Podcasts & Webinars: Could Your Business Survive a Cyberattack?
Could Your Business Survive a Cyberattack?
Ransomware attacks can disrupt operations, compromise sensitive data, and cost businesses weeks of downtime. In this webinar, cybersecurity expert Paul Doherty shares practical, business-focused advice to help organizations strengthen their defences and prepare for the growing impact of AI-driven cyber threats.
Watch a prerecorded 25-min webinar to learn:
- Why small and medium-sized businesses are frequently targeted by cybercriminals
- How ransomware attacks typically begin and how attackers gain access
- The growing role of AI in cybersecurity threats
- Why backups are often a company’s last line of defense
- How password managers, MFA, and passkeys improve security
- The importance of software updates and patch management
- What Managed Detection and Response (MDR) services do
- How cyber insurance fits into your overall security strategy
- What to do immediately if your organization experiences a ransomware attack
Key Takeaways
One of the biggest misconceptions about cybersecurity is that it requires expensive new technology. In reality, many organizations can significantly improve their security posture by making better use of the tools and systems they already have.
Some of the most impactful measures include:
- Reviewing and strengthening backup strategies
- Enabling multifactor authentication across all business systems
- Using a password manager to eliminate weak or reused passwords
- Applying software updates promptly
- Establishing clear onboarding and offboarding procedures
- Creating an incident response plan before a crisis occurs
The cost of prevention is almost always lower than the cost of recovery after a successful ransomware attack.
Is Your Business Prepared?
Most business owners believe they could manage a cyberattack, but confidence means very little when systems go down, critical data becomes inaccessible, and business operations grind to a halt.
Do you know which systems your business cannot operate without? Are your backups actually recoverable? Could former employees still access sensitive information? And if your business were attacked tomorrow morning, would your team know exactly what to do and who to call?
How Exposed Is Your Organization?
Falcon’s Identity Security Gap Assessment provides a quick first look at privileged accounts, credentials, employee and vendor access, MFA, service accounts, monitoring and identity governance.
It’s free, requires no signup and takes only a few minutes. The results can help identify areas worth examining more closely.
Need a deeper look?
For organizations that want to go further, an Identity Security Discovery examines the actual environment: who and what has access, where privileged access exists, how third parties and service accounts are controlled, and where potential attack paths may exist before someone else finds them.