Cyber Security is a collection of policies, concepts, and measures to protect personal information. Cyber Security combines technical and organizational aspects, such as security systems, process definitions, guidelines or specifications, and employee awareness training.
Cybersecurity serves to enjoy the benefits of Internet connectivity fully. But this only works if the associated risks are also kept in check.
Cyber Security and Cyber Criminals
Even inconspicuous information offers cybercriminals an optimal starting point for launching an attack. Therefore, consider exactly what information you publicly disclose because hackers are clever and exploit every vulnerability. Even the smallest can be a door opener. In the right (or wrong) hands and with enough energy, all information can be abused against you. Use Open Source Intelligence as a useful tool to optimize your cybersecurity.
Cyber Attack Simulation
The principle and the application of Open Source Intelligence may sound simple, but the experience is essential. Surely you will already find a lot of critical information on your own. Today, cybersecurity is more important than ever. Therefore, it is advisable to rely on Cyper Security experienced experts who screen your systems, employees, and processes for weak points with a penetration test.
Social media profiles provide attackers with a great source of information. LinkedIn is particularly attractive in the corporate environment. Here internal company structures can be uncovered, possible target persons identified and changes in the company easily recognized for third parties. Therefore, it is important that not all information on your LinkedIn profile is publicly visible, but only for networked contacts. It goes without saying that not every friend request should be accepted.
Published documents on the company website may contain so-called metadata, which allows conclusions about used software, system information or even user names. For example, user names can be reconstructed in combination with a user name structure and LinkedIn profiles. Therefore, such information should always be removed before publishing the documents.
Partner information or reference customers are often published on different channels.
