Midland Technologies,
a leading
unified communications provider,
helps local businesses protect their networks against growing global attacks. The company’s
state-of-
the-art cyber security technology
and defense
plan
enables customers
to avoid being held
hostage to hackers from other countries’ ransomware
attacks
which have already been launched on a world- wide scale. Small and mid-sized
businesses (SMBs) need
to understand the
nature
of
this threat and what appropriate steps they can take in
order to secure their technology infrastructure from
future
breaches.
One of the most recent and frightening attacks is the WannaCry ransomware attack. Since launch, it has affected 150 countries and over 200,000
computers. Most users were
made vulnerable after failing to
upgrade their old Windows PCs
with
the latest software
upgrades and security patches,
which is often the
case for SMBs. Since
most business owners
are
focused on increasing revenues, satisfying
customers and driving profit, technological vulnerabilities
are often an oversight. For victims of the WannaCry attack,
employees were locked
out
of critical data, forms
and documents they needed and users couldn’t work properly unless the
business owner paid the ransom to regain
access to
the files. This is
a dire situation for any
business owner especially because there is
no guarantee that this
is a one-time offense. This isn’t the first global attack,
nor is it likely to
be the last.
Midland Technologies actively fights these cybercriminals and advises all of its
customers on
how
to handle these challenging scenarios. Midland Technologies has developed a unique approach
for combatting cyberattacks, like WannaCry.
A stool requires
all
three legs to
maintain its structure, and so
does
Midland Technologies three-pronged
defense. First, business owners must set the
perimeter with a managed firewall
as-a-service. While many businesses may already have a firewall in
place it is
important to
regularly update
the firewall, in
order to prevent new threats from entering the business. Firewalls
need to be actively strengthened in
the same way that a
stool needs to be checked from time to time
in order to
make
certain that a screw
hasn’t come loose. When a hacker finds a loose
screw in the firewall, they can exploit it and take the whole network down, which is
exactly why businesses not only need a
firewall, but a
managed firewall.
Second, businesses
need
to establish anti-virus and malware protection through
proactive monitoring and patching for all servers and desktops. In
the
same way that firewalls need ongoing management and
maintenance,
so do anti-virus
and malware protection services. This second
leg in the stool is
critical to
strengthen, in order to support both the first
and the third legs.
The third and final leg of protection is to
ensure that the company has a
proven
backup
and disaster recovery solution
providing onsite
appliance with
image based
backups for quick restoral of files folders. This is
especially important if servers
reside on
site. This leg of
protection ensures that even if a
breach
makes it all the
way into the
network,
the
company can quickly reboot and recover sensitive data
almost instantaneously.
If
the company is
in the cloud, data
is almost impenetrable.“The recent,
massively,
publicized attacks that have
occurred on a global basis is just the beginning,”
stated Jason Smith,
CEO of Midland
Technologies. “Unfortunately, cybercrime
will
never go away.
We have made an investment in the
proper cybersecurity technology and
highly skilled
professionals to ensure that our customers’
networks
remain secure.
Our
focus is on handling everything technical
so our customers
can
focus on their
businesses and
drive their own profits. As they reach
new levels of profitability,
our business does better and it ends as a win-win
for
everyone. That’s what makes
us different.”
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