32% of businesses have experienced a cyber-attack in the last 12 months* and the threat is set to rise as cyber criminals use increasingly sophisticated techniques to perpetrate their crimes.
The majority of cyber-attacks are opportunistic; cyber hackers are searching for websites with security vulnerabilities and outdated web applications that allow them access to exploit an organisations processes and data.
In May 2019 we partnered with GamaSec; a service designed to prevent cyber-attacks and minimise exposures. It uses cutting edge virtual hacker technology to identify and eradicate dangerous malware threats and website vulnerabilities that could leave businesses exposed.
GamaSec protects against three major threats:
1. Malware: Malware is software designed intentionally to harm your computer: including viruses, trojans, worms, ransomware and spyware. Cyber criminals use malicious web addresses and URLs, usually sent via email, to trick people into clicking on them. It can delete or steal valuable data, holding a business to ransom. GamaSec runs daily malware detection & monitoring.
2. Web Vulnerability: A weakness or misconfiguration that allows a cybercriminal to gain access to a website and possibly the hosting server. These vulnerabilities are used to insert malware, ransomware, distribute malicious content, spy on your operations or steal sensitive data. GamaSec’s automated cloud-based virtual hacker scans for web application vulnerabilities on your website.
3. Denial of Service Attack: These attacks flood a website with more visitors than it was built to handle, overloading the server and crashing its ability to function correctly. GamaSec monitors your website traffic and filters all malicious traffic.
Our focus is on proactive loss prevention and minimising the exposures that our policyholders face. CNA Hardy Cyber policyholders can access GamaSec for no additional charge. It’s easy to use with no coding or software to install. GamaSec provides website security designed for businesses of all sizes, but is especially suited to small and mid-sized companies.
Contact your Cyber Underwriter for more information, or click here for more information about GamaSec.
About GamaSec
GamaSec is a cyber-security company that lowers the risk and strengthens the resilience of businesses from attacks on their websites and web applications. GamaSec provides a portfolio of services including web vulnerability scanning, daily malware detection, blacklist monitoring and application Firewall (WAF) with DDoS detection. This combination of a proprietary security platform and industry knowhow enables GamaSec to deliver industry-leading solutions for website security. www.gamasec.com
* UK government Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2019.