BETTER PASSWORD
Improve your passwords by using a password manager to help you create complex and unique passwords for each account
ADD SOMETHING YOU HAVE (2FA)
Get control of your logins and protect them with so-called 2-factor authentication. This requires you to use your mobile or an external device along with your login details. This minimizes the risk that you will be exposed to the account being hacked.
CREATE BACKUPS
Create regular backups of your Microsoft 365 & Google Suite data to ensure that you can recover your information in case of an account takeover. We also recommend that you take a physical backup with an external disk and at the same time use encryption to secure your data at rest.
BETTER VIRUS SOFTWARE
Replace or supplement your current virus protection with advanced AI-based protection that recognizes events instead of the signature on the virus. Should the event occur, the software will do everything possible to reverse the incident and to disconnect the machine from the network. All this happens in the background and users are informed that the files have been quarantined.
SECURE EMAIL
Supplement your email client with a signing certificate and then you can sign and encrypt emails to guarantee that the message does not change along the way. If the recipient also uses the same technology, the message and attached documents can be encrypted, which means that outsiders cannot follow your correspondence.
SECURE CONNECTION AT HOME
Companies allow employees to work from home, but most often connectivity is forgotten. Create the right conditions for your employees with a dedicated connection with their own VLAN or directly with a 5G connection to achieve the highest security requirements.
Start using a password manager and create a unique password for each site. This restricts access in case you lose a password. At the same time, the login process is simplified as the program fills in the information automatically.
It is often abbreviated as 2FA which means you are required on one more extra factor in addition to your username & password. Examples of a 2FA can be your mobile or an external device such as a Yubikey (FIDO device). This significantly reduces the risk that your account would get hacked.
For personal information, it is always good to have a backup that is "offline" such as an external encrypted hard drive. To simplify day-to-day management, it's a good idea to protect your Microsoft 365 or Google Suite with Cloud-To-Cloud solution. You might think that these Cloud-providers can recover your data, but that is not the case.
As a complement to your virus protection, you should also acquire an advanced applications that reduce the risk of a so-called ransomware attack. These attacks can be defended directly on your computer or in the cloud for you to sleep safely at night.