The Business Exchange Bath & Somerset Issue 9: Autumn 2018 | Page 37

TECHNOLOGY REVVED UP Is your business protected from cyber attack? With cybercrime on the rise globally, is your company prepared for the worst? “These days any business of any size with a computer is a target for cybercrime” Bath-based Computer Network Defence (CND) provides cyber security services and manpower for businesses of all sizes. They started out by delivering complex security operation centres to large government and public-sector clients, but more recently their skill- set is being relied upon by businesses of all sizes, right down to one person set-ups with a handful of computers. Andy Cuff, CEO of CND, said: “These days any business of any size with a computer is a target for cybercrime. In an ideal world we work with a client to prevent things happening in the first place, though we can also monitor computer acti vity within a business in case something slips through the net, or in case one of their own users is misbehaving. “A good example of the type of work we deliver is this scenario. One of our clients allows their users to work from home and to do so they connect through a VPN, which is a secure computer communication tunnel. Monitoring the network, we suddenly started to see VPN connections from Spain and France, which given the summer holidays isn’t remarkable, but suspicious all the same. We were able to tell the client, when it occurred, the usernames being used, the region of the country and the devices being used- in this case an iPhone and iPad. Luckily, they confirmed that their staff were checking their emails whilst on holiday, but it could’ve been a different story.” For firms with a small network CND can place a Until recently, cybercrime was not an area that received a lot of public attention, but that is now rapidly changing with organisations realising they can no longer afford to be in the dark regarding their own cyber security practices. CND’s Unified Threat Detection Unified Threat Detection sensor within their network that not only collects all the logs from the computers, but monitors the network traffic and scans the computers for vulnerabilities which an attacker might exploit. It even monitors cloud services such as Office 365, GSuite and AWS. Whilst CND manage and monitor the output, the client can also see the systems security outputs in one simple dashboard. The sensor also allows you to quickly map your assets, set access notifications on critical data files and detect intrusions or suspicious behaviour to support your GDPR compliance and ISO27001 certification. If you want to try the Unified Threat Detector for yourself, CND is offering a 14-day free trial. *subject to scoping To find out more email: [email protected] or call 01225 811806 Twitter: @CND_Ltd THE BUSINESS EXCHANGE 2018 37