3 Security measures to reduce cyber threats

Brazilian companies are still exposed to the risk of hacking attacks, with an increase in occurrences. According to Check Point Software's Threat Intelligence Report, in the second quarter of this year, the country registered an increase of 67% in cyber attacks, totaling 2,754 cases per week, compared to the same period of the previous year. The percentage increase is 7%, compared to the second quarter of 2023, when the weekly number of attacks on Brazilian companies was 1,645.

In the last six months (between February and July this year), an organization in Brazil was attacked on average 2,615 times a week, against 1,587 attacks on companies worldwide.

“Hacking attacks, associated with other causes, such as software and hardware problems, eventual bugs, among other cases, may be responsible for causing damage such as total or partial loss of data and applications, which can seriously compromise the system and the continuity of the” business, reveals Thiago Tanaka, director of Cybersecurity at TIVIT, a Brazilian multinational that connects technology to a better world.

According to Tanaka, the best alternative to reduce the chances of attacks is through the adoption of preventive measures. Check out 3 tips below:

1. Having a well-structured security plan that is supported by the board and the company board. Even if the cyber area has a robust planning, it may not be enough without the support needed to implement it.

2. Study and know the infrastructure through a good security assessment, which will point out all points of vulnerability, indicate which tools and software should be implemented or updated and possible process changes to make the environment more solid.

3. Implement an awareness plan for employees so that they do not fall into scams that can put the company's network at risk. Campaigns and messages with this bias need to be reinforced constantly to help support the idea of surveillance.

“These actions, when well applied, help significantly reduce the chances of problems with security threat events. However, if the organization still goes through some unforeseen attack situation, it is recommended to activate the Disaster Recovery Plan (Disaster Recovery), which is based on the responsiveness to solve problems that affect operations. This procedure allows the company to isolate the problem, recover its environments and systems and climb backups more quickly, thus being able to resume activities as quickly as possible”, he adds.

For the director of Cybersecurity, although many companies make large investments in cybersecurity structures, it is important to understand what the real gaps in technology are, in addition to creating processes and having professionals able to deal with all stages of disaster situations. “It is recommended to avoid spending in a unstructured and unplanned way with security tools. The triad formed by technologies, processes and people is fundamental to the effectiveness of the business”, concludes Thiago Tanaka.