In today’s hyper-competitive business world, staying ahead of the competition is more important than ever, with any specific edge possibly proving the difference between success and missing out.
Making sure your growing business stays protected from cyberattacks and other online threats can be a vital part of this, ensuring your company keeps its valuable data and systems protected.
If you’re struggling to work out exactly what your business needs though, don’t fret – help is at hand.
VPN
For most businesses, using a Virtual Private Network, or VPN, is a crucial first step to keeping both them and their employees safe.
If you aren’t already familiar with using a VPN essentially the tool is able to keep you safe online by disguising your internet connection to make it seem you are based in whatever country you choose, keeping third-parties such as advertisers or hackers blocked from following your internet activity or snooping on your location.
Although mainly popular for entertainment purposes, a VPN can also be incredibly helpful when connecting to a protected network such as at your workplace, adding an extra layer of protection that is able to boost your employee security and your corporate systems.
Pick up a password manager
As we all hopefully know by now, it’s always a good idea to keep your passwords fresh, changing them every few months if possible.
Using a different, hard-to-guess password for each different account mixing letters, numbers and special characters will help keep you secure. This is especially true if you re-use the same password across different accounts, as all it takes is for one to be compromised for all the others to become so as well.
However keeping track of all your login information can be tricky, especially if you are following best practices and making sure your passwords are unique and complex. Having a password manager can be a great way to solve this issue, allowing you to create, manage and store all your passwords in a single location – without ever needing to write them down.
Fire up a firewall
As your business grows and expands, it will doubtless become a more attractive proposition – not just for investors and customers, but also cybercriminals.
All companies need to ensure their security protection is up to scratch these days, not just big businesses, so making sure your identity stays protected is vital. Staying vigilant to anything suspicious is always the best course of action, so always ensure the emails or websites you interact with are legitimate, especially if they ask you for personal or business data, so that you aren’t giving away valuable data without knowing it.
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