Protecting your own computers and accounts is important—but your business does not operate in isolation.
Customers, suppliers, bookkeepers, web developers, IT providers, insurers and other business partners may have access to your information, shared files, payment processes or computer systems. If one of these organisations is compromised, the attacker may use that trusted relationship to target everyone connected to it.
For example, a compromised supplier email account could be used to:
• Send convincing malicious attachments or links
• Request that an invoice be paid into a different bank account
• Ask for confidential customer or business information
• Gain access through a shared system or remote-support account
Cybersecurity awareness therefore needs to extend throughout the business relationship.
Useful precautions include:
• Using multifactor authentication
• Keeping computers, routers and software updated
• Limiting access to only what each provider requires
• Reviewing shared accounts and remote-access permissions
• Confirming changed bank details through a known phone number
• Encouraging customers and suppliers to report suspicious activity quickly
Cybersecurity is not only about protecting your own business. Helping the organisations around you stay secure protects the entire business circle.
How cyber resilient is your business?
Do you know how well your business would cope with a cyber incident? Do you have appropriate insurance against cybercrime and fraud? Could you recover your data and continue operating if a key computer, email account or supplier was compromised?
TELIT can help assess your current cybersecurity position, identify areas that need attention and develop a practical improvement pathway—including preparation towards CyberCert certification.
Cybersecurity doesn’t have to start with expensive technology. It starts with understanding your risks and knowing what to improve next.
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