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5 Ways to Protect Your Workplace from Cybersecurity

Threats

By Nicole Allen, Senior Marketing Executive, Salt Communications.

The cybersecurity environment is rapidly evolving. Meanwhile, technological advancements are steadily
improving the ability for cyber criminals and hackers to exploit data security flaws. The ever-increasing
scope of data breaches and cybersecurity threats should be a major source of concern for all types of
organisations.

No one could have predicted the holes in network security postures that the 2020 coronavirus pandemic
has revealed with the increase of employees working from home. Unsecured home networks,
BYOD (bring-your-own-device) policies, and compartmentalised operations turned previously evident
hazards on corporate networks into invisible, hidden threats on a wider range of networks. As a result of
the increasing attack surface even more than usual phishing, vishing, and ransomware assaults were
launched. So in this article Salt Communications are going to explain five ways to protect your workplace
from cybersecurity threats.

1. Increase enterprise security protection

Mobile workplaces can boost productivity and access to work-related resources, but they also raise
the danger of data leaks due to apps and services like email, social media, and cloud access. Maintaining
a more secure organisation while enabling mobile productivity requires creating a safer environment for
employees to work remotely.

The risks to organisations from actions or inactions of employees come from a wide range of factors:
such as human error – this can include sending sensitive information or personal data to the wrong
person by accident. There’s also the issue of system misconfiguration, which can lead to unauthorised

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