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The Problem:
Security Breaches/Attacks are getting worse.
Working from home or the road with remote access is simply amazing. This article will give you the tricks to get the most out of it, and of course make sure you are secure from the bad guys.
Not only do we help a ton of clients do this effectively, we do it ourselves too! Our office manager routinely spends months (even years) in Europe working.
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Here are a few more ideas for securing your identity and finances in a scammer and hacker filled cyber-world.
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We all think about it and certainly talk about it but more often than not, we aren’t even doing the basics when it comes to securing our internet-based information and accounts.
What is the most powerful resource in your company? Would you rather live without your copier or your computers? How about a key employee vs no computers? Phones vs. Computers?
No matter your answers, there is no doubt that computers are the powerhouse engines of most firms.
Would you give just anyone free reign over all your money, credit cards, bank accounts and retirement funds? No! Of course not!
Yet, SO many firms let anyone manage their IT. Which would be worse, having your checking account emptied by an incompetent bookkeeper or permanently losing all your firm’s data and being completely unable to work? Either way, a bad IT person can literally bankrupt a firm.
So at this point, it really is safe to assume the bad guys have YOUR password. Probably several of them.
Don’t believe me? Go to haveibeenpwned.com and check your own account. And that only checks a tiny fraction of the databases that have been hacked.
If you aren’t improving security, you REALLY should be.
Attacks on small and medium business have skyrocketed in 2018. The damage caused in each attack has become worse. It is extremely expensive to be hacked. Not just in massive lost productivity and cost to remediate but now there are legislative fees and requirements imposed for most breaches.
Sometimes the best thing you can do is pull away from the day to day craziness and look at the big picture. See the forest thru the trees. The beginning of a new year is an ideal time to do a strategic health check.
So let’s see if we can help you with some IT strategy.
