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Cybersecurity: awareness game and best practices for the May vacations and long weekends

With the Easter weekend and the May long weekends approaching, it is also essential to remember the importance of securing business data during periods of reduced activity.

Cybersecurity: awareness game and best practices for the May vacations and long weekends

Long weekends are arriving along with the sunny days! It's the perfect time to take a step back and look at things differently. And that goes for awareness too 😊

Please note that our company will be closed on Friday, April 3 for Good Friday, as well as on the following days: Monday, April 6, May 1, May 8, May 14 and May 25.

Play with us on the theme of cybersecurity!

To approach cybersecurity in a fun way, we have prepared a special "cybersecurity awareness" crossword 🧩.
A smart break to offer your customers or share with your teams internally!

Complete the grid online and discover the hidden word (pink squares). Be careful, you must include accented characters!

Down:

  • 1- Malicious software
  • 2- Exploitable flaw
  • 3- All the means used to ensure the protection of information systems

Across:

  • 4- Acronym for certified hosting for health data
  • 5- Intrusion into a computer system by hackers
  • 6- Your favorite fruit
  • 7- Action of restoring a system or its data
  • 8- Encryption

Best practices before the vacations

With the Easter weekend and the May long weekends approaching, it is also essential to remember the importance of securing business data during periods of reduced activity. Cybercriminals know it well: vacations are a prime time for attacks, and poorly monitored systems become easy targets.

To help your customers avoid unpleasant surprises, here are some tips from our recent publications to (re)discover on Kiwipedia:

Automate backups

Check that scheduled backups are fully operational, especially for critical data.

Test restores

A backup that cannot be restored is a useless backup. Better to check now that everything works.

Limit access

Disable unused or temporary accounts, and reduce privileges to what is strictly necessary.

Inform your teams

Even with reduced staff, make sure those who remain stay vigilant about suspicious e-mails or remote connections.

Put an action plan in place

In the event of an attack or data loss, your customers need to know who to contact and how to respond.

Fill in the grid online