In this video, we're going to talk about data theft.
What is it, how does it work, and how can you do your best to prevent it happening from
you and your business.
Good day Dan, how are you?
Good, thanks Tim.
So let's talk about data theft.
Who are these people who are actually going after the data on your computer,
what's it all about?
So the people going after data on your computer can be a variety of people.
They can either be former employees that used to work in the organization, maybe they have
a grudge against the boss, maybe they're going to a competitor.
They can be hackers, people in different countries wanting to steal that data for some kind of
commercial advantage.
So regardless of the industry that you're in, it doesn't matter how many people you
have and how much data you have.
Your data is important.
Your data is always important to you because without your data you generally don't have
a business.
If you actually do get hacked and some data is compromised, particularly in Australia,
what do you have to do?
Isn't there some sort of law now?
If the business in Australia is hacked, what that business has to do is report that to
the government to say that we have been hacked and we believe our data has been stolen.
But unfortunately they also have to report that to all their customers, and be able to
tell their customers that we have had a breach of our data and quite possibly your personal
information has been compromised.
That can't be a nice email to send.
No, it's not good publicity for the business.
What are some of the top cyber security threats to businesses these days?
So, as I said before your data, no matter how big or small it is, is important.
So, one of the most common things that we would see is just people stealing that data.
Data theft is becoming more and more common, again with that somebody just taking on a
USB Stick when they walk out on their last day of employment or whether it's somebody
hacking in through your firewall.
Data theft is becoming one of the more common problems in cyber security.
Okay.
So, what can you do to minimize the chances of data theft happening?
Are there any sort of practices or processes or software you can put on your machines,
how can you control this problem?
There's a combination of firewall software, that you can have loaded into your network,
and also loaded on to the machines.
Also making sure that your data is backed-up into multiple locations.
But again coming back to having good passwords on the data, if your passwords are secure,
there's very little likelihood that somebody is gonna be able to compromise the network
and steal the data.
So let's talk about exactly, actually what if someone steals your password is there anything
you can do about that?
You've written it down somewhere and someone nicks that little piece of paper, is there
anything you can do in that circumstance?
Look, generally we say to people if you think your password's been stolen, that's the point
when you need to change your passwords straight away.
Yeah, of course.
That would make sense.
Alright, what sort of passwords should people actually be using?
The sort passwords that people should be using are complex passwords that have a combination
of numbers, upper and lower case letters, and also alpha numeric characters as well.
And try to make a password long.
If a password's only 4 or 5 characters, it's fairly easy to guess.
If a password's 10-15 characters, it's much more complex.
Alright, good.
Anything else that we should think about when it comes to Data Theft?
Particularly in small business context.
Again, I say to people that no matter how big or small you are, your data's most important
to you.
So make sure that it is best secured, as best as it can be.
If you think there's a problem, consult a security professional straight away.
Alright, excellent.
Thanks very much.
For those of you who'd like to find out more or if you have more questions you'd like to
ask Dan or people from his team, please find us online at sabervox.com.au