Five Cybersecurity Readiness Practices to Help Prevent Evolving Cyber Threats
The Travelers Institute has convened thousands of business professionals across the United States and Canada at forums advancing critical cybersecurity education. Regardless of the location or the audience, the common thread espoused by speakers from every sector has been a deep appreciation for the importance of basic, commonsense cyber hygiene measures. To mirror the Travelers Institute's cybersecurity education programming, we have assembled a series of important practices to help achieve cyber readiness.
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Cyber Readiness Requires Your Time and Attention
Cybersecurity is an essential consideration for businesses of all sizes, organizations and even individual users. Adopting these five Travelers cyber readiness practices can help to protect your sensitive data, reputation and operations. In an era when digital information flows are the backbone of modern life, cybersecurity is a shared responsibility that requires attention and investment at all levels.
Setting the Stage for Cyber Readiness
Learn more about the importance of defending against the three P's:
1. Presence
2. Permissions
3. Persistence
Practice One — Add Multifactor Authentication (MFA)
Multifactor authentication is the most recommended and one of the easiest cybersecurity measures to apply. Discover why.
Practice Two — Update Your Systems
Reminder notices for software updates and patches are a key ally in your cybersecurity strategy. Why you should act on them.
Practice Three — Implement Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
Learn about endpoint detection and response and the difference it can make.
Practice Four — Have an Incident Response (IR) Plan
An incident response plan is more than a checklist. Learn how it can be your getting-back-to-business roadmap.
Practice Five — Regularly Back Up Your Data
Backing up your data regularly is just as important as creating the data in the first place. Learn about how and why.
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Cyber Readiness: 5 Critical Steps for Your Organization
If your organization hasn’t implemented cyber readiness practices, or doesn’t know where to start, this program is for you. Watch the Wednesdays with Woodward® webinar replay to get an hour of practical steps for cyber readiness. Mullen Coughlin’s Carolyn Purwin Ryan and Travelers’ Tim Francis take a deep dive into five key cybersecurity practices, including implementing multifactor authentication (MFA), having an incident response plan, ensuring proper system backups, leveraging endpoint detection and keeping your systems up to date.
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The Travelers Institute is proud to offer Cyber: Prepare, Prevent, Mitigate, Restore®, a national series of educational symposia helping businesses and organizations tackle evolving cyber threats. We bring together government and industry leaders for discussions covering one of the biggest issues facing business today: threats to cybersecurity. Join one of our exclusive events in a city near you to get an in-depth look at the current threat landscape and strategies to help prepare for and respond to a cyber incident.