{"id":488231,"date":"2020-06-03T22:22:01","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T22:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/?p=488231"},"modified":"2020-06-03T22:22:01","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T22:22:01","slug":"cybersecurity-expert-mayur-rele-reveals-everything-companies-need-to-know-to-keep-themselves-secure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/cybersecurity-expert-mayur-rele-reveals-everything-companies-need-to-know-to-keep-themselves-secure_488231.html","title":{"rendered":"Cybersecurity Expert, Mayur Rele, Reveals Everything Companies Need to Know to Keep Themselves Secure"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float:right;  width:250px; padding:8px 10px 10px 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/uploads\/1590790990.jpeg\" style=\"border:none !important;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-29\" title=\"Cybersecurity Expert, Mayur Rele, Reveals Everything Companies Need to Know to Keep Themselves Secure\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/uploads\/1590790990.jpeg\" alt=\"Cybersecurity Expert, Mayur Rele, Reveals Everything Companies Need to Know to Keep Themselves Secure\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Annually,&nbsp;cyberattacks become more&nbsp;advanced, and businesses become more vulnerable.&nbsp;Unless&nbsp;one&nbsp;stays&nbsp;vigilant and informed, it&#8217;s only a matter of time before&nbsp;one&#8217;s&nbsp;organization falls victim&nbsp;of those cyberattacks. According to a&nbsp;<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.juniperresearch.com\/researchstore\/innovation-disruption\/cybercrime-security?utm_campaign=pr1_thefutureofcybercrime_technology_aug19&amp;utm_source=businesswire&amp;utm_medium=pr\" target=\"_blank\">report from Juniper Research<\/a>, a leading analyst firm in the technology sector, cybercrime business losses will likely&nbsp;reach&nbsp;$5 trillion by&nbsp;the year&nbsp;2024.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cybersecurity refers to the body of practices,&nbsp;technologies,&nbsp;and&nbsp;processes designed to protect devices, networks, data, and&nbsp;programs from damage, unauthorized access, or&nbsp;attack. Cybersecurity may also be&nbsp;defined&nbsp;as information technology security.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/mayurrele.io\/effective-cybersecurity-strategies-for-your-workplace\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cybersecurity<\/a>&nbsp;is critical because military, government, financial, medical, and&nbsp;corporate&nbsp;organizations collect, process, and store&nbsp;vast&nbsp;amounts of data on computers and other devices. A substantial portion of that data can be sensitive information, whether that be financial data, personal information, intellectual property, or other types of data for which exposure&nbsp;or&nbsp;unauthorized access could have negative consequences.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here are a few of the main cybersecurity threats every organization needs to know about:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Phishing:<\/strong>&nbsp;This is a kind of social engineering where a cybercriminal sends emails that look like legitimate requests from a reputable source. Attackers may demand credit card information or login credentials (like secure passwords).&nbsp;Versions of Phishing&nbsp;include:&nbsp;\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Vishing &#8211;<\/strong>&nbsp;Phone version of Phishing is called Vishing, where an attacker could use a spoofed caller ID like an 800-number and pose as a fraud investigator asking the victim for payment card details&nbsp;\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Smishing &#8211;<\/strong>&nbsp;Smishing uses cell phone text messages to lure consumers in. Often the text will contain an URL or phone number saying your order has been successfully created or you won a gift card.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Denial-of-service (DoS) attack:<\/strong>&nbsp;This cyber threat works by flooding an organization&#8217;s networks and servers with traffic to drain bandwidth and deplete resources, causing the inability of the company to handle legitimate requests.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Malware:<\/strong>&nbsp;This is a type of malicious software that exploits vulnerabilities to have access to an organization&#8217;s network. Often, this occurs when someone unintentionally downloads a malware-laden program or clicks a nefarious link in an email attachment. Malware can either be Spyware, Viruses, or Ransomware.\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Structured Query Language (SQL) injection:<\/strong>&nbsp;This&nbsp;attack&nbsp;works&nbsp;when the cybersecurity criminal&nbsp;inserts malicious code into a form on a company&#8217;s app&nbsp;or&nbsp;website, which allows the attacker to uncover sensitive information.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Most of these attacks can be prevented through educating one&#8217;s team on cybersecurity best practices, implementing common sense IT solutions, and implementing password security guidelines. However, as cybersecurity threats become more complicated, businesses will need to take more critical proactive measures.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here are four steps&nbsp;every member of a company&nbsp;should begin taking immediately:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Encrypt data:<\/strong>&nbsp;Data encryption is a process that converts sensitive data into complex code. This way, if a&nbsp;cyber attacker steals the data, they won&#8217;t be able to use it. It&nbsp;is&nbsp;good practice to encrypt all the information entering or leaving&nbsp;one&#8217;s&nbsp;company.