Know the benefits of Cybersecurity

What is Cybersecurity?

Cybersecurity refers to every aspect of protecting an organization and its employees and assets against cyber threats. As cyberattacks become more common and sophisticated and corporate networks grow more complex, a variety of cyber security solutions are required to mitigate corporate cyber risk.

Best Practices for Cybersecurity:

• • Enable Best firewall protection
• • Update your security software
• • Enforce strong and safe passwords
• • Use multi-factor authentication
• • Regular Data Backup
• • Checkout Cyber Security Interview Questions
• • Raise awareness among employees
• • Monitor Third-party controls

99% of all organizations are not protected against cyber-attacks

Cyber security problems seldom jump out at you the way normal IT issues do. This is because cyber attackers purpose-build cyber threats to avoid detection.

The best way to troubleshoot cyber security is with a no-cost Security CheckUp from Check Point. Our experts will analyze your network and collect comprehensive data on active threats to your complete environment including networks, endpoints and mobile devices. At the end of the analysis period, you will receive a comprehensive report that includes:

• • The number of malware infections
• • Usage of high risk web applications
• • Intrusion attempts and bot attacks
• • Loss of sensitive data
• • Threats to endpoints and mobile devices
• • Key recommendations to protect your network

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Types of Cyber Attacks:

The Evolution of the Cyber Security Threat

The cyber threats of today are not the same as even a few years ago. As the cyber threat landscape changes, organizations need protection against cybercriminals' current and future tools and techniques.

Gen V Attacks

The cyber security threat landscape is continually evolving, and, occasionally, these advancements represent a new generation of cyber threats. To date, we have experienced five generations of cyber threats and solutions designed to mitigate them, including:

• • Gen I (Virus): In the late 1980s, virus attacks against standalone computers inspired the creation of the first antivirus solutions.
• • Gen II (Network): As cyberattacks began to come over the Internet, the firewall was developed to identify and block them.
• • Gen III (Applications): Exploitation of vulnerabilities within applications caused the mass adoption of intrusion prevention systems (IPS).
• • Gen IV (Payload): As malware became more targeted and able to evade signature-based defenses, anti-bot and sandboxing solutions were necessary to detect novel threats.
• • Gen V (Mega): The latest generation of cyber threats uses large-scale, multi-vectors attacks, making advanced threat prevention solutions a priority.

Ransomware

While ransomware has been around for decades, it only became the dominant form of malware within the last few years. The WannaCry ransomware outbreak demonstrated the viability and profitability of ransomware attacks, driving a sudden surge in ransomware campaigns.

Phishing

While ransomware has been around for decades, it only became the dominant form of malware within the last few years. The WannaCry ransomware outbreak demonstrated the viability and profitability of ransomware attacks, driving a sudden surge in ransomware campaigns.

Malware

The different generations of cyberattacks have been defined mainly by the evolution of malware. Malware authors and cyber defenders are playing a continual cat and mouse game, where attackers try to develop techniques that overcome or bypass the latest in security technology. Often, when they succeed, a new generation of cyberattacks is created.

Supply Chain Attacks

Historically, many organizations' security efforts have been focused on their own applications and systems. By hardening the perimeter and only permitting access to authorized users and applications, they try to prevent cyber threat actors from breaching their networks.

Cyber Security Trends:

The prevailing trends in cybersecurity often stem from a combination of reactions to prominent cyber threats, emerging technologies, and enduring security objectives. These represent some of the key trends and technologies that shape the landscape of cybersecurity in 2024:

• • AI Security: The ascent of AI profoundly influences cybersecurity, encompassing both offensive and defensive aspects. On the offensive front, cyber threat actors have already employed tools like ChatGPT to enhance and streamline cyberattacks, contributing to a notable year-over-year surge in attacks across the board.
• • Hybrid Mesh Firewall Platform: Organizations are progressively adopting hybrid mesh firewall platform, integrating diverse firewall types into a unified, centrally managed security architecture. This approach allows organizations to implement firewall solutions tailored to specific environments while simultaneously ensuring centralized oversight, administration, and enforcement of policies across their entire infrastructure.
• • CNAPP: Gartner has coined the term Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) to characterize security solutions that consolidate the diverse capabilities required for cloud application security into a unified solution. This integration of multiple features into a single solution and dashboard assists in combating security sprawl in the cloud, empowering security teams to efficiently oversee, administer, and safeguard their cloud-based applications.
• • Hybrid Data Centers: While certain organizations have fully migrated their data centers to the cloud, others have adopted cloud computing to enhance their on-premises data centers. A hybrid data center employs orchestration, allowing the seamless movement of data and applications between on-premises and cloud-based infrastructure as required over the network.
• • Comprehensive Protection: Companies now confront a broader spectrum of threats and potential attack vectors than in previous times. Cyber threat actors possess the capability to exploit vulnerabilities in conventional endpoints, mobile devices, IoT systems, and remote work infrastructure. The increased complexity in monitoring and securing a multitude of systems heightens the likelihood of oversight by security teams, potentially granting attackers access to their systems.

Achieving Comprehensive Cybersecurity with Check Point

A modern cybersecurity infrastructure is one that is consolidated and built from solutions that are designed to work together. This requires partnering with a security provider with experience in protecting all of an organization's assets against a range of cyber threats.

Check Point offers solutions for all of an organization's security needs, including:

• • Network Security: Check Point Quantum
• • IoT Security: Check Point Quantum IoT Protect
• • Cloud Security: Check Point CloudGuard
• • Application Security: Check Point CloudGuard AppSec
• • Endpoint Security: Check Point Harmony Endpoint
• • Mobile Security: Check Point Harmony Mobile