Assess Your Cybersecurity Posture with LA-Networks.com and Let Our Expert Engineers Help You Address the Gaps
In today’s digital age, having a strong cybersecurity posture is essential, especially with the rise of remote work, which increases entry points into your organization. Do you know if your organization’s security strategy and infrastructure follow best practices for protecting your data and stakeholders? Are you aware of any gaps that need addressing or security components that you may have missed?
Having a strong cybersecurity posture is a must in today’s digital age, especially with the rise of remote work, which can increase entry points into your organization. But does your organization’s security strategy and infrastructure follow best practices for protecting your data and stakeholders? Do you know if you have certain gaps you need to address, or are you missing security components that you didn’t even know you needed to tackle?
According to a report by IBM Security, the average cost of a data breach for businesses is $4.24 million, and the average time to identify and contain a breach is 280 days.
As cybersecurity can be vast and often overwhelming, we’ve put together a simple six-question security assessment that offers actionable advice tailored to each of your answers. Whether you run a Fortune 500 company, a local government office or a startup, you can take this assessment, as there are certain commonalities across organizations in terms of having a strong security foundation.
The assessment doesn’t just give you a score; it offers actionable advice tailored to each of your answers. For example, the assessment asks whether you have a method for keeping an up-to-date inventory of the devices and applications on your network. Whether you have 10 devices or 10,000, the answer should be yes. If you do have a method for keeping an up-to-date inventory, then you’re on the right track and can build your security framework from there. It advises that organizations without an up-to-date inventory focus on getting a handle on this area before adding any security solutions, because otherwise, they can’t be sure of what they need to protect.
The costs of cyberattacks can be significant, with the average cost of a data breach for a business being over $4 million, and 60% of small businesses that suffer a cyberattack going out of business within six months. As a result, it is crucial for businesses to conduct security risk assessments to identify and mitigate potential security threats and vulnerabilities.
Find Out Where You Stand
After taking the self-assessment, you’ll be able to determine whether your organization needs to:
- Improve your cybersecurity significantly
- Enhance a solid foundation
- Dive deeper to find additional ways to protect your organization, having a great security posture.
Taking these types of assessments should be a priority for your organization, given the cost, reputational risk, compliance risk and other serious issues that can stem from ever-evolving cyberattacks. As you start to reflect on your security foundation, you can improve your ability to reduce risk, perhaps by closing gaps you didn’t even know existed. Businesses face a variety of cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities, including but not limited to malware-based attacks, phishing attacks, man-in-the-middle attacks, denial of service attacks, SQL injection attacks, and physical threats. Vulnerabilities can also arise from network, operating system, process, and human factors, as well as misconfigurations of firewalls and unsecured APIs.
In addition to taking this quick self-assessment, you can also dive deeper with a full security assessment from our team expert engineers. We’ll sit down with you — virtually, if needed — to go over your current security situation and develop actionable steps to help you strengthen your cybersecurity.
According to a report by Cybersecurity Ventures, the global cost of cybercrime is projected to reach $10.5 trillion USD by 2025.
For over 20 years, we’ve been helping organizations in Southern California and beyond deploy and secure networks and systems, particularly across the medical, banking, governmental and military sectors, which face unique security risks. Get in touch with our experienced team to see how we can improve your security posture, and get started with the security self-assessment to see where you stand.
The prevalence of cyber attacks and the cost of data breaches highlights the importance of conducting a security risk assessment for businesses. In 2021, the average cost of a data breach was $4.24 million USD per incident
By partnering with LA-Networks.com, you can strengthen your cybersecurity posture and reduce the risk of ever-evolving cyberattacks. Contact our experienced team to schedule your full security assessment today. Taking this quick self-assessment can help you reduce the risk of ever-evolving cyberattacks, and you can also dive deeper with a full security assessment from our team of expert engineers.
Conducting a security risk assessment can help businesses identify and prioritize potential vulnerabilities and threats, and develop a comprehensive plan to mitigate the risks.