Data protection is the first essential thing to be considered when it comes to cybersecurity. Data loss and misuse cost businesses millions of dollars and sadly, sometimes the losses are too vast to be revered. It pushes a lot of businesses towards their doom. Which is why you must aim at strengthening your cybersecurity team before anything else.
However, despite there’s a lot of propaganda by private and governmental cybersecurity expert teams, companies are still continuing to get hacked at an alarming rate.
What’s so less that leads to such a problem despite there’s awareness? If this question bothers you still, the list of the 3 weirdest security mistakes that companies make is just what you need.
- Using Stale Passwords
One of the most common cybersecurity mistakes is believing that you cannot be targeted again if you’ve been hacked once. Companies start using old repeated passwords under this delusion. And the reality is sadly quite the opposite. Hackers try to exploit previously hacked companies as much as the new ones. If you use a password that you once used, hackers will decode it without a problem.
Another password mistake is using the same password – no matter how strong, unique or complex – for all devices and accounts. It magnifies the damage caused by data security breach since hackers get access to everything.
- Ignoring The Relevance Of Multiple Security Tools
Remember, there’s absolutely nothing in cybersecurity that is full-proof. There’s no single tool that can make a system completely unbreachable. Which is why your focus should be on using multiple strong tools to make the system security stronger. Hence, experts insist on using firewalls and antiviruses. But stats reveal that for some inexplicable reason, people undermine the importance of these tools. In reality, even if your security system is password protected but doesn’t have a firewall and antivirus, the chances of easy hacking still loom.
- Giving Authentication Power To Too Many People
There’s this one mistake that can cost you dearly. When many people can access and control the DVR feed directly, the security remains compromised. Password sharing with more people means more and more systems can be connected to the DVR even remotely. First, it makes monitoring difficult and second, there’s no guarantee that everyone will access the feed from clean systems only and will always remember to log out.
In layman terms, the security system of any company becomes more vulnerable to hacking – despite implementing the most advanced cybersecurity tools – if the password and authentication control rests with many.