During the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen a huge spike in cyber-attack incidents. Sadly, this steep curve doesn’t seem to be flattening with companies of all sizes being seriously affected by cyber-attacks on a daily basis. As such, we must heavily recommend all of our clients now have 2 Factor Authentication (2FA) for devices and email accounts (Office 365 etc).
This week alone we have seen 3 separate account breaches across the inTEC client base, where email accounts have been compromised (via a phishing email) and the account was then used to email thousands of malicious emails to valid contacts. Along with this, company identities are copied, data is harvested, company reputation is seriously damaged and the incident requires expensive remedial work.
Research conducted recently showed that over 60% of businesses experienced a cyber-attack in 2020 with the 2021 stats looking even more concerning. Clearly, this is something we MUST try to protect you from.
The more obvious levels of protection, such as Anti-Virus, Anti-SPAM and strong passwords are absolutely essential, but they do not protect your business from compromised user credentials. DUO 2FA provides that additional layer of protection in the event of an account breach.
1. DUO 2 Factor Authentication – PREFERRED
DUO can protect your Office 365, Windows Desktops, Smartphones, Apple Mac Devices and many online platforms.
2. Office 365 Multi Factor Authentication
MFA for 365 protects your Office 365 accounts (Email, Teams, SharePoint etc) but is not scalable to your devices.
3. Cyber Security Awareness Training
Including a cyber attack simulation and report.
If you already have a DUO 2 Factor Authentication subscription and would like to extend this to other applications / sites / devices, please contact us so we can scope out a suitable solution based on your requirements.
If you want to take your security to an even higher level, we can perform a more comprehensive review of your IT Security including Cyber Essentials, Penetration Testing and provide detail on our Cyber Security Hardening solution, inDEFEND.
To discuss any of the above in more detail, please get in touch today.