Keeping your business safe from cyber crooks needs to be a team effort.
It takes clear policies, a well-trained staff and daily attention to keep computers and mobile devices protected from incidents that could affect your company and your customers.
Here are some important things you can do:
Make sure your have clear policies
- Have written guidelines and update them regularly.
- Be clear about cyber security expectations.
- Develop a policy for using strong passwords.
- Identify what data needs to be backed up and how often that happens, just in case there is a problem.
- Give employees their own user accounts and set access permissions based upon what they need to do.
- Update operating systems and software regularly.
- Don’t forget mobile devices.
Train your staff
- That includes employees, managers AND executives.
- Have training sessions for new staff and regular refresher sessions.
- Be clear about what to be aware of and how to keep devices and communications safe.
Be careful every day
- Don’t download files or click on link from senders you don’t recognize.
- Be wary about what you post on social media. That’s data crooks could use.
- Sign out when you’re away from your desk.
- Report loss of a laptop or mobile device right away.
- Don’t share user names and passwords.
- Don’t use unknown flash drives.
Clear expectations and education can keep your systems safe from cyber crime.