How to Build, Fortify and Maintain Your Cybersecurity Posture
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In today's interconnected world, cybersecurity isn't just an IT concern — it's a fundamental business imperative that demands attention at every level of your organization. As Cybersecurity Awareness Month wraps up, there’s no better time to focus on protecting your organization from cyber threats as they rapidly emerge and evolve. At its core, cybersecurity has three basic principles: build, fortify, and maintain.
1. Build: Building an effective cybersecurity program presents challenges to businesses of all sizes. Whether you are a 25-employee manufacturer or a Fortune 50 global business, cybersecurity concepts don’t change. Of course, the larger you are, the more employees and financial resources your organization requires, but the basic concepts of developing and maintaining an effective program remain the same. Establish your perimeter, train your people, and protect your data. Once you’ve built your cybersecurity program, the focus will shift to ensuring it’s protected.
2. Fortify: The cyber threat landscape teems with skilled adversaries constantly probing your defenses, looking for a single unguarded turret or a neglected back gate through which they can enter. These adversaries are not lone wolves. They are often part of sophisticated networks and wield tools that can bypass traditional defenses with alarming ease. They can strike at any moment and cause devastating consequences — including financial loss or irreparable damage to your reputation. Your enterprise needs robust cybersecurity measures — even if you find the path to achieving them daunting and complicated. Because there are constantly new threats, it’s important to monitor your cyber position to ensure your organization remains secure.
3. Maintain: Penetration testing, often referred to as “pen testing,” is a simulated cyberattack against your computer system designed to uncover exploitable vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities could be in operating systems, services and application flaws, improper configurations, or even risky end-user behavior. Pen testing is a proactive measure to identify weak spots before malicious hackers do, allowing you to resolve issues and strengthen your defenses. Because it’s among the most effective strategies to identify and address security vulnerabilities, pen testing is a critical component of any cybersecurity strategy.