It is impossible to protect your business from all the security threats. No business network is immune to a security breach. In fact, most networks will get breached after some time. Someone will be skilled enough to break into your network. However, this doesn’t mean that cybersecurity measures are not important for your business. You need to place multiple network security measures for protecting your network. This will minimize the risk and impact of a data breach.
However, most companies think that they can only protect their network by implementing strong security measures. In this article, we are going to share some tips that will help you in dealing with hacking attempts.
How to prepare for a network breach?
You need to create a plan that will help you in recovering from a network breach. It is important to thoroughly prepare for a security or data breach. This will ensure that you can quickly recover from a data breach. Some of the things that you can do are:
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Setup a remote data backup:
You should create a remote backup of your data. It is important to backup all the important files in a cloud server. This will ensure that you can restore your files after a network breach. You can restore your data in case of a data breach. This will protect your data from a data breach. Remote data backup is a very important part of every DR plan. You need to set up the backup for protecting your data. Make sure to first categorize your data. This will ensure that you know about the important data stored in your servers. You need to restore this data in case of a data breach. If you are trying to copy everything in your server, then it will add unnecessary expense. You need to first recover your sensitive data and applications.
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Create an IRP or incident response plan:
Your incident response plan will ensure that your employees know about their responsibilities. They will know about their roles during a network breach. Your IRP will ensure that your employees can quickly react to a network breach. This will make sure that you can quickly contain a data breach. You need to distribute your incident response plan to all your employees. Your employees should know about their roles and responsibilities. Make sure that your employees know about the plan content. You should teach them about the tools that they can use for identifying, eliminating, and containing a data breach.
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Intrusion Detection systems:
You should know about the data breach before you can contain it. Intrusion detection systems will help you in identifying network or data breaches. These tools will generate automated alerts. This will ensure that your network security team can deal with various attacks. If you want more security, then you can use Intrusion prevention systems. This will help you in containing the attack quickly. SIEM or security information and event management systems will help you in gathering information. These systems will help you in gathering information about the hacking attempt. They will reveal the methodology used by the attackers.
What to do in case of a network breach?
You need to first create a remote data backup. After that, you need to work on your incident response plan. Also, you need to add tools for investigating and detecting attacks. If your network is affected by a breach, then you should follow these steps for recovering your network:
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Try to contain the breach:
First, you need to detect a network breach. You need to focus on eliminating and containing the breach. This will ensure that the attackers can’t access your system. You can disable or isolate your network assets that have been already compromised. However, you can only start the recovery process after containing a network breach. You need to quickly contain the breach if you want to recover from it.
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Investigate the breach:
You need to first contain or eliminate the data breach. It is important to know how the attack was actually executed. This will ensure that you can apply the fixes for protecting your network. SIEM activity logs are going to be very valuable during this process. However, these tools will show a lot of useless data. Your security team needs to sort through this data and find the information about the attack.
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Restore your network:
You can start restoring your network after containing a network breach. After investigating the breach, you should start your network. The process will depend on the nature of the hacking attack. Different types of network breaches will affect different network assets. You need to use different methods for recovering your network. If you have a business continuity plan, then it will help you in restoring your network. Your plan will also determine the impact of the attack. If you already have a remote backup, then you can quickly recover your data and applications. You can also create a cloud-based replica of your environment where you can work virtually.
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Notify affected parties:
You need to identify the sensitive data that was compromised during the attack. If your user’s data is compromised, then you need to notify all the affected users. This will ensure that they can prevent fraud. Also, you need to comply with the breach notification laws.
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Prepare for future breach attempts:
You need to first restore your entire network. It is important to fix all the vulnerabilities that are present in your network. Also, you can apply these fixes during the recovery process. This will ensure that hackers can’t use the same vulnerability for hacking into your network. You need to look for additional vulnerabilities that may be exploited by attackers. The best way to find vulnerabilities is by running a penetration test. This will help you in reviewing your current cybersecurity measures.
Conclusion
These are some tips that will help you in recovering from a network breach. If you don’t have an in-house IT team, then you should work with an MSP. Experienced MSPs like Bleuwire will help you in setting up the cloud-based backup. They will help you in quickly recovering your network from a breach. If you need more information regarding IT security services, then you can contact Bleuwire.
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