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In turn, there should be minimal disruption and less frustration for your customers. Some
specific steps that your company might want to take include:

• Identifying potential cyber security disaster scenarios

• Determining the series of steps that must be taken to restore IT
• Educating employees on proper protocol and behaviour
• Organising recovery teams (e.g. who’s responsible for what?)
• Having a failover database server in place in case your primary server goes down

It’s also smart to periodically have “test drills” where you assess the effectiveness of your
business continuity plan. This increases your efficiency should you have to use it.
Making the Transition

The ISACA’s 2015 Global Cybersecurity Status Report found that only 38 percent of
organisations were prepared for a sophisticated cyber attack. A lack of planning and preparation
could prove disastrous or even fatal for many SMBs.

Research has proven that a reactive approach can be incredibly costly, and even a single attack
puts more than half of all companies out of business. As attacks become more and more
prevalent, the threat level will only continue to rise.

Fortunately, there are numerous ways to protect your organisation, and it all starts with making
the shift to taking a proactive approach.

Being on the offence arms your company with the tools it needs to combat the omnipresent
threat of cyberattacks and gives you a much greater level of control. In the long run, this can
mean the difference between avoiding/withstanding attacks or being ruined by them.

How comfortable are you with your company’s current cyber security, and are there any
specific areas you need to improve upon?

About the Author

Ajay Unni is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of
Stickman.
Ajay specialises in helping customers manage the growing
threat of data breaches and compliance with globally accepted
industry standards for data security and compliance.
Ajay can be reached online on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/ajayunni, Linkedin:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajayunni/ and via their company
website: https://www.stickman.com.au

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