Everyday cyberattacks are a risk for businesses that don’t have information backups

In Mexico 7 out of 10 companies do not save informationdespite being fundamental in protecting against cyberattacks, which in the past year have escalated to include crimes such as information hijacking or ransomware.

louis ochoadirector of operations Alestra IT and Cybersecurityin interview with The Herald of Mexicorevealed that in 2022, attempted cyberattacks, which number in the millionshave intensified and are already the main security risk for companies.

He explained that from 2018 to early 2019the plans of the companies considered to be threat to your information and data systemsfirst, natural disasters, followed by human error and third, cyber risks.

Now after the pandemicwhich accelerated computer processes, the primary risk is cyberattacks on top of disasters, including human error, which could put valuable business information at risk.

“There are customers who don’t back up information, update databases, constantly manage patches and that opens doors for cyber attackers and if that adds to the fact that they don’t “have no perimeter mechanisms that can contain them. It’s like leaving the key to the house outside and in sight,” he pointed out.

He clarified that, in the case of alestrathe more than 18,000 companies that are its customers, “have not been confronted with a cyberattack or ransomware”, not because there are no attemptsfinally those who They go against small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) and more large companies they still exist, but the company has an obligation to warn.

Companies should consider all cybersecurity mechanisms ranging from firewalls (which act as a wall protecting private networks from unauthorized access), as well as a ID (eliminates malicious requests), IPS (complements IDS by proactively inspecting a system’s incoming traffic), even a filtering system.

Recommendations include previous health checkups, as well as minimal vulnerability scan three or four times a year.

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