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The key steps to improve your cyber hygiene

Earlier I likened good cyber hygiene to a driver maintaining their vehicle – checking the tyres and
changing the oil, etc. but even the best-maintained vehicles can be broken into, or involved in a collision.
This is where insurance comes in, to protect your vehicle against the unexpected, and get you back on
the road.

As vendor networks grow in size and become more interlinked, good cyber hygiene habits can act as
insurance in cyberspace. But as we know how quickly cyber threats can evolve, more businesses are
becoming aware that they don’t have to do it all by themselves. Automated risk assessments, continuous
monitoring and the ability to pinpoint high-risk vendors can help businesses gain visibility on the blind
spots that leave them exposed to danger – and act fast to avoid attacks.

This is how we help organizations today. Trust is our business and with the increased investment in
innovative technologies, combined with the fact we monitor 19 million entities across all industries,
businesses can now gain enhanced understanding of the risks facing them, zoom in on suspicious
network traffic spikes, and move fast to erect robust safeguards against DDoS and web application
attacks.

Prepare for today – and be primed for tomorrow

In today’s interconnected cyber world, no business is immune from risk, no matter how well protected it
is. With the wealth of data that we gather globally, we’re seeing more evidence of more geopolitical
motivations and more systemic attacks.

To protect the trust that your business depends on, you need to identify the threats you face today, and
anticipate the ones you might face tomorrow. We’ve shown that those businesses which maintain good
cyber hygiene habits and widen their visibility over their networks, and those of their partners, will be
fitter, stronger and more prepared to withstand future threats. This enables them to build a stronger global
digital ecosystem, building trust with customers and consumers.

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