Cyber Security Strategy: Step 2 – Protect your Assets

Cyber Security Strategy: Step 2 – Protect your Assets

A cyber security strategy is something that every business needs. The risk of attack is very real. In July 2017 it was reported that security researchers discovered the availability of six-week online credit card fraud courses aimed at Russian speakers.  These courses provide people with the skills and tools they need to initiate a cyber-attack. The course documentation promises the fraudsters they stand to potentially earn up to £9,200 per month. That’s up to 17 times the average real worker’s wage in Russia.

So, having successfully completed Step 1 in the process to establish your cyber security strategy – identify your assets, it’s time to move onto Step 2 – protect your assets. It’s important not to skip Step 1 and the process of identification.

Why? Because you can’t successfully protect something if you don’t know anything about where it is, who has access to it, how it is accessed and what risks and vulnerabilities surround it. Protecting some of your assets, or even most of them, isn’t good enough. Your vulnerabilities could make it a complete waste of money. Think of it as being about as helpful as applying a band-aid in the dark!

Protection for your critical information assets comes in many different forms, including:

  • Protective Technology – firewalls, spam filters, web filters etc.
  • Policies and procedures
  • Access control
  • Data Security
  • Staff education and awareness
  • Backups
  • Software patching
  • Maintenance

Every business’s protection strategy will be different as each business uses different IT systems and accesses its information and IT systems differently. However, it is critically important that the correct protection strategies are put in place.

Remember, the first and most important step in doing that is to identify what assets you have. There is no point in moving to the protection stage or spending a lot of money until this first stage has occurred.

Protection is not just about deploying tactics and hoping for the best which is why having an IT strategy is crucial. Cyber attackers are experts at finding vulnerabilities and targeting them. Make sure you know what all of your vulnerabilities and risks are.

When it comes to cyber security, it pays to have IT support for business and work with a cyber security consultant. If you’re in any doubt about how to protect your business, talk to someone who can help. Gone are the days of ‘it will never happen to us’.

If you need any assistance with your cyber security or you don’t know where to start please call us on  1300 478 738 or email us at  info@suretyit.com.au.

Further Reading:

Cyber Security Strategy Step One – Identify Your Assets

Cyber Security Strategy Step Three -Detecting and Identifying a Breach 

Cyber Security Strategy Step Four -Responding to and Recovering from an Incident 


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About the author:

Ash Klemm

Ash Klemm

Ash has over 20 years of experience in sales and marketing.His journey from a casual salesperson at Chandlers to State Manager at a national IT distribution company, while battling health issues, including a double lung transplant in 2015, gave him the experience, know-how, tenacity, and marketing insight, to find solutions and help businesses grow.After spending several years in the ivory tower of state management, Ash missed the genuine connection of face to face meetings and helping make a difference to businesses in need.His authentic, conversational, and easy-going nature helps our customers feel at ease and shows them we are a brand to trust. Ash spends his days advocating for our customers to ensure they receive the best possible service in a timely fashion. Ash is also the in house chair builder.His curiosity and natural problem-solving ability make him the perfect first call for all our new customers to help determine what is wrong, how Surety IT can help and what the best solutions are moving forward.
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