Understanding why cybersecurity is critical to your business

Attacks, viruses, and contamination

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Those who manage data, information, software, and hardware in the corporate world are already familiar with the terms of the title even before the Covid-19 pandemic. Cybersecurity has taken on a new dimension of importance in recent months as companies rushed to keep their operations in a new way of working, putting their employees to work from home.

However, with the base of its decentralized operation, the organizations’ data became more susceptible.

Marked by the need for social distance, security professionals focused on combating direct threats to protect employees from falling into phishing and malware campaigns and to ensure the security of remote access.

With this current scenario, the increase and rapid dissemination of information technologies had as one of the consequences of the growth of cyber-crime. This increases the need for a careful look at cybersecurity, to keep company information free from risks and dangers that could harm it.

To prevent data from being corrupted or improperly accessed, it is essential to implement an information security policy. Data are immeasurable inputs, protecting them can help prevent leaks, fraud, commercial espionage, vandalism, misuse…