cybersecurity

 You might have the most reputed company make the network in your workplace secure, but if the people who will actually work on it are not trained, all your efforts will go to waste. This is why, for long-term benefits, you need to start by training your staff on how to move around with the company’s network much more responsibly.

While there are a lot of things you can teach your employees based on the kind of data you deal with daily, the top 5 points have been discussed below. Training staff as per these guidelines will surely give you a much-needed head start in the market.

1. Regulations about downloads

This one simple act is often taken for granted, and you might be willing to give your employees the benefit of the doubt here, but this is where you are wrong. A simple survey conducted around the workplace would leave you amazed at the number of people who would be willing to risk your network by choosing to download just about any file and software from the internet without thinking of the consequences. Proper regulations need to be conveyed about the software that is permissible and which they aren’t allowed to download.

2. Strong Passwords

We often are in the habit of keeping easy to remember passwords for convenience purposes. Hacking into the network by brute force or directly decrypting such passwords is a child’s play for the experienced hackers. Not only should the passwords be complicated but also the company shouldn’t be following any preset rule for passwords for the office systems.


3. Have backups

No matter how secure you feel the network is, there should always be a backup for it. This has to be followed by regular updates and maintenance of the system so that in case of an attack the data can be recovered safely and the company doesn’t suffer grave losses. To add to this, measures should be taken to have both the original and the backup database totally disconnected. This way an attack on one wouldn’t put the other one at risk.


4. No spam emails

The trick for making the spam emails to work is by making them look not only authentic but really catchy as well. The staff in the workplace needs to be formally regulated and educated on the hazards such emails can bring to the network. You need to teach them about not clicking any fishy links, ads or posts from social media. One wrong click from anyone at work can compromise the security of your whole network.

5. Update regularly

The training of your employees just should not end with these points mentioned above only. In fact, you need to keep them in the loop regarding any new updates or issues they should know about. It is only through constant reinforcement that you would be able to keep things in check and your network secure.

These are just some of the basic things you need to enforce in your organisation to have the workplace comply with comply with Cyber Essentials. Compilation of right policies today would certainly save you from long-term losses in the future.