Setting up and managing cyber security can be confusing and overwhelming for businesses without an IT department. It’s rarely a small business owner’s area of expertise, so even knowing what layers of security are needed is tricky! Let alone determining which products to choose.
But have you ever stopped to consider what would happen if you lost your company data?
How would your business cope?
Most businesses would not be able to operate if a hacker locked them out of their computer and cloud-based apps. How would you cope if they stole:
- Emails
- Logins and passwords
- Intellectual property
- Supplier information
- Customers personal data
- Client information
- Accounts information
- Invoices
- Jobs
- Appointments
- Bookmarks
- Photos
- Design files
- Any other important company information and files
How would your business cope? Can you really afford to take the risk?
What good cyber security looks like
Good cyber security is all about layers. Just having one or two things in place is not enough.
A thief will get in an unlocked back door even if the front door is locked. You need to lock all doors into the house, so no matter which access point they try, they’re blocked.
That same sort of multi-pronged approach is needed to stop hackers from locking you out of your computer and stealing your data.
It’s all well and good to have some anti-virus software on your computer, but it’s not enough, as there are many other ways that a hacker can get in. Having a password manager to protect your login details is excellent, but it only locks one ‘door’. Putting multi-factor authentication on is extremely important, but if that’s all you’ve got, it won’t fully protect you.
There are many, many layers of security. For example, websites need unique security layers of their own. But for the average small business, our handy
cyber security checklist details 14 layers that are necessary for protection.
Don’t “set and forget”
Once those layers of security are in place, it’s easy to believe everything will be okay. But you cannot “set and forget”. Hacking is a growing business with software and techniques constantly being improved, and new players are joining in all the time. Security needs to be maintained, managed and kept up to date.
Small business cyber security support
That’s why we specialise in cyber security for small businesses. Our fully managed
small business cyber security support package has been specially designed to provide all the layers, using only the best security products, with 24×7 maintenance.
Get the right layers of cyber security in place now, before it’s too late.
Contact us today.
