{"id":8824,"date":"2022-02-15T10:14:05","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T21:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kinetics.co.nz\/?p=8824"},"modified":"2022-02-15T10:14:05","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T21:14:05","slug":"are-your-staff-your-biggest-security-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/?p=8824","title":{"rendered":"Are your staff your biggest security risk?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]

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Despite the best technology defenses (next-gen firewalls and antivirus, advanced threat protection, mail washing,\u00a0 web filtering, regular patching) infections and security events can still occur due to what is often the biggest risk \u2013 your staff.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Social Engineering Protection<\/h2>\n

Whilst attacks that use \u201csocial engineering\u201d have been around for a long time, they are now common-place and every business will be targeted.<\/p>\n

It is no longer realistic to say \u201cit won\u2019t happen to me\u201d.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Attacks such as “Spear phishing” uses spoofed emails purporting to be from the CEO to convince a finance person to transfer money to an unintended recipient. They often know a lot about your company (e.g. who your key staff are, and if they are out of the country) and can be very convincing.<\/strong> As they are plain text, they cannot be blocked by technology.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Another common attack involves harvesting information and then sending very realistic invoices<\/strong> to your customers with a different bank account number.<\/p>\n

Mitigating Risks<\/h2>\n

Regularly training of staff on good security practices, and updating them on the latest security threats, can help mitigate the danger of security risks<\/strong> impacting your business. We have done this training for other clients<\/strong> via short presentations, e-Learning tools or via internal marketing campaigns using posters and email newsletters.<\/p>\n

The other big thing that was a \u201cnice to have\u201d and is now a \u201cmust have\u201d is two factor authentication for cloud services.<\/strong> This means that staff need to authenticate using a username and password, and then also approve the login using a mobile device. This is the best way to prevent hackers<\/strong> around the world from gaining access to your staff\u2019s accounts.<\/strong><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” saved_tabs=”all” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||0px|||” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]A Kinetics FlightPlan<\/a><\/strong> is the structured process to easily help you find the answers to these questions, and more.\n\nFor more information, contact us today.[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/kinetics.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/FP-brochure-1119-212×300-1.png” title_text=”FP-brochure-1119-212×300″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]

If you aren’t sure who in your organisation is best to answer these questions, it is probably time you tried a contract part-time IT Manager, to help you manage ALL your valuable IT.<\/p>\n

Check out our structured, programmatic “IT Manager as a Service” approach to help you<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_code _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]