As technology continues to advance, it is more important now than ever to take all the necessary steps to protect your information — especially when you’re running a business. Making sure your company’s data is secure can help you avoid malware, hacking attempts and improve the overall health of your devices. It’s better to feel protected when dealing with potential financial losses — also relieving you from unnecessary stress in the workplace. Here are a few tips to help your company stay secure.
Provide awareness training
Employees’ lack of awareness is often what leads to a security breach. It is vital to educate your employees about any security policies, procedures or best practices to avoid a potential attack. Managing passwords, implementing software updates and knowing how to identify phishing emails are just a few practices that need to be a priority. Continued security training throughout the lifetime of an employee’s career is also essential. By engaging employees through educational podcasts videos and events, your workforce will be more likely to learn through participation. Consistent security awareness training will keep your employees conscious of the risks involved with using technology.
Create smart passwords
Passwords are the front line of defense against hackers. Make sure your employees use different passwords for each site they use, and create passwords with a combination of numbers, symbols, uppercase and lowercase letters. It is also important your employees don’t reuse their passwords from personal accounts. This is an easy way to strengthen your information technology security.
Require authentication
The next level of security behind passwords is a two-factor or multi-factor authentication to make sure that the account is only being accessed by that individual. It may seem like a hassle at first, but a security breach would be more damaging than just a small inconvenience.
Store data in the cloud
Storing your company’s data in the cloud rather than in an on-premise site is ultimately safer when regarding security breaches. The average time it takes a company to fix the damage from a cyber attack is 18 months. When the data is in the cloud, that is not a worry. Your team does not have to manage servers because the cloud is constantly being monitored by IT security experts.
With these simple tips, you can make sure your company devices are safe, secure and running efficiently. Let us help — MDL provides cybersecurity services for businesses seeking peace of mind when it comes to IT. Learn how we can secure your company’s data: http://bit.ly/2Pf1CFp.
