Explaining SlabWare’s Network Security
We at SlabWare are unfortunately aware of what happened to Stone Profit, and we stand in solidarity with them at this moment.
This incident teaches us all the importance of being even more vigilant about our online safety and infrastructure. By employing specific strategies and security plans, we can prevent failures and protect ourselves against attacks like the ones that occurred to our esteemed branch colleagues.
What happened to Stone Profit?
The ransomware – an extortion malware – that targeted Stone Profit and other big companies, is a software that encrypts all files within the network, including backup files if they are on the same network or connected to the infected servers or computers.
What does SlabWare do to prevent such attacks from happening?
At SlabWare, we have a solution to prevent such attacks: we employ granular backups performed by a third-party company in a separate structure, unlinked to our servers and backup service.
SlabWare is fully developed based on OWASP’s defense and failure guidelines (owasp.org). We aim to minimize attacks and vulnerabilities to the lowest possible extent using a structure based on proxies and firewalls that provide our servers with external protection.
Our company has successfully implemented one of the world’s best-known DNS services: Cloudflare (www.cloudflare.com). This service helps us thwart many malicious attacks, such as bots and brute force attacks, before they can even reach our infrastructure.
Our Partners
Last month we engaged a company specialized in Pen-Testing (penetration testing), further enhancing our network and data security and demonstrating that our security continually withstands external threats
Problems we do not want for us
Furthermore, we understand how difficult it would be to recover all the data from a lost or corrupted backup: to rebuild an inventory from scratch, importing manually all the previous information you had, the concerns about customers and users information leaking, and all the problems that would come as a consequence of it – loss of market position, loss of financial trust, and even legal issues, in some cases.
We’re in this together
We take this opportunity through this newsletter to emphasize the importance of our users’ collaboration in ensuring security best practices within the company’s reach. To that end, we’ve listed six practices users can follow to prevent their local machines and local networks from being infected by such malwares:
1. Use STRONG passwords, including non-sequential numbers, capital letters, and symbols.
2. Strengthen passwords and differentiate between home and work passwords.
3. Do not share your password with anyone.
4. Avoid clicking on links from unknown sources, whether they are in emails, websites, software, or from other senders.
What happened to them is unfortunate, and we must use it as a lesson to prevent it from happening again, not only to any company but to anyone who browses the internet.
The entire SlabWare Team is at your service to address any doubts or questions that may arise and to provide reassurance to all our clients and users regarding our security procedures.
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