\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Back up data:&nbsp;<\/strong>One of the best proactive measures&nbsp;one&nbsp;can take is to back up all of&nbsp;one&#8217;s&nbsp;data and store it elsewhere. This way, if&nbsp;the&nbsp;systems are taken offline, or hackers steal&nbsp;one&#8217;s&nbsp;data and hold it for ransom,&nbsp;one will still have access to everything needed&nbsp;to keep&nbsp;the&nbsp;organization operational.\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Secure hardware systems:<\/strong>&nbsp;Every device on&nbsp;one&#8217;s&nbsp;network &ndash; from computers to mobile phones to&nbsp;printers&nbsp;Internet of Things (IoT) devices &ndash; represents another endpoint that can be taken&nbsp;advantage of by cybercriminals. That&#8217;s why&nbsp;one&nbsp;must&nbsp;always&nbsp;secure systems that have access to sensitive information with&nbsp;multi-factor authentication.\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Educate&nbsp;the&nbsp;workforce:<\/strong>&nbsp;Team member negligence\/errors&nbsp;is one of the leading causes in most data breaches &ndash; especially when it comes to phishing attacks. Taking time to educate&nbsp;one&#8217;s&nbsp;workforce on best practices, how to identify possible breaches, what to do if they make a mistake, and whom to contact in the event of an emergency is one of the most important steps&nbsp;one&nbsp;can take toward protecting&nbsp;one&#8217;s&nbsp;environment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A robust cybersecurity protection strategy&nbsp;demands&nbsp;a substantial&nbsp;investment of&nbsp;energy, and technical know-how, and&nbsp;time that businesses frequently feel they don&#8217;t have. Often, the costs&nbsp;linked&nbsp;with these efforts prevent organizations from prioritizing security. But the potential loss far outweighs any investment in protection.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For&nbsp;instance,&nbsp;globally, the&nbsp;average cost of a single data breach is $3.92 million, according to&nbsp;<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ibm.com\/security\/data-breach\" target=\"_blank\">data from IBM<\/a>. Also,&nbsp;small- to medium-sized businesses spend an average of $1.43 million on stolen&nbsp;or&nbsp;damaged IT assets following an incident, according to data from&nbsp;the Ponemon Institute, the pre-eminent research center dedicated to data protection,&nbsp;privacy and information security policy. For many companies, this level of financial loss could be ruinous.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By taking preventive measures,&nbsp;every company&nbsp;can reinforce&nbsp;their&nbsp;information system security and avoid a catastrophic disaster.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>About the Author<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Mayur Rele<\/strong>&nbsp;is a cybersecurity expert and cloud automation leader that has extensive experience in overseeing global technology, security, and cloud infrastructure in healthcare, e-commerce, and technology companies. Mayur graduated with an M.S. in Computer and Telecommunications Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology and is an active IEEE researcher and contributor.<\/p>\n<p><span style='font-size:18px !important;'>Media Contact<\/span><br \/><strong>Company Name:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/companyname\/mayurrele.io_58625.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Zeal Tech LLC<\/a><br \/><strong>Contact Person:<\/strong> Mayur Rele<br \/><strong>Email:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/email_contact_us.php?pr=cybersecurity-expert-mayur-rele-reveals-everything-companies-need-to-know-to-keep-themselves-secure\" rel=\"nofollow\">Send Email<\/a><br \/><strong>Country:<\/strong> United States<br \/><strong>Website:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/mayurrele.io\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">mayurrele.io<\/a><\/p>\n<p><object type=\"text\/html\" data=\"http:\/\/mayurrele.io\" style=\"width:900px; height:400px;\"><\/object><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/press_stat.php?pr=cybersecurity-expert-mayur-rele-reveals-everything-companies-need-to-know-to-keep-themselves-secure\" alt=\"\" width=\"1px\" height=\"1px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Annually,&nbsp;cyberattacks become more&nbsp;advanced, and businesses become more vulnerable.&nbsp;Unless&nbsp;one&nbsp;stays&nbsp;vigilant and informed, it&#8217;s only a matter of time before&nbsp;one&#8217;s&nbsp;organization falls victim&nbsp;of those cyberattacks. According to a&nbsp;report from Juniper Research, a leading analyst firm in the technology sector, cybercrime business losses will likely&nbsp;reach&nbsp;$5 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/cybersecurity-expert-mayur-rele-reveals-everything-companies-need-to-know-to-keep-themselves-secure_488231.html\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[420,411,404,443,416],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-488231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-Science","category-Technology","category-US","category-Website-Blog","category-World"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=488231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488231\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=488231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}