Geofencing

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Geofencing is a technology for setting virtual boundaries and triggering events when these boundaries are crossed by a mobile device on which certain software is installed. Various geolocation technologies, such as GPS or triangulation of a signal from Wi-Fi access points or cell towers, determine whether the device has crossed the boundary.

Geofencing allows automatic alerts to be generated based on the defined coordinates of a geographic area. A simple example might be an email or text message that is automatically triggered and sent to a user’s cell phone when that user’s child arrives home from school. In this example, the geofence would be a geographic virtual boundary surrounding the house. When the child’s cell phone enters this area, an email is automatically sent to the child’s parent by a geofence-enabled app on the phone.

In cybersecurity, geofencing can be used to not allow users into their network or systems if they are from a specific area of the world. For example, if you know that all of the employees in your company are located within the United States, you can enable geofencing on your email client to block users trying to log in to a business account from outside the country.

What does this mean for an SMB or MSPs?

Most SMBs or MSPs shouldn’t need to worry about geofencing as other security measures can prevent unauthorized users from accessing business accounts (strong passwords, MFA). But if you want to add an additional layer of security, you should be able to set up geofencing on many of your systems. As mentioned, other measures can accomplish the same end goal of having only authorized users gain access to accounts, networks, systems, etc., so this may be overkill for your business. In addition to adopting strong passwords, multi-factor authentication, and possibly Geofencing, business owners also need to consider the following actions when trying to improve the security of your SMB or MSP.

CyberHoot’s Minimum Essential Cybersecurity Recommendations

The following recommendations will help you and your business stay secure with the various threats you may face on a day-to-day basis. All of the suggestions listed below can be gained by hiring CyberHoot’s vCISO Program development services.

Govern employees with policies and procedures. You need a password policy, an acceptable use policy, an information handling policy, and a written information security program (WISP) at a minimum.

Train employees on how to spot and avoid phishing attacks. Adopt a Learning Management system like CyberHoot to teach employees the skills they need to be more confident, productive, and secure.

Test employees with Phishing attacks to practice. CyberHoot’s Phish testing allows businesses to test employees with believable phishing attacks and put those that fail into remedial phish training.

Deploy critical cybersecurity technology including two-factor authentication on all critical accounts. Enable email SPAM filtering, validate backups, and deploy DNS protection, antivirus, and anti-malware on all your endpoints.

In the modern Work-from-Home era, make sure you’re managing personal devices connecting to your network by validating their security (patching, antivirus, DNS protections) or prohibiting their use entirely.

If you haven’t had a risk assessment by a 3rd party in the last 2 years, you should have one now. Establishing a risk management framework in your organization is critical to addressing your most egregious risks with your finite time and money.

Buy Cyber-Insurance to protect you in a catastrophic failure situation. Cyber-Insurance is no different than Car, Fire, Flood, or Life insurance. It’s there when you need it most.

Each of these recommendations, except cyber-insurance, is built into CyberHoot’s product and virtual Chief Information Security Officer services. With CyberHoot you can govern, train, assess, and test your employees. Visit CyberHoot.com and sign up for our services today. At the very least continue to learn by enrolling in our monthly Cybersecurity newsletters to stay on top of current cybersecurity updates.

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