Tips to Improve Your Vulnerability Scans

A slight flaw in your network’s security can cost you huge sums of money and damage your reputation in the eyes of your clients. However, by improving your vulnerability scans, you can keep yourself and your customers safe from cyber criminals. This blog post will explain how you can improve your cyber security scans.

Understand Your Needs

Before you start with vulnerability scans or penetrations tests, it’s very important to understand the needs of your business security network. You should be able to decide whether you want to opt for
authenticated scans or non-authenticated scans. Similarly, you should also make a list of your network hosts, databases, and relevant mobile and web applications that may require scanning.

Levels of Scan

You must be aware that there are different user level roles in a network. These include basic roles, managerial roles, administrative positions, and others.

For vulnerability scans, you have to choose the levels of scanning. Cybersecurity experts suggest that you should at least opt for scanning at the administrative levels to identify the maximum number of flaws. The more you scan, the better your chances of identifying potential threats to your network.

Start with Fewer Systems

 Before you perform vulnerability scans across your business network, it’s better to start with some systems. Once you are certain that your vulnerability scans are effective and free from any potential issues, you can perform the scan throughout your network. Sometimes, scanning can lead to certain problems such as locking your accounts, loss of data, increased disk consumption, etc. To avoid such problems, experts always start with performing a test vulnerability scan on a few systems. They only proceed to your business network once they’ve evaluated the potential side-effects of the scan.

Set up User Accounts Before Scanning

 It’s better to set up multiple user accounts before performing a vulnerability scan on your network. While doing so isn’t mandatory, it can help you save time. It allows the scanner to easily log in without being asked to change the password. However, if you don’t do so, then you’ll have to input passwords manually, slowing down the process.

At Lean Security, we are providing automated scanning services that are fast, reliable and extremely helpful in enhancing your cyber security. Our clients can choose from both authenticated and unauthenticated assessments, depending on their needs. We offer web application penetration testing and external network penetration testing, among our other services.

Common Web Security Vulnerabilities and How to Fix Them

Cybercrimes are on the rise since the outbreak of the pandemic because most businesses have shifted online. Cybercriminals are developing new tools everyday and hunting for any soft targets with vulnerabilities in their network. This blog post will highlight some of the common vulnerabilities that might exist in your web security, and also suggest ways you can fix them.

Injection flaws

Injection flaws are a very common issue with most websites and it’s usually a result of not filtering out untrustworthy inputs to your website. In other words, when you let unfiltered data pass through to the SQL server, to the LDAP server, to the browser, or anything else associated with your website, it enables hackers to inject whatever commands they wish and hijack your network.

You can easily prevent this from happening by making sure that you filter out all the input data from any untrustworthy sources. And remember, you must filter all of it because you never which one is sent from a hacker.

Vulnerability of Your Data  

Your data is very important and any breaches in security can cost you money as well as your reputation. It’ your responsibility to prevent hackers from accessing any data on your website. Hackers can access any private information of your customers, and sensitive information such as credit card details.

However, performing vulnerability tests, encryption, and hashing can keep your data secure and safe from any cyberattacks. If you have any transit data, you must use secure HTTPS connections, as well as secure flags on all cookies on your website.

Misconfiguration of Your Web Server and Application

Often, people use default passwords or unnecessary services on their devices. This can put you at great risk of cyber-attacks. Similarly, obsolete, outdated, and unknown software and applications can also leak your information and allow hackers to breach your security.

To prevent this, make sure that you are using a legitimate build and deploy script. Always set different and strong passwords for different applications and refrain from installing unnecessary applications from questionable sources on your device. If you aren’t sure which applications can be dangerous, consult a cyber-security expert for guidance.

At Lean Security, we offer an extensive range of cyber security solutions and excellent customer service. Find out more about our comprehensive web and mobile application security testing services and other IT solutions for all types of businesses at affordable prices.

How to Improve Your Security Plan

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How to Formulate a Stronger Security Plan for Your Business?

Creating a strong security plan is extremely important for your business. It helps you protect your data and saves you from heavy monetary losses. This blog post will highlight some of the things that you must do to create a strong security plan for your business to protect your data from all sorts of external and internal threats.

Scrutinize Your Network and Calculate Risk Scores

 

Before you formulate a security plan for your business, you can access your vulnerabilities using Penetration testing instruments. In other words, you can determine what things you need to work on to protect your data. With the help of Introduce IDS (Intrusion Detection System), you can also set alarms for any sort of suspicious activity on your network. You can also use the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) that gives you a score depending on the severity of your system's weaknesses. You can convert these numerical scores into a descriptive estimation that range from low to high or even critical. Once you understand your system's vulnerabilities, you can decide what security measures and methods you must adopt to protect your data from any potential threats.

Educate Your Employees

Trust in your employees is extremely important because they can access your network. It is better to educate them often about potential cyber threats and what they can do to protect your organization from them. You can train them to identify any suspicious emails and teach them how to set up strong passwords on the devices they use to work. You should also have strict policies against any possible misuse of data by any of the employees. Take strict action against any employee who is found responsible for any sort of activity that can risk your business’s security. 

Keep Backups 

No matter how good your security measures are, it is always better to keep a backup for your important data. Even if an unexpected breach occurs, you can easily recover your data if you have it stored on an external location or device. 

Do you want to formulate a strong security plan for your business? Contact Lean Security today to benefit from a wide range of penetration testing services. We have a decade of experience in providing effective and reliable IT solutions to protect businesses from any external threats. Contact us at +61 (2) 8078 6952 or email at info@leansecurity.com.au for more info.