How We Can Help Your Company with Cyber Network Security

Your company is not immune from ransomware attacks and data breaches. Even the government and the world’s largest enterprises fall victim to the sophisticated attacks carried out by today’s cybercriminals.

Protecting your business from cyberattack has grown from an IT line item to an overwhelming business priority. Cybercrime pays big dividends, and it’s not just large corporations that are at risk – 43 percent of cyberattacks target small business.

As with traditional law enforcement, the truth is that the bad guys only need to get it right once. The good guys, on the other hand, have to get it right time and time again, every single day.

This means that you must do more than simply draft a cybersecurity policy and then assume that your employees will follow it to the letter and your company will be safe. You have to implicate company talent and resources to building a cyber security framework that offers comprehensive protection.

But establishing and maintaining a comprehensive cyber network security solution is difficult and costly. There is a problematic shortage of cybersecurity talent throughout the world, and it is growing every year. Even if you could theoretically dedicate unlimited resources to network security, you might simply not be able to find the talent.

This is where managed network service providers like Kelley Connect come into play. In an environment where finding talent is so difficult, the best option is to leverage existing talent as much as possible.

One of our clients, the Pacific Northwest Professional Services Company, used Kelley cyber network security expertise to navigate a worst-case ransomware scenario. Here’s what the company’s IT lead had to say:

“’The CryptoLocker Virus has gotten into our network.’ A statement that I had hoped to never have to say but they day I did, the Kelley Team had it contained, removed, and our network restored to full function in less than 2 hours with no loss of data all thanks to their outstanding support and our Datto device. Kelley convinced our Company to invest in Datto and it has turned out to be the best insurance policy we have ever purchased. This example is one of many reasons why the Kelley IT Team continues to be a valuable partner for our business. They consistently provide us with reliable support and flexible solutions for our 24 x 7 business needs. We couldn’t be happier!”

– Elisabeth, Pacific Northwest Professional Services Company 

How Cyber Network Security Solutions Work

Cyber network security is just one facet of managed network services. Under a managed network services agreement, companies entrust the development and maintenance of their network infrastructure to a managed service vendor.

This service vendor takes over all of the most important low-impact work that would normally take up the greatest amount of time for a corporate IT department. That includes preventative maintenance, planning and executing IT projects, developing mobile workforce solutions, and managing growth solutions like new office or workstation deployment.

At the same time, your vendor is responsible for cyber security and data compliance. This means that your IT team is free to focus on important strategic security goals while we perform the daily work of finding and verifying network activity against known threat patterns.

Our approach uses Datto technology to enforce security policies. Datto security products allow for quick, scalable security solutions for the enterprise.

• Easy to Set Up. Datto offers plug-and-play functionality that is unrivaled in the cybersecurity industry.
• Simple Cloud Sync. Instead of requiring constant surveillance, Datto cloud sync works seamlessly in the background – true “set and forget” functionality.
• Robust Disaster Recovery. Whether restoring a single file or an entire server, Datto turns complicated recovery procedures into simple, intuitive processes.

Hear what E.J. Fillman, IT manager for Jesse Co. Metal Fabrication has to say about Datto:

The Datto device install was as simple as setting up a WiFi router. It took me about 1 day of using Datto device to realize that with confidence that I know almost everything there is to know about my backup solution without looking up instruction documents…Datto’s cloud sync was so simple that I don’t even think about it anymore. There is no special configuration or pointing it to the correct cloud servers, it worked right out of the box. I know it’s there working and it is working exactly as it was sold to me, a complete all in one package.”

– E.J. Fillman, Jesse Co. Metal Fabrication

From a security perspective, complex configuration makes it hard to respond to ransomware crises effectively. Consider that only one in three ransomware incidents are ever even reported to authorities. 75 percent of IT professionals report that ransomware attacks have led to business-threatening downtime – yet most businesses still lack a clear policy for responding to ransomware crises.

Managed Services Offer Cyber Security Expertise On-Demand

There are other benefits to entrusting a reputable managed service vendor with your cyber security needs. If you find out that you have been victimized by an attack, then you will need the service of a professional and scalable cyber security team.

Evidently, time is of the essence and you will want to assemble your team as quickly as possible. But keeping the skills shortage in perspective, you may find that putting together your cyber network security team is far more difficult and time-consuming than expected.

Finding just one competent cyber security analyst is hard enough. You may find yourself in the position of having to hire several, and for each of them to be familiar with the same cyber security software tools in order to productively address a threat.

Ransomware is a complex threat. Cybercriminals take great pains to make sure their activities remain untraceable.

• Security engineers cannot trace payments made in Bitcoin to anonymous wallets, which is the primary payment system ransomware attackers use.
• Encrypted browsers like TOR allow cybercriminals to interact with their victims anonymously.

Criminals tend to strike at known vulnerabilities, and it takes an expert to identify those vulnerabilities and create patches that address them. Under these conditions, being able to leverage the expertise of a third party that has already proven itself capable in cyber security crises is of enormous value.

One of the ways managed network services protect against these vulnerabilities is by immediately removing compromised devices from your network. Then, the team can immediately leverage the necessary resources to restore your systems from a recent backup and keep your organization running.

You could be targeted today, tomorrow, or in ten years’ time. The important thing is to be prepared for when it happens.

Are you ready to deploy a robust cyber network security solution for your business? Talk to Kelley Connect about your cybersecurity needs today.