A Few Steps Your Company Can Take To Maximise Cyber Security

A Few Steps Your Company Can Take To Maximise Cyber Security
One task that will certainly not cease to be important during 2019 – along with that of
Setting Up A Business in a legally compliant fashion to begin with – is that of optimising
your organisation’s cyber security practices.A strong cyber security culture, continually
focused on plugging weaknesses, will help to shield your firm against the ever-present risk
of attack.
Here, then, are just some of the moves you may make to bolster your company’s cyber
security this year.
Develop strategies for home and mobile working
A separate mobile working policy is vital, as is your staff’s adherence to the policy which
you can help to ensure through appropriate training. A secure baseline build should also be
applied to all devices, and data protected both in transit and at rest.
Invest in user education and awareness
User security policies should be produced, and a staff training programme instituted, to
leave your employees in no doubt about what constitutes acceptable and secure use of your
organisation’s systems. Steps should also be taken to keep users aware of the latest cyber
risks.
Prepare your organisation to responsibly manage incidents
An incident response and disaster recoverability capability is imperative, with your
preparation to include the production and testing of incident management plans. Your firm’s
incident management team should receive specialist training, and any criminal incidents
must be reported to the authorities.
Establish an information risk management regime
As we would hope is the case for any other risks your company faces, we would advise you
to establish an effective governance structure and determine your risk appetite. Your firm’s
board should remain engaged with cyber risk, with supporting information also being
produced on risk management policies.
Manage user privileges
These can include the establishment of account management processes and restricting the

number of privileged accounts, as well as limiting user privileges and monitoring user
activity. You may also wish to control access to activity and audit logs.
Institute effective monitoring
The establishment of a monitoring strategy and the production of supporting policies could
be invaluable for your firm’s peace of mind, alongside the continuous monitoring of all ICT
systems and networks. You should also analyse logs for any unusual activity that could
suggest an ongoing attack.
Maintain secure configuration across your ICT systems
You should go beyond the mere application of security patches every now and then, taking
steps to ensure security in every aspect of how your firm’s ICT systems are configured. A
system inventory could also be created, and a baseline build defined for all of your
organisation’s ICT systems.
Protect against malware
Do you routinely scan for malware across your company, produce relevant policy and
maintain anti-malware defences that are relevant to every area of the business? If not, these
should be other key cyber security priorities for your firm.
Pay close attention to network security
Any responsible organisation must also take every possible measure to guard their networks
against internal and external attack. The network perimeter will need to be managed, and
unauthorised access and malicious content filtered out. Finally, security controls must also
be monitored and tested.
Are you seeking out the services that would assist you in Setting Up A Business and all of
the other essential elements of back-office compliance and governance in 2019? If so, don’t
hesitate to contact London Registrars, so that you can soon free up greater time and
resources to focus on your core business.