There is no one-size-fits-all approach to keeping your organization secure. The specific measures an organization needs to take will vary depending on its needs and vulnerabilities.
Can anyone off the street walk into your business unhindered or questioned? What about your cybersecurity? 60% of companies have had a cybersecurity breach within the last two years. Your proactivity with proper security measures can protect your staff, your clients, and your bottom line.
The Critical Elements of Physical and Cyber Security
Here is some basic information to get you thinking about all the aspects of your organization that need protection. The critical elements of physical and cybersecurity are:
- People: As the most critical asset of any organization, your people must be protected from physical and cyber harm.
- Data and IP assets: Your data and intellectual property are of critical importance to your ability to do business. These essential assets must be protected from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction.
- Networks: Networks are the backbone of modern organizations. They, too, must be protected from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction.
- Devices: Computers, smartphones, tablets and other devices are essential to the operations of modern organizations and must be protected from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction.
- Applications: The software tools that organizations use to perform their work must also be protected from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction.
How can you safeguard these critical elements?
- People security: People security is the process of protecting people from physical and cyber harm. This should be a multi-layered approach, comprising physical security measures such as locks and alarms, and cybersecurity measures such as firewalls and antivirus software.
- Data encryption: Data encryption is the scrambling of data so unauthorized individuals cannot read it. This can be done using a variety of encryption algorithms, such as AES and RSA.
- Network segmentation: Network segmentation divides a network into smaller, more manageable segments. This can help reduce the network breach risk by containing the damage to a single piece.
- Device security: Device security is the process of protecting devices from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction. Installing firewalls, antivirus software, and intrusion detection systems are examples of ways to protect your devices.
- Application security: Application security is the process of protecting applications from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction. Firewalls, antivirus software, and intrusion detection systems can help secure your software applications.
It’s time to learn how to protect your assets!
SACS Consulting & Investigative Services, Inc.’s Critical Elements of Physical Security and Cybersecurity training teaches you how to protect your organization against today’s current threats to security, both physical and as regards the numerous digital platforms available, that present challenges for your employees daily. Participants will learn:
- Identify the three physical levels of security that need to be assessed to maximize your security posture for your facility and your employees.
- The importance of when and how to conduct a dual security assessment
- Understand physical security vulnerabilities and how to implement solutions
- Identify the daily weaknesses that can enable people to hack your email, computers, and social media and solutions
- Learn how your greatest security asset is an aware and proactive workforce!
Don’t wait until after disaster strikes…
Call or contact us to speak with one of our training professionals to schedule training for your organization today.