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Black Talon Security Announces Top 10 Tips for Insurance Companies to Prevent Cyberattacks
- Enable Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) or Two Factor Authentication (2FA) for any application or website that supports it. MFA sends a unique code to your phone or activates an authentication APP to validate your login.
- Use strong passwords everywhere. Create strong passwords by combining a minimum of 12 characters, numbers and special characters such as @, $, #, & and !.
- Never use the same password across multiple websites or applications. Every website and/or application should have a unique password.
- Implement password management tools such as LastPass or Dashlane to manage and create strong/unique passwords.
- Utilizing remote access tools can present tremendous risk to your business. Make sure you are using the paid business versions of these technologies as well as MFA and strong passwords.
- Train your agents and employees to recognize threats such as phishing, spear phishing, social engineering, business email compromise (banking wire fraud) and proper use of removable devices. Test them using a phishing simulator.
- Employ a cybersecurity firm to evaluate your firewall(s) and perform real-time vulnerability management to uncover exploitable devices on your network that may expose you to a breach or ransomware attack.
- Conduct an annual penetration test performed by a third party ethical hacker to identify risks and how you might be breached.
- Perform a security risk assessment to evaluate how and where your agency may be attacked.
- Deploy Artificial Intelligence (AI) based threat detection and mitigation technology known as Extended Detection and Response (XDR) software on all computers and servers.