Don’t compromise on cybersecurity as you expand
Despite the increase in awareness about cybersecurity in recent years, there are still cases of businesses failing to follow basic security best practices. For small businesses, it is important to educate and train employees.
“Some of these basic cybersecurity practices are not common enough”, remarked Peiru. “In fact, we have seen some other firms, including some large ones, with very questionable protection for their applications. I would attribute this to a lack of knowledge.”
In the case of KeyReply, there is additional pressure to protect their customer data due to HIPAA compliance requirements. Employees are required to watch videos and attend trainings on a regular basis, while penetration test and vulnerability scans are also done on a yearly basis, if not more frequently, to ensure that their business applications are secure.
Peiru also recommends other affordable solutions for SMBs such as seeking the services of specialised firms which conduct mock phishing email attacks that can simulate real world scenarios. “These solutions are not expensive. For just a couple of hundred dollars a month, businesses can avoid losses that total to a lot more,” she advised.
To help small businesses, Singtel offers a variety of cybersecurity solutions to identify and defend against sophisticated cyberattacks in real time. These are available different packages based on their level of comprehensiveness and include essential cybersecurity solutions in endpoint security, data protection, network security and more.