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7. Create a security aware culture - Best practice in network, systems and data security
needs to be enshrined in a strong and well communicated security policy.

It should be embedded with a company’s culture, rigorously monitored and taken
seriously at every level – from the top down.

Comments Lee Painter: “Data breaches might appear to be getting more frequent and the
hackers more sophisticated. The reality for smaller organisations, however, is that most data
breaches are low level in their complexity.

That’s not to say they can’t have a damaging effect, but following these steps and employing
security best practices throughout the business will go a long way to reducing the chances of a
breach.”

About The Author

Lee David Painter, CEO of Hypersocket Software. Lee is a software
developer turned entrepreneur who specialises in network security
solutions.

In 2002 he set up his first business, 3SP Ltd, and created a suite of
open source and commercial security applications. These included SSH
APIs for Java and .NET and SSL-Explorer, one of the first open source,
browser-based SSL Virtual Private Networks.

During this time he also established SSHTOOLS. Beginning life as an open source project in
2002, SSHTOOLS now provides vital SSH components to enterprise businesses. 3SP Ltd was
acquired by Barracuda Networks in 2008 and Lee continued to establish SSHTOOLS and then
moved on to set up two new businesses:

Nervepoint Technologies and Hypersocket Software. Each business focuses on creating more
secure IT environments by providing tools and software to tackle the IT security challenges that
organisations face every day. Nervepoint Technologies offers password management solutions
and counts organisations such as CISCO, Symantec and Xerox amongst its clients, while
Hypersocket Software provides enterprise and professional level network security and remote
access management software.

Lee at [email protected], https://twitter.com/hypersocket and at our company website
http://www.hypersocket.com/

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