What is the minimum security a small business needs?

The basics stop most attacks: multi-factor authentication on e-mail and remote access, updates applied quickly, endpoint protection on every computer, backups kept offline or immutable and tested, and a short list of who to call in an incident. Add two habits that cost nothing: an up-to-date list of your devices and accounts, and a rule that payment changes requested by e-mail are confirmed by phone. Network monitoring comes after these, once you have a local network with servers, printers or machines you cannot install anything on, or when NIS2NIS2: the EU's second Network and Information Security directive. The EU cybersecurity law (Directive (EU) 2022/2555) that sets security and incident-reporting duties for many companies. or a customer asks you to detect and report incidents. NetSenX fits that next step, with core detection on every plan, Free included.

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