PuntoGal, in collaboration with Arsys, launches today a campaign with practical advice on #cybersecurity in their website and social media  to raise awareness of their importance among webmasters, web administrators and the general public.  By a series of articles which will be periodically published on PuntoGal site, both entities will spread the most common cyber-attack techniques, such as email, data protection, web forms, etc., are also covered in this area… and all kinds of recommendations to improve our online security. The contents are available at www.dominio.gal/ciberseguridade

PuntoGal, which now has more than 6200 registered domains, “starts the new year reinforcing its commitment with security, specilly on the area of awarness and prevention. This is the focus in this collaboration project with Arsys, in which we insisted on the basic defensive measures and we will introduce the most common terms and techniques of attack”, says Dario Janeiro, general manager of PuntoGal. The initiative “reinforces our implication on this issue, started with the membership  to the Global Cyber Alliance in 2021, which made PuntoGal the first Galician entity to be part of it”.

“Cybersecurity is one of the main concerns in our companies. But there are still a lot of cases where our SMEs dedice to incorporat the more basic measures in this matter when they have to solver more or less serious problems. It is esential to be proactive in security and also awareness-raising needs to continue to be emphasised. This is precisely the aim of our collaboration with the PuntoGal Association, offering Galician general public, micro companies and SMEs useful information to help them to make business more secure, for them and for their customers,” explains Nieves Franco, CEO of Arsys.

PuntoGal

The number of .GAL domains is increasing and there are more than 6200 registries. .GAL is part of the Geotld Group, th RYSG Group, the Global Cyber Alliance and the  Clúster of Communication of Galicia. Among its last projects we can find the ambitious program of the Galician People Museon to preserve the Galician intangible heritage (APOI); the sponsorship of Gaellico Escolas, an educational initiative for young people to practice and learn gaelic football; the support of contents in Galician on new platforms; or the organization with GCiencia of the Spin-Off PuntoGal awards that highlight the work in the field of science and research in Galician universities.

Arsys

With more than 25 years of experience, Arsys leads the Spanish professional market for Internet presence services, cloud computing, managed hosting and IT infraestructure solutions. It is specialised in the design of presonaliced projects on the cloud, always with the maximum guarantees of availability, performance, security and commitment, accompanying companies in all stages of their digital transformation, from the initial consultancy to the final implementation. All that with the best business support of the market.

A leader in innovation, it is part of United Internet, the largest European company in the sector. It has more than 290,000 customers and manages more than 120,000 servers from its Data Centres in Spain and its Cloud nodes in the USA, England and Germany. Its Logroño Data Centre is one of the most advanced in Spain and is backed by the main certifications in IT infrastructure outsourcing: Tier III, National Security Scheme, SAP Cloud and Infrastructure Operations Services, ISO 27001 (security), ISO 50001 (sustainability) and ISO 9001 (quality). Since 2015, it has only been powered by 100% renewable energy sources. More information at arsys.es.