Cybersecurity – why Cyber Essentials? : vimarsana.com

Grant Hamilton, information security consultant, Alternative Solutions
CYBER Essentials provides organisations with guidance on what basic controls are required to reduce risks borne by internet-based threats.
No doubt most of you have been offered cybersecurity products or advice, or read articles about what you should or shouldn’t do, but what is rarely pointed out is that your company can make a big difference to its cybersecurity posture simply by making sure the fundamentals are done correctly.
It has been highlighted that companies can mitigate up to 80% of the most common internet-borne cyber-attacks by going back to basics and ensuring their systems are configured correctly with the appropriate settings enabled and controls in place. Typically this doesn’t require any additional product investment and can be done with the appropriate configuration and tools that the business already uses.