetration testing consulting companies, or hire project-based
penetration testers through the CyberTalents platform
Tip 4 => Who has Access?
Don't give your employees access to all assets whether it is servers, documents,
or others. Minimize administrative privileges and only use administrative
accounts whenever required.
Implement focused auditing on the use of administrative privileged functions and
monitor for anomalous behavior.
Tip 5 => Social Engineering and Manipulation
Social Engineering is the attempt to get employees of the company to reveal
confidential information without using a single line of code. It has proven to be, by
far, the easiest avenue into any network.
To avoid any social engineering attack, employees need to be aware of the
information they are releasing.
Tip 6 => Review your Code
Find mistakes overlooked in software development to improve the overall quality
of your software. Reviews are done in various forms such as pair programming,
informal walkthroughs, and formal inspections.
There are many ways to help you review your code either within your team or
with the help of one of the talents in CyberTalents platform.
Tip 7 => Your Website is Your Image
There are many things to secure in your startup but your website is on top of that
list. Protect your website with a WAF (Web Application Firewall).
Tools like Cloudflare can stop some of the basic malwares out there.
Tip 8 => Prepare for the Hit
It is all about your incident response. All companies big and small are subjected
to cyber-attacks. The only difference is how they will respond. Prepare scenarios
and keep your disaster recovery plan ready. Also, make sure to test the plan
from time to time.
Tip 9 => Encrypt as You go
Smart startups act as if they have already been breached. Minimize the risk of
data leakage by encrypting your data and communications. Using an SSL
certificate is a good start.
Tip 10 => Educate your Employees
Your employees should all be on the lookout. As an entrepreneur, you should be
there to give them some guidelines. Many attacks can be avoided if your
employees have a little background on cyber security and the types of threats the
company can face.
At CyberTalents, we offer different gamified cybersecurity courses for your
employees to ensure your business security is maintained at all times.
For a startup, security is crucially essential for its success. It is very easy for a
startup to fail if it does not care about its security. Following the tips mentioned
above is a good start and can prevent your business from basic attacks.
Need to secure your business? CyberTalents offers different security
services performed by top security professionals. Start Now
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