Every year, many organization become victims of major cybersecurity breaches. Some of the big names include; Facebook, JP Morgan Chase, Yahoo, Anthem, eBay, Target and Equifax to name a few. But you’d be naive to believe that only these firms suffer security breaches. Businesses of all sizes are vulnerable to cybersecurity ransomware these days.
Experts in Cybersecurity Virginia suggest that small businesses require better security systems than the bigger companies. In the last few years, hackers were able to breach half of the small businesses systems in the U.S., as per the State of SMB Cybersecurity. Small businesses who don’t have enough budgets to afford strong IT departments or specialists are more susceptible to hacking, security attacks through email or computer crashing.
Here are 6 tips that will help you create a better security plan for your business.
1) Timely Security Checks
Timely checking of your security systems helps you stay aware of any flaws or technical problems that need to be addressed. Also hiring a third party to conduct security checks will encourage a detailed analysis of your systems installed. Make sure you develop a habit of checking your security systems. If not daily, then weekly, every fortnight or every month, so you can spot any problems or suspicious activities.
2) Install Softwares to Filter Email
An excellent email filtering software will avoid any threat before it can even reach your computer’s, acting as a primary source of defense. This process specifically includes scanning attachments, blocking spam emails, links and any sort of threats. One of the most common ways cyber thieves infiltrate your system is through emails. Earlier this year it was reported that 95 percent of email is now ransomware.
3) Give your Employees Strong Passwords
Weak passwords are an open invitation for cyber thieves to enter your businesses by breaching your security systems. As per the report by SMB cybersecurity, 60 percent of small and medium businesses are unaware of their employee’s passwords or other activities on the system. And 65 percent of small business possess powerful passwords but do not keep a strict check and balance. Small business will continue to become victims of security breaches if they do not invest in strong passwords.
4) Training Employees on Cybersecurity
How vulnerable is your business to cyber threats? This is a common metric to judge whether your employees possess enough knowledge to identify and report any breaches.
By the year 2027 businesses are expected to spend 10 billion per year on providing cybersecurity training to employees. In fact, business should include cybersecurity training a crucial part in new employees orientation. If implemented, the rate of phishing attacks will eventually go down by 10 percent.
5) Advanced Protection Against Bugs
Advanced security systems offer a multi-step protection to your computers and servers. Some basic functions include keeping an eye on your online activity, machine learning, protection against spam emails, threats, browsers, and URLs, without causing any hindrances in your daily operations.
In case, your computer is facing any ransomware threat under the influence of an anti-virus protection, then you have the options to restore all your data and files.
6) Enable Two-Way Protection
Strong passwords and anti-virus systems protect your online activities and data. However, the fear of data being stolen through spyware or trickery is real. The two-way protection plan is a great way to protect your data from hackers even if they have your passwords. Two-way protection adds another layer of protection to your accounts by linking your passwords to a secondary device. This simply means if someone is trying to access your personal accounts, you will be notified via a text message, a call or an email.
