Believe it or not, but Fort Knox is likely not as secure as it once was.
And neither is your business.
Why?
There are simply too many threats attacking each and every individual of your organization. And those attacks are not coming from cannons, guns or any physical force. What your team is threatened with more than any assailant or gun could ever are the massive cyberattacks that trick even those of us that consider ourselves “prepared”.
Better than building a mote and wall around your castle, you really have to defend against all the threats attacking every single human being within your castle walls. That is, every device, every server, every application is at risk of being hacked, compromised or misused. All contributing to attacks against your business.
While attackers trying to penetrate Fort Knox may still occur, more likely someone is trying to hack through stealing money from bank accounts electronically. Just as an assailant may have previously tried to physically take cash from your vault or steal documents from your filing cabinets, they are more skilled and have greater reach into stored personal information than a thief breaching a perimeter ever had.
To focus all of your efforts on your perimeter nowadays is a little too simple. Granted, you still need perimeter-based security. But you also need an impenetrable shield around each and every device that interfaces with your business. That means every computer, server, device NEEDS its own protection.
Back in the day when computers within a network were not linked to much externally, could you feel safe that your computers weren’t going to be penetrated. But as we evolved towards interconnectivity, from even the start of modems, the risk of hacking became clear.
More than back in the modem age, with the extreme mobility of smart phones and tablets and the demands from employees brining their own devices (BYOD) to work, comes increasing threats around security. You may be working on a hard-wired desktop computer one minute, but then instantly switch to your iPhone to check your mail the next. Maybe you decide to get some work done at Starbucks in the afternoon— with public WiFi that leaves you more vulnerable than when you were in the confines of your office network. The security within the confines of your “castle” instantaneously disappear when work is on the move. That is why we have to eradicate the notion of perimeter protection is how we protect our businesses.
Each needs a barrier that will thwart attacks and help your staff avoid getting attacked.
How can you be sure your computers, servers, devices—everything—are safe and secure?
Dynamic Edge has invented state-of-the-art solutions to reign the perimeter of defense around each and every device—rather than simply around your office. Our security products make it so you can work with the same protection as if you were shielded by your office network, but wherever you choose—at the coffee shop, hotel, on your lunch break—wherever you need or want to be. You have a reliable barrier as strong as your castle walls to prevent or thwart hackers, phishing attempts and viruses from penetrating ANY device, further protecting your business from vulnerabilities seen in having “at-risk” devices.
Contact me TODAY for a security assessment. Because data security and prevention is what we do. So you don’t have to.
