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Cybersecurity risks increase when IT security staff take a vacation. Employees may be vulnerable to targeted attacks by connecting to insecure networks.<br>
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Cybersecurity Doesn’t Get a Vacation: Three Tips for (Secure) Fun in the Sun
INTRODUCTION • It’s wise for information security professionals to think carefully about the specific threats their individual organizations and environments are most likely to encounter during vacation season.
Ensure you have a remote access or monitoring solution in place for securing endpoints. • When RMM is in place, a lightweight client is installed on all devices, whether employee-owned or enterprise-owned, that is granted access to corporate IT resources. This makes it possible for your security team to monitor and manage devices remotely. You can troubleshoot issues, view performance data, and create reports.
Protect against web-based threats targeting employees who travel • Some of the cheap hotel room deals or bargain airfares advertised online may in fact be too good to be true. But distracted or over-eager employees may click on them anyway, even if they’re generally aware of the risks of clicking on unknown links. You can restrict access to known malicious, inappropriate or unproductive websites, monitor user behavior, and set browsing rules that enhance security and productivity.
Always have a plan for monitoring endpoint activity • Today’s most sophisticated attackers never sleep. Some will try to take advantage of IT security staff shift changes, overnights, or likely vacation periods to conceal their attempts to explore your environment, install backdoors, or exfiltrate data.
Get help if you want to take time off during the summer • Your MDR partner can also help out by taking responsibility for advanced, proactive activities like vulnerability detection or threat hunting, or can take charge of threat containment and incident response. To keep you well-informed about the status of your environment even while you’re away, you can ask to receive regular, in-depth reports.
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