The Covid-19 is already causing a huge impact on the people; with the number of infected people soaring up and also the fatality numbers have gotten high. Other than the health issue it causes, it is also having a huge impact on businesses and thereby the economy.
Even Before Covid-19, Businesses were facing cyber threats which had a significant impact on the businesses overall. Now the attackers started taking advantage of the Covid-19 to be more successful at what they’ve been trying to do. There are multiple reports from reputed sources, who have witnessed that cybercriminals taking advantage of the current situation.
Since the employees are spread out and are working from home, it is very important to create awareness in the employees about cyber hygiene. There are a lot of resources in the internet being posted by Cyber Security Experts, Industry veterans, Independent Researchers and a lot of other people. So instead of re-inventing the wheel, we are sharing with you the resource that we think is helpful.
Securely working from home
It is very important as an organization to make sure that since people working from home, attackers shouldn’t be easily slipping into the network. The following is a two-page document, that contains 5 steps to work from home. This is an excellent material that can be shared with the employees. But it’s hard to make employees to go through the document and act accordingly. There are also other resources in this document if you think the two-page document won’t work out.
Link: https://www.sans.org/sites/default/files/2020-03/02-SSA-WorkingFromHome-FactSheet.pdf
Infographics
We all know the struggle that the security team goes through in creating awareness to the employees, the following infographic will have better reach to the employees, instead of the two-page document. The following infographic is customizable where your organization’s logo and security team email address can be used (Use Adobe Acrobat Reader to customize the document and click on ‘Save Final As’ to have it saved). Send these in the e-mails to the employees to keep them informed about the cyber security risks and how important their role is to save the organization.
Hacked: https://workdrive.zohoexternal.com/external/9LnHXDMaSW8-JUesE
Social Engineering: https://workdrive.zohoexternal.com/external/9LnHXDMaSWb-JUesE
Social Engineering (Personalised Attacks): https://workdrive.zohoexternal.com/external/9LnHXDMaSWc-JUesE
Social Engineering Types: https://workdrive.zohoexternal.com/external/9LnHXDMaSWd-JUesE
Passwords: https://workdrive.zohoexternal.com/external/9LnHXDMaSWg-JUesE
Malware: https://workdrive.zohoexternal.com/external/9LnHXDMaSWj-JUesE
Technology cannot stop malware: https://workdrive.zohoexternal.com/external/9LnHXDMaSWk-JUesE
Video Resources
Working Remotely: https://cc.sans.org/api/previews/launch/897a9764-5859-4ff7-9ecf-b283ee70a4d1
Creating a Cyber Secure Home: https://cc.sans.org/api/previews/launch/cc2cb028-089a-452e-8723-84d19591f074
Social Engineering: https://cc.sans.org/api/previews/launch/4b52ce99-da2b-4a0f-9e56-1f1ed3dc5c68
Phishing: https://cc.sans.org/api/previews/launch/89005129-b9f5-42af-a66b-06246bfa973a
E-mail Format
The following template can be used to communicate to the employees.
Folks, as you prepare to work from home, one of our goals is to help you do safely and securely. As such, over the next couple of days / weeks we will be sharing with you key steps and tips on how you can work securely from home. At times Cybersecurity may seem overwhelming, however by following just some simple, basic steps you will go a long way to protecting yourself. In addition, everything you will be learning not only applies to work but will help protect your family and personal life, ultimately creating a far more Cybersecure home for. The key topics we will be focusing on to help secure you are
- Social Engineering: How to spot and stop social engineering attacks, such as those that happen over the email or the phone.
- Home Network: Key steps to securing your home network, stating with your Wi-Fi device. • Passwords: How to use passwords safely and securely.
- Updating: How to make sure you are always using the latest and most current systems, applications and mobile apps.
- Family / Guests: How to handle family and guest for work-related devices and activities.
Following just a few steps will go a tremendous way to securing you and your family at home. If you have any questions about working securely at home or suggestions on how to improve our cyber security efforts, please contact [Your Contact Information Here]. She is overall responsible for our security awareness program and will be happy to hear from you.
[NOTE: You can put your security team’s contact information at the end or perhaps link to your internal security portal, security channels or any other resources you may want to promote]
Additional Resources
There are lot of other resources which are not listed here, if you’re interested to see more resources like posters, audio-casts, screensavers. Have a look at this link: https://workdrive.zohoexternal.com/external/9LnHXDMaSWl-JUesE
Source
All the resources that are mentioned in this post are from SANS, a well-known security training company. We at Checksum have made efforts to read the document from the SANS and handpicked the resources that can benefit you and also made it easily consumable without having to read the whole document. All the materials are owned by SANS, and we at Checksum are sharing it with you because it is allowed to share with everybody to bring security awareness.
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