Thứ Tư, 25 tháng 7, 2012

Is Your Information Secure?

By Daniel Turbin


If you're an entrepreneur, you undoubtedly know how important the flow of good information is to your success, but how much time have you spent, actually, making certain that your data is secure and you've got technology in place to protect your business?

For many individuals, especially tiny, often harried entrepreneurs, the idea of doing more than only the basics to protect your info is given a passing thought , at the very best. Who has got the time, after all? There are 1,000 other details to attend to simply to keep all of the wheels of your business spinning, and for most defence against hacking is rarely considered in concrete terms. Unfortunately , it is all too often the situation that little attention is given to the impacts a successful hacking attack can have on your business till it's too late. Until it happens to you.

Do not be that person. Even if you happen to feel as though you are much too pushed to make more than a token effort at data protection, if your whole business comes crashing down around you because you failed to take some time, then where will you be? All your plans to that point will have been for nothing.

The basics of info security are reasonably simple and straightforward. There are a number of off the shelf packages ( pro grade virus scanners, firewalls, and the like ) that can at least put you on the path, but do not make the mistake of thinking that tossing 1 or 2 pieces of software at the issue will solve it for you.

That's a good start, but truthfully, unless you really focus on the issue, those kind of ad hoc efforts will do little more than slow a purposeful hacker down for some time. It may buy you time, but it won't , on it's own, buy you security.

For that, you want the help of a qualified professional, and if you haven't done so already, I urge you to think about the idea of talking to an experienced security advisor. Organize for an audit of your system. Organize for it to be stress tested in ridicule attacks. This is the type of real world test that may quickly show where the openings are in your firm's IT security, and then, armed with that info, you'll be able to do something to correct whatever issues are found.



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