As the circumstances surrounding WannaCry, Petya/Goldeneye, the Shadow Brokersand exposed voters' records have shown, cybersecurity eventscontinue to cripple companies no matter their size or industry.
Although cybersecurity is both broad and complex, some bestpractices can help prevent hackers from successfully infiltratingyour customers' operations. A mature cybersecurity program relieson a layered security approach — meaning that no single control isthe only source of protection for a corporate asset. Three controlsthat make up a layered security approach are secure passwordpractices, multi-factor authentication and security awarenesstraining.
Secure password practices
For many people, it's difficult to remember unique, complexpasswords for every website — a complicationthat leads to password reuse. Unfortunately, cyber criminalsrecognize this as a normal occurrence. When your credentials arecompromised on one site, they will take that username and passwordand try it other places, with success.
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