Why a cyber security team makes sense for your business

As more regulations are enacted governing the management and securing of data it’s imperative that today’s small, medium or large businesses puts the measures, policies and strategies in place to protect their data which may contain trade secrets vital financial info employee info and other confidential data. A Cyber Security team can help.

Successful Cyber Security Strategies

There are several important steps to take to have a successful IT security strategy. Usage policies, user guidelines and end user best practices are all important but the most important piece is to have the right cyber security team in place to watch your systems to make sure your systems don’t get hacked. And be able to take preventive action in the event an attack occurs

How you react to a Cyber attack is key

Can you say your small or medium business could react fast enough to stop a cyber attack? Most larger businesses have the cyber security support, cyber incident response team and the cyber security team in place to stop an attack and recover from the cyber attack. However for small businesses it makes sense to have a Managed IT security team as a partner. Hackers spend 24/7 trying to penetrate, breach and steal your data. To combat these attackers you must have an IT Security support solution in place.

A cyber security team is the answer!

This is a team that’s going to help you stop an attack and react with the right steps in the event your Business is attacked or hacked. IT security teams rely on several tools to make sure you’re systems, networks and data are safe. A good managed cyber security team would implement an SIEM solution in your business.

 

What's an SIEM

An SIEM or Security Incidence and Event management solution is what generates the telemetry and data information to the cyber security team do they can do their jobs. The SIEM tool generates alerts and notifications in the event data traffic coming in and out of your network appears to be malicious and or matches hack attack characteristics. And if it’s serious enough after review by a cyber security expert at the SOC or Security Operations Center actions can be taken to shut down the attack and fix the vulnerability

 

Leading SIEMs

Some of today’s leading SIEM platforms are; IBM Security QRadar, Alien Vault, Trustwave, Black Stratus - Cyber Shark

 

IT Security Experts

A cyber security team has a very specific job. Expecting your internal people to be able to manage and maintain a 24/7 cyber security solution is not realistic. Today’s cyber security experts have a very specialized expertise. And they work on cyber security full time. This is the attention and focus today’s IT Security expert needs. It’s not a part time endeavor. If you want to help your IT team do them a favor and compliment them with a full time Managed IT security service to back them up.

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If you have further questions about IT Security solutions feel free to call or email Rick Bolda 630-918-7370, info@itriskmgrs.com