ISACA — Roundtable, 7 Free Ways to Keep Hackers Away

Even though we keep investing thousands of dollars in fancy security tools, hackers continue to breach our networks and steal sensitive information. The good news is there is a lot of “low-hanging hacker fruit” that can be removed with a minimal investment in time and money. Brian Johnson from 7 Minute Security will demonstrate how to strengthen our networks and keep hackers frustrated by:

• Stopping users from picking weak and compromised passwords
• Disabling insecure network protocols
• Detecting early signs of compromise
• Limiting who has administrative access to critical systems
• Setting up tempting honeypot traps for hackers to fall into