Digital information theft is becoming an increasingly severe problem for companies and has surpassed physical theft as the most commonly reported fraud. Whether your company is using email and maintaining your website, or you are thinking of adopting cloud computing, it is essential to implement cybersecurity into your business. Pittsburgh businesses can incorporate cybersecurity into their business in a variety of ways.
Manage passwords and authentication
One way to help increase your company’s security is to take the management of company passwords and authentication seriously. Employees should be required to have unique passwords, containing symbols, numbers, upper- and lower-case letters and should also be required to change their password every three months.
You can also consider adding multi-factor authentication which requires a password and additional information to gain access to your accounts or workstations.
Be cautious of email attachments and links
Hackers can easily access your company’s information, like usernames and passwords, through email attachments infected with malware or by using links that redirect to sites that are suspicious. It is important to train employees not to click on email attachments or embedded links unless they come from a trusted sender or source and they are expecting this attachment or link.
Make backup copies of crucial business data and information
Your critical information is vital to the operation and sustainability of your company, which is why it is essential to have enterprise-grade backup copies of your company’s critical data. Business success relies heavily on disaster recovery. That is why you need to make sure you backup your data regularly, and test it. It pays to be certain that your backups can recover your information from a data loss or corruption.
These backups should be enhanced with recovery and virtualization plans in the event your information is compromised.
Secure Wi-Fi Networks
If you don’t secure your company’s Wi-Fi network, you risk leaving your network accessible to anyone, including hackers who can use your network or access information on any device within your network. Without taking proper precautions, they could use your network for illegal activity to send spam, linking these activities to your account.
You can increase your network security by making sure it is encrypted and hidden. You can hide your network by setting up your router, so it does not broadcast your network name or Service Network Identifier. You should also password protect the access to your router.
Implement network security with CMIT Solutions
At CMIT Solutions, we have a proactive philosophy on IT service and security. Rather than waiting until an issue happens and fixing it, we monitor our clients’ systems 24/7 allowing us to quickly prevent, identify, and resolve any problems before they can cause interruption to your company operations.
We offer a variety of cybersecurity services including:
- Anti-virus software
- Anti-spam software
- Anti-malware software
- Data encryption
- Firewalls
- Content filtering
- And more!
With these and other targeted tools, we offer IT support to Pittsburgh businesses using an umbrella approach, providing you with comprehensive cybersecurity that stops threats before they happen and protects your business from vulnerabilities. Contact CMIT Solutions today to learn more about how we can help you incorporate cybersecurity into your business operations.