5 Easy Things You Should Do To Protect Your Business Today

Let’s face it – no one likes to think about bad things happening to them, much less plan for them. But since September is National Disaster Preparedness Month, we wanted to give you a quick “brush-up” on some simple things you can (and should!) be doing to protect your business.

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Review Your Business Insurance Carefully. Most businesses carry some type of general liability insurance that would pay them if their building and the things in it were damaged. However, many businesses do not have enough coverage to replace all the computer equipment and devices, desks, art, supplies and other things they’ve accumulated over the years that are housed in their office. In addition, having a cyber liability or protection coverage is critical in today’s business environment. Make sure you review this with your IT provider to make sure you can actually have a claim paid if there is an event. Many insurance companies are not paying cyber claims because the business didn’t have the necessary basic protections in place.

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Consider Cloud. One of the biggest advantages of cloud computing and cloud back-up is that your data and assets are stored off-site in a highly secure, high-availability data center, with failover and redundancy built in. That means that if your building was destroyed and you had to evacuate, or if your server melted down due to an unexpected hardware failure, everything you’ve worked so hard to create over the years is safe and not a sitting duck in your unsecured closet or server room.

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Secure Your Data. Making sure your data is protected from theft is a never-ending battle you don’t want to lose. Companies that get hacked and expose sensitive client and employee data can face severe penalties, lawsuits and massive loss of credibility in the marketplace. Make sure you never have to send an e-mail to your customers explaining the bad news that a hacker accessed their info through you. Further, if you keep any sensitive information (even passwords to portals containing sensitive information) on portable laptops, phones and other devices, make sure you have a way of controlling and safeguarding that information.

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Perform a Penetration Test on your network. Everyone hears about another company that was hacked, had a Ransomware incident or had their customer and employee information breached. These events do not need to happen and they are many times caused by poor, lax or negligent network structure or controls. We have NEVER scanned a single network that was not riddled with vulnerabilities. We can show you where all your holes and vulnerabilities are at and tell you how to fix them.

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Write A Simple Disaster Recovery Plan. The key word here is “simple.” If your plan gets too complicated or difficult, you won’t do it. But, at a minimum, think of the disaster that is most likely to happen and that would have a severe and negative impact on your company’s survival.

Celebrate National Disaster Preparedness Month With A Free “Protect My Business” Consultation

For FREE, we’ll have one of our senior Network Engineers contact you to help address any/all of the following:

• Review your business insurance to ensure that you’re covered against data loss of any kind.
• Determine how well-equipped your company is to take advantage of the cloud.
• Investigate your data back-ups and the ability to restore that data when necessary.
• Test the security of your network against hackers and cybercriminals.
• Provide a Draft example of a Disaster Recovery Plan (or review your current plan).

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