OPSWAT is proud to celebrate another year of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a joint event amongst government and private entities to raise significance about digital cybersecurity and encourage everyone to protect their data from cybercrimes.
As a global leader in IT/OT cybersecurity, OPSWAT is trusted to protect some of the world’s most critical environments. Here are four attack vectors OPSWAT is focusing on this year to raise awareness of attacks:
USB/Peripheral Media
Peripheral media platforms like USB have been an essential tool for individuals and organizations due to their easy storage and transfer. This makes them a common target for cyberattacks. There are many vulnerabilities to these devices which makes cyber criminals carry out complex attacks. To address this, OPSWAT has developed the MetaDefender Kiosk, an advanced peripheral and removable media sanitization station, which helps prevent many attacks from USB devices. With the built-in MetaDefender Kiosk hardening measures, the Kiosk significantly enhances its immunity against USB attacks.
Email Security Tips
Email remains the most common vector for malware distribution, often taking the form of Microsoft Office documents or seemingly innocent attachments. OPSWAT recently released a 2024 Report: Email Security Threats Against Critical Infrastructure Organizations, done by Osterman Research. This report unveiled that 80% of organizations experienced an email-related security breach over the past year and 63.3% of respondents acknowledge that their email security approach needs to be improved. OPSWAT reaffirms its commitment to equipping critical infrastructure organizations with cutting-edge, prevention-based cybersecurity solutions in respondence to preventing email attacks.
Install updates and patches
Staying on top of updates and patches is essential in making sure your device isn’t vulnerable to attacks. Knowing what endpoints are operating within your network is one thing, but knowing what your endpoints are operating on is another. IT administrators need an easy, automated way to detect new devices entering their network and a way to stay on top of the new updates needed for the devices already in their network. OPSWAT’s MetaDefender Endpoint Management release makes it easier for admins to handle both. The release includes automated unknown device discovery, OS patch monitoring, new discovery and patch reports, and new integrations page.
Human element
Cyberattacks evolve every day with a growing threat landscape. Having the fundamental knowledge about cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection will not only protect your organization but also help to train the future and existing workforce. OPSWAT Academy is an ever-evolving platform where people can grow their knowledge to stay on top of what attacks may be new to the surface. It is essential to stay up to date as the cyber world is only growing with more vulnerabilities coming to the surface day by day.
