10 Jan Better Understanding Cybersecurity for Your Business
When you are the owner of a business that uses any sort of computer technology you run the risk of being hacked. With the increasing amount of sensitive information and business ventures that are located on computers, servers, and mobile devices, it is vastly important that every business owner ensures that they have adequate levels of cybersecurity. Here are just a few of the steps that you can take to make sure that everything in your business computer is completely protected from would-be invaders.
Step #1: Educate your employees.
Make sure that those you work with are well-informed on the importance of cybersecurity and that they understand the potentially serious problems that can arise due to naïve, risky, and/or insecure cyber actions. This includes their use of social media.
Step #2: Keep security policy.
After you have educated our employees on the importance of cybersecurity, show them you are serious by having a written security policy. This not only includes the requirements for what information can be shared and which is private, but it includes going over what happens in the event that any of your devices are lost or stolen.
Step #3: Create strong passwords.
With passwords serving as a guard against unwanted visitors to your secure information, it is vastly important that you create passwords that are not easily guessed or hacked. Passwords should never be common words or anything that is available in public information. Instead, choose passwords that are lengthy (at least 8-12 characters), and that includes a combination of upper and lower case letters, symbols, and numbers. Use different passwords for different accounts so that is in the event that one account is compromised, the hacker does not have instant access to any other account that you own.
Step #4: Secure your data.
How you store your data will play a big key in how secure it is. For sensitive data, limit the number of people who can access it. Set your limits that no unsecure or unidentified object can have access to your data. If you are particularly concerned about certain parts of your date, it is a good idea to encrypt it. This makes your information turn into an unreadable code, preventing anyone who does not understand the code the inability to read the data.
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