Many professionals including system and network administrators still think that Cybersecurity means having an anti-virus software and a firewall to protect your network.
Turn everything into automatic mode, let it run, and you’re protected!
This comes from a profound misunderstanding on how viruses and malware work today, so let’s give them a few examples to enlighten them.
Polymorphic viruses are complex file infectors that can create modified versions of itself to avoid detection yet retain the same basic routines after every infection. Hence, anti-virus software cannot detect them.
Furthermore, viruses or malware infecting systems come from XML files communicating with distant servers and downloading the components they need to deploy. This is how ransomware usually functions.
This is where your cybersecurity expert comes in. He analyzes log files and determines if suspicious activity picked up by your firewall is a threat or not.
If you want I better understanding of what cybersecurity really means, don’t hesitate to contact us.
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