Cybersecurity threats affects us all, as we have seen in the previous sections of this document. However, they do affect us differently depending on who we are and what role we are playing. For example, the owner of a small business can be exposed to both business threats and also to individual threats while a house-wife that might not work outside the home would most likely only be threatened as an individual.

In any event, all threats can be damaging and cannot be taken lightly. This section of the business plan will describe how Merysol Security can help its customers prevent and protect themselves against this scourge.

Threats affecting Individuals at home, personally

Prior to the Covid19 Pandemic which made people work from home, the most common threat individuals at home were exposed to were virus infection attempts to their PCs and phishing attacks. These attacks primarily came through email although phishing attempts are also happening over the phone.

While people nowadays are increasingly careful not to visit suspicious websites or click on suspicious emails, sometimes the attacks are so cleverly performed that people end up making a mistake and become victimized.

To mitigate and possibly avoid the damage that can occur, availing one self with a proper Cybersecurity product is necessary. The protection provided by these products include the following services:

• Malware Scan and Clean up. Scanning for viruses, trojans, rootkits, spyware and deleting it
• Ransomware security. Protecting files and photos from being encrypted and held for ransom
• Privacy protection. Stop unauthorized access to the PC webcam or encrypting keystrokes so hackers can’t capture typed logins and passwords
• Web protection. Block access to compromised websites, including phishing sites, for safe browsing, banking, and shopping. Automatic scanning of downloads looking for viruses
• For people with children, parental web filtering is important. Most cybersecurity endpoint products provide filtering categories to choose from
• Online support. The ability to contact support staff to answer questions and provide advice in case it is needed
• Ability to support multiple devices like PCs, Macs, Laptops, Android and Apple phones

 The recognized Cybersecurity product leaders for Personal cybersecurity at home are: 

Threats affecting Individuals at home, professionally

While living in the Covid19 Pandemic now, and most likely post-Pandemic as well, many people are and will be working from home at least some of the time. For this people, it is necessary to add further business-oriented security to what’s needed at home personally. These measures are referred to as Endpoint security.

In addition to the features described above for personal protection, Endpoint security protection includes measures to protect the employer’s network and information. Such measures include accessing the company’s computers using a Virtual Private Network (VPN), and an Endpoint Agent. These components allow the network administrator restrict the use of sensitive data as well as access to only approved corporate websites.  In addition, these cybersecurity packages allow the network administrator to investigate the incident and obtain guidance for remediation when the exploits evade protection controls.

Endpoint cybersecurity protection is usually provided by the companies the employees work for. In many cases, the Endpoint security will provide most of the features the personal security products offer in addition to the business ones. Thus, subscription to the personal cybersecurity product can be dropped.

The recognized Cybersecurity product leaders for Endpoint security for small businesses are: