External Threats

Cybercriminals are always looking for ways to exploit your business. FortNet UK helps you identify and manage external threats, from phishing and domain impersonation to mobile security and social monitoring. With advanced tools and expert guidance, we ensure your attack surface is monitored, secured, and protected—before threats become breaches.

Attack Surface Management

One of the first thing potential attackers will do when targeting your organisation is to see how much of your infrastructure is directly available from the Internet. On average we find between 20% and 40% more assets facing the Internet than our customers expect. You can’t manage what you don’t know. FortNet provide tools to provide in depth information regarding your infrastructure’s visibility and the underlying vulnerabilities.

Phish Threats

Phishing is the most widely used cyberattack vector. Between 10-15% of spam and malicious email make it past your firewall and filters. There are tools available to help you identify and respond to email threats faster. FortNet can help you to understand what is suitable for your organisation.

Domain Impersonation / Squatting

Domain impersonation is when your own domain has been registered by another person with a small often imperceptible change e.g. a slightly different spelling. This means that your customers, staff and supply chain may inadvertently be engaging with criminals rather than you.

FortNet can help you to understand the risk to your organisation and select appropriate tools to locate the impersonators and remove them from the Internet.

Mobile Threats

2020 saw a huge growth in homeworking with an increased use of portable and personal devices, creating another layer for security teams to protect and manage. This in turn has increased the likelihood of successful Phish attacks and the opportunity for disgruntled employees to steal company data.

To mitigate against these threats, implement a comprehensive IT and Risk Assessment, providing you with a detailed picture to devise a mobile device security plan. FortNet can discuss various solutions with you to help prevent Data Loss Prevention and build Staff Awareness reducing the likelihood of these threats being successful. We can help you with the planning and policy side of things too.

Social Monitoring

The Internet can hold a lot of data about you and your staff. This can introduce a layer of intelligence that malicious individuals can use to target you personally and/or your company. FortNet can help you monitor the social platforms and other elements of the internet where necessary and take actions to get unwanted detail removed.

A simple starting point is to look in the dark web (DW), the illegal part of the Internet, to see if personal and or company emails have been compromised. Fortnet’s FortPatrol - Dark Web Monitoring service will provide a low cost and 24/7 coverage to alert you when emails are discovered in the DW.

VIP Personnel Protection

High profile individuals can be targets for a wide range of criminal activity including kidnap, stalking, robbery, and impersonation. According to the FBI statistics, CEO fraud is now a $12 billion scam. We provide services to assess individuals cyber footprint including physical threats on social media, impersonation attempts and track what data potential attackers could find.

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