Growing organisations often accumulate technology faster than they formalise security. A practical baseline reduces the most common risks and creates a foundation for more advanced controls.
Protect identity
Use individual accounts, multi-factor authentication, least privilege and timely access removal. Privileged activity should be limited and auditable.
Know and maintain assets
Keep an inventory of devices, servers, applications, cloud services and important data. Apply supported configurations and security updates.
Back up for recovery
Protect critical data with suitable retention and separation, then test that systems can be restored within business requirements.
Improve visibility
Centralise relevant logs and alerts, define who reviews them and document what happens when suspicious activity is found.
Prepare people
Security awareness should cover phishing, passwords, information handling, reporting and the specific risks employees face.
Assign ownership
Controls weaken when nobody is responsible for maintaining, reviewing and improving them.
Establish a cybersecurity improvement plan.
Talk to our team about the right next step for your organisation.