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1. Education and training should be offered

The training to done everybody whether privately or as a corporate. All should be aware of the
common hacking tactics like phishing, packet sniffing, social engineering, and the like just to
name but a few.

This type of prevention will help you go a long way protected against these cyber crimes.

2. Securing computers, networking and digital assets

It’s worth considering how up-to-date is a software that is housed with your network. This is
important because the hackers attack the software to gain access to the system’s sensitive data
and other relevant information. Updating your software to a network-connected machine should
be your priority.

As well, have business class software fully installed and updated on all your servers and
workstations. This detects, remove and protect the machine and networks from malware.

Scan website or the web application for malware. Just like personal computers, website
applications are equally susceptible to the attacks of malware if not checked regularly.

Ensure that there’s reliable and secure backup to the sensitive data. This helps in recovering
your data from the time before the fateful act.

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