Data Safety for Business

As the owner of a business you must collect and store sensitive information about your employees and customers. Although you might think that only large corporations are the victims of cyberattacks, 60percent of data breaches affect small-sized businesses.

A single infraction can cost you millions of dollars in fines and settlements. It could also damage the loyalty of your customers. It can also ruin your company’s reputation, and possibly make you unprofitable.

There is no one-size fits all solution for data security but there are essential things that all businesses can do in order to mitigate risks and protect itself from threats like malware or phishing as well as data loss. Making sure your passwords are secure and securing important documents and offering cybersecurity training for your employees will make it much harder for attackers to gain access to your data.

Conduct regular risk assessments to help you spot vulnerabilities and prioritize your security measures. Create a Comprehensive Security Policy: Create clear guidelines on access, data handling, and what you should do in the event of an incident involving data. Encrypt sensitive data It makes data inaccessible for anyone else both in rest and during transport. Get rid of data that has not been used: Consider policies that instruct your team on how to erase or sanitize sensitive data (like shredding digitally or degaussing) to ensure that it isn’t accessed by anyone who shouldn’t have access.

With these suggestions to build the foundation of an effective and secure infrastructure that helps ensure your business continuity prior to, during and after the event of a cyberattack. Get a free consultation with our Cybersecurity and IT specialist to discuss how you can create the best plan for your specific business needs.

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— Posted on May 28, 2024 at 12:00 am by