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Best Practices in Cyber Security for Businesses

Cybersecurity--information technology security--is the practice of protecting computers,
applications, data, and networks from illegal access.

From hacking to computer viruses, to phishing emails and calls, efficient cyber security is
needed now more than ever; throwing up a simple firewall isn’t going to cut it these days.

With the increase in technology, there will always be an increase in viruses and hackers and the
only way to protect yourself and your business is to become educated on the best practices of
cyber security.

What You Should Be Practicing

Operating a business is definitely no walk in the park and there are so many factors that keep a
business running smoothly and successfully. Unfortunately, the actions that are taken to
practice efficient cyber security are often left by the wayside and not vigorously enforced,
leaving businesses vulnerable to vicious hackers and scammers.

Don’t let that happen to your place of work; read through the list below of a few beneficial ways
to increase cyber security within a business:

Keep Accurate Logs: It is extremely important to keep a record of all systems and applications
that run help in running a business. Ideally, this log should be checked on a weekly basis in
order to successfully monitor which applications are at risk of security breaching and which are
running smoothly.

The great part about logs of application use is that not only will a business be able to detect a
security problem from its early stages, they will also have the ability to keep track of the
applications and if they are performing to the standards that are needed. It’s an all-in-one
security and damage control system.

Train Your Users: Running a successful business is a difficult and timely task and putting
together a meeting--on top of all the other ones for that day--that all workers can attend can be
just as hard, but when it comes to cyber security, it’s a necessity.

A business should be trained to know how to create passwords that are strong and hard to
hack, know the difference between a safe and reliable application and one that is questionable,
and recognize phishing phone calls or emails--when hackers/scammers make an attempt to
trick a worker into giving out a business’s information such as credit card numbers, login
information, or bank account numbers. There’s one less thing to worry about when a business is
staffed with trained employees.

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