As a small business owner I realize that the last
thing you want to think about is security. You have so much to think about your
sales, your product and bring real value to your customers. However you have to
secure all the information you get from your customers and secure your business
information as well. This will allow you to continue to provide services to you
customer without interruption in anything you are doing to move your build or
maintain your business. The step I
recommend or not expensive and focus on very easy things you can do to protect
your business information.
The first tip is simple if you have employee makes
sure they are aware of the basics when it comes to using the internet. All
files related to your customers or vendors should be secured on an off line
location. You could either use an external drive that you update weekly or as
needed or the old fashion way. You print all documents used and place them in a
safe. What is important is that you are securing the information offline. This is where you should be backing up your
file as well on an external device so you can recover any lost information in
the event of a cyberattack or natural disaster event such as a fire or flood.
Another minor thing but very important is having
employees create strong unique password for any accounts used to conduct
business. There are many times when you see employees use easy to remember
password to gain access to work computers. If you need help in creating a
password please review my blog post on using passphrases instead. They are
longer more difficult but very easy to remember. You should limit access to accounts as needed
such as end users and admins.
Always schedule update to all your servers and
computers. All companies are looking for ways to secure your devices in most
cases aside from a new user interface they always update for pending cyber
attacks as well.
I hope this information is helpful as always please
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Mark Carbajal
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