But the risks exist for everyone on the internet, especially for companies, which must develop teleworking in complete security. In Auxerre, the Layer company employs thirty people, it is specialized in cybersecurity and it is Hervé Layer who manages it.
With the crisis, companies have had to telework. What problems did this cause them?
The first is anticipation. Companies had to allow their employees to use the tools remotely very quickly. The connections had to be secured through what is called a VPN, a system that allows the remote station to be connected to the company. But for all of this to work, it must be prepared upstream in the company but also at the user, that this link is not shared with the children, Netfix, or the lessons. Unfortunately, some companies have been content to redirect the internet box to allow their employee to work from home. There it was sometimes the entry point for computer threats. They are robotic and automated to scan this kind of flaw.
Cyber attacks have also evolved. How ?
In fact, it is a very lucrative market which even precedes that of drugs or prostitution, which is very industrialized. The dark web provides access to all the tools or after-sales service to explain how to attack a business. The program installs a Trojan horse and deploys a system that will take control of the installation. It will quickly encrypt the data and demand a ransom from the company.
What advice precisely to avoid these cyber attacks?
The most important thing is to train. There are many websites that give good uses. You must also have up-to-date antiviral solutions because they protect very effectively against an intrusion into your computer system.
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