Ten ways to protect your business from cybercrime
By MAS Team
Cybercrime continues to increase and Kiwi businesses need to protect themselves against the cyber criminals and hackers who are targeting businesses' data. MAS Senior System Support Administrator Sydney Kanda says there are ten things business owners can do to make their networks harder to attack.
Sydney also recommends business owners consider investing in cyber insurance to provide peace of mind that in the event a cyber security breach does occur – they are protected and the costs associated with managing the breach are covered.
MAS Cyber Insurance provides cover for all kinds of costs associated with a cyber security breach. These include the cost of public relations advice required to deal with the fallout of a public data breach, or the cost of data forensic experts to examine, analyse and secure a computer network.
We tend to think about the people we have lost, or have become sick, or the economic impact when we talk about the impact of COVID-19. Less well understood are the opportunities that opened up for cyber crime with the move for most to online.
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