Cyber security alerts of great importance ! (Supplied Content)

Organisations tend to turn a blind eye when it comes to cyber security alerts which in most circumstances might help them prevent an incident from taking place. This is becoming a norm in the corporate world where many organisations suffer great loss from cyber attacks instead of being wary when receiving cyber security alerts. It is however, important that companies become active participants in the case of cyber security alerts because time is key in such incidents. The quicker you respond to such alerts may save the organisation from having to deal with cyber attacks.

“Failure to respond quickly can cost businesses millions of Rand, not only in lost business, but in lawsuits and loss of reputation,” says Simon Campbell-Young, MD of Credence Security. 

He says one basic mistake businesses make is assuming that shutting down the power will solve the problem and lessen the risk of further damage or data loss. “It won’t. It might stop the cyber criminal’s activity at that moment, but it could endanger the business far more, as it could lose valuable business data, as well as forensic data that could be used to trace the attack.”

Other than being quickly responsive to cyber security alerts , organisations may decide to come up with cyber response plans which enhance decision-making within the organisation and how to implement those plans in a manner that is not time consuming and can instantly detect any cyber threats and dismiss them.  It would be great if organisations do consider installing hacker software which will disclose the hackers details such as name, location , reason for hacking , what data have they acquired.