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Future Roadmap: Fundamental Cybersecurity Tips for Travel Companies

Unsecured Wi-Fi networks can be used by hackers to gain access to a company’s systems and data.
Travel companies should ensure establishing a comprehensive security policy is the first step in ensuring
cyber security for travel sector companies. This policy should include guidelines for data protection,
access control, and incident response. Countries like Denmark, UK, and USA are ranked as top nations
having defending policies to handle cyber threats.

Companies need to monitor both incoming and outgoing communication for malware. Uninterrupted
usage of unsecured sites and corporate servers should be blocked. Strong passwords and data
protection measures are essential. Companies can instruct employees from opening an email attachment
from unknown sources. Data encryption is another standard solution to prevent cyber-attacks. Doing a
cyber-security audit is always preferable once the fundamental safeguards are in place.

Due to the huge volume of private, sensitive information, they save in their databases, hotels, and travel
agencies are popular targets for cybercriminals. As these companies use layers of personal data where
cyber ignorance is escalating. The companies are shifting their business model to digital which also opens
the scope for cyber-attacks where a robust cyber security strategy is essential to deal with travel
technologies risk management in 2023.

About the Author

Shambhu Nath Jha, Associate Vice President, Fact.MR. Shambhu helps
enterprises and corporate to envision where the world is heading, and how their
business is transforming. Perpetual variance is an inherent attribute of how
businesses function, and the change cycle has shrunken, and he helps clients to
understand these excellence fundamentals. Decision makers and SBU heads
across industry verticals require a cognitive nudge from Shambhu to shield their
enterprise from the awaiting risk.

Shambhu has over a decade of experience in helping clients to attain business
excellence across several sub-domains of Food, Healthcare, Healthcare IT,
Technology, and Sports. He understands how technologies along with
transforming the supply chain ecosystem integrate with the existing business ecosystem and influence
enterprise output. Shambhu can be reached online at
https://www.linkedin.com/in/essienjaevicepresident/ and at our company website
https://www.factmr.com/.

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