“We are DORA and NIS2 compliant, we don’t need more cybersecurity solutions.” This is the standard answer the CyberFlow team gets from many potential clients. And most of them are not worried about the extra cost. They genuinely believe that compliance and cybersecurity are the same thing.

Unfortunately, this is not the case. While standards exist to establish a baseline, cybersecurity solutions go beyond them to offer proactive defence against hacking.

What Is the Difference Between Compliance and Cybersecurity?

Compliance offers guidelines for companies to protect their IT systems and clients’ data from breaches. But this is just what they offer – guidelines. They do not foresee the quick advancements in hacking techniques and the rampant use of AI to create deepfakes and voice clones.

In fact, looking at the most severe breaches, affecting key players in healthcare, entertainment, telephony and professional services, we can say that they all had one thing in common. All the companies were fully compliant with the cybersecurity frameworks applicable to them – either PCI-DSS, SEC or DORA.

Why Cybersecurity Solutions Go Beyond Compliance

The specialists in cybersecurity solutions at CyberFlow go beyond the basic requirements for data protection. We act like hackers do in order to find vulnerabilities in your systems and fix them before actual hackers find them.

This real-life threat enactment is called ethical hacking and is one of the best cybersecurity solutions to enhance compliance and keep your data truly safe. Here is what we usually do:

1. Simulate a Real Attack

Sending phishing emails, performing penetration testing and red teaming are among the most common techniques to find vulnerabilities not only in your systems but also in your employees’ approach to cybersecurity.

In a vast majority of cases, ransomware is installed on company devices unknowingly by an employee. In the same manner, login credentials are shared with cybercriminals, in response to an email which appears to come from a trusted source.

We also perform brute force attacks to test the strength of the passwords you use across your organisation.

2. Check for Credentials Exposure

As mentioned above, cybersecurity solutions for compliance can be easily circumvented by an unsuspecting employee sharing their login data. With the rise of AI voice cloning, the cases when employees believe they give these details to their superior or the IT administrator of the company are on the rise.

Our cybersecurity specialists constantly monitor for compromised credentials on various forums and paste sites. At the same time, we recommend our clients enforce multifactor authentication (MFA) across their teams.

Although sophisticated attacks may breach it, MFA remains the most effective defence against hacking.

3. Test and Update Continuously

Compliance and cybersecurity are not a “set it and leave it” matter. This is the one thing they have in common. One of the biggest threats to cybersecurity is the zero-day vulnerability.

This is the kind of vulnerability that not even the software vendor is aware of. However, hackers relentlessly seek these types of vulnerabilities to exploit them. And, in many cases, they find them.

The only countermeasure is constant testing for vulnerabilities and updating your cybersecurity solutions. This helps you stay one step ahead of cybercriminals and be compliant at the same time.

CyberFlow – Bridging the Gap Between Compliance and Cybersecurity

You can achieve both compliance and cybersecurity with the right partner – CyberFlow. Our team of certified IT engineers and technicians have extensive experience in protecting your IT systems and data from the most complex threats.

We are also experienced in advising companies on compliance matters and helping them achieve regulatory goals. Contact us today to step up your cybersecurity game!