9 Cybersecurity Tips Every Business Should Follow

A massive global shift to remote working environments has created an open season for cybercriminals. No business—big or small—is safe. Small and medium businesses (SMBs) seemingly have a target on their backs, so strengthening your company’s security posture is essential right now.

There are ways to protect business data against ransomware attacks. Here are 9 tips to help your business boost resilience to cyber attacks:

1. Conduct a security risk assessment. Understand the most critical threats to your business, like system failures, natural disasters as well as malicious human actions, and determine the impact they may have on your company.
2. Train your employees. Conduct employee awareness training across your entire workforce to educate users on common scams and avoidance techniques.
3. Use multiple layers of protection. Implement a password policy that requires strong passwords and monitor your employee accounts for breach intel through dark web monitoring.
4. Keep software up to date. Unpatched or out-of-date software will allow some kind of threat to breach your security.
5. Create straightforward cybersecurity policies. Write and distribute a clear set of rules and instructions on cybersecurity practices for employees.
6. Back up your data. Daily (or more frequent) backups are a requirement to recover from data corruption or loss resulting from security breaches.
7. Enable uptime. Choose a powerful data protection solution that enables “instant recovery” of data and applications.
8. Know where your data resides. The more places data exists, the more likely it is that unauthorized individuals will be able to access it. Use data discovery tools to find and appropriately secure data along with business-class Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications that allow for corporate control of data.
9. Control access to computers. Each access point poses an individual risk, so limit employee access to specific data they need to perform their jobs. Plus, administrative privileges should only be given to trusted staff.

Partnering with a managed service provider like Jackson Technologies will help address and ease your cybersecurity concerns. Working with MSP will give you access to quality advice on what you need to protect your organization in the fight against cybercrime. Paul Jackson, CEO and Cybersecurity Specialist is ready to help keep your business afloat with the expertise and help of his team.

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