In June, we heard from Prime Minister Scott Morrison and the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) that Australian organisations were being targeted by a sophisticated state-based cyber actor. It was a stark reminder that Australian organisations need to be alert to cyber security, and proactive in their risk mitigation strategies.
If there is one constant in IT, it is that cyber-threats are ever changing. From malware and ransomware to some of the most sophisticated social engineering ploys we’ve ever seen, the threat landscape becomes more challenging to manage by the day. In fact, a new malware specimen or variant emerges on the internet roughly every 4 seconds. It’s a war all Australian organisations have to fight and your endpoint devices are the front-line soldiers.
To help Australian organisations in this fight, Area9 is proud to partner with HP, who’s family of HP EliteBook PCs powered by Intel® Core™ processor put the security of your business at the forefront. Hardware-enforced security solutions that are designed to protect your device, identity and data at every level of the devices operating system. Security begins at the endpoint, which means every PC decision is a security decision.
You may ask, “but what about my antivirus? Doesn’t that protect my device from all these threats?” In short, no. But for a little more clarification, here’s why.
Zero-day attacks
As the name suggests, zero-day attacks can occur at any time and are the result of a new variant of malware bypassing defences. With over 350,000 new variants appearing each and every day, and being 4x more deadly than known threats, it’s very difficult for traditional antivirus solutions to keep up. To stay ahead of these threats your devices need deep learning AI capabilities to proactively provide real-time detection and prevention of never-before seen attacks.
The Solution:
- HP Sure Sense, a solution that sits inside your device’s hardware and leverages deep learning capabilities to identify zero-day attacks coupled with the ability to detect common behavioural trends across ransomware activity.
Data and intellectual property are your most valuable assets, protect them
The first thing that springs to mind when people think about data breaches is the financial consequences, which is totally understandable. But to assume that the damage ends there would be counterintuitive. A loss of, or compromise to your data can also cause reputational damage, and even loss of market differentiation. And with a 54% annual increase in data breaches from 2018-2019, now is the time to sure up your endpoints.
The Solution:
- HP Sure Click, is a secure browsing solution that isolates potentially malicious web content in a stand-alone virtual machine where the malware cannot affect other components of the device or operating system.
- HP Sure View, is the perfect solution for preventing visual hacking. At the click of a button the screen becomes only visible to the user sitting directly in front of it. Perfect for on the go workers who execute tasks from airport lounges, cafes and hotel lobbies.
- HP Secure Erase, is a BIOS-level feature that permanently destroys sensitive information that is no longer necessary. Eradicate data from your hard-drive and solid-state drives without fear of it resurfacing somewhere or becoming compromised.
Ability to recover a compromised device with minimal downtime
Although the idea of never being compromised is nice, it’s near-by impossible to completely reduce your risk factor to zero. The reality is, it’s incredibly difficult to stop attacks entirely, you can only mitigate the risk as best as possible. With this in mind, it’s critical that your staff are using devices that can recover quickly from an attack.
The Solution:
- HP Sure Start inspects the system BIOS and in the event that its damaged by malware or corrupted in some way, it automatically heals itself. It is the world’s only self-healing BIOS.
- HP Sure Run helps to keep your critical applications and processes operational and running, even if a piece of malware attempts to take them down.
- HP Sure Recover lets users restore the machine quickly and securely to the most recent uncompromised image using no more than an internet connection.
As the world continues to evolve and change, you could say we’re in somewhat of a security arms race. Do your soldiers have the requisite tools for a fair fight?
Area9’s team of experts can help you assess your current security posture, requirements and future goals, and implement a robust endpoint security strategy that not only helps protect your business, but keeps your staff working at optimal levels of productivity.
Get in touch with us today to begin securing your business against a growing threat landscape and find out how to secure your business with HP Endpoint Security.
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