Protecting your business from all different kinds of cybercrime is critical to keeping company data safe. It is estimated that every 37 seconds, there is a new victim of cybercrime. With roughly 3.4 billion phishing emails sent every day, this is not surprising. Keep your business secure from viruses, phishing attempts, malware, ransomware, social engineering, and website spoofing by following these 5 tips below.
Anti-Virus
Professional anti-virus software is essential to protect your business from computer viruses. Computer viruses can copy important files, damage them, and even destroy them completely. This can cause data loss, information leaks, and harmful disruption to your business. Anti-virus can prevent viruses from infecting and spreading through your business technology. Look for an anti-virus that offers scanning features, automatic updates, and additional features such as email protection.
Phishing Protection
If you own a business, ensuring your employees have phishing protection is one of the top ways to avoid cybercrime. If you are using a free email service for your business, such as Gmail or Yahoo, your business is at high risk for a successful phishing attack. Creating a custom email for your business by purchasing your own domain and licensing will automatically incorporate phishing protection, more email storage, and a more professional appearance. Itβs a win-win-win.
Employee Training
1 in 8 employees is likely to enter confidential information requested in a phishing attempt. Most phishing attempts request financial credentials, email credentials, routing numbers, domain logins, and more. Losing any credentials, banking information, or computer logins can end in unrecoverable accounts and income. Teaching your employees what phishing emails look like, what the phishing email will ask for, and what to do if they are unsure about an email is crucial to keeping your business safe.
Secure Websites
Visiting only secure websites can keep your business from cyberattacks. You can recognize secure websites by checking the URL before clicking. Websites that include HTTPS before the web address are secured with an SSL certificate. If the website begins with HTTP, it is not secure. Some web browsers will show a small padlock before the web address, indicating the website is secure. If the website shows a caution symbol before the web address, this indicates the website is not secure.
Comprehensive Cybersecurity
It can be a lot to add to your to-do list to implement comprehensive cybersecurity. To ensure your company is fully protected, your business needs preventative measures put in place, as well as security protocols in case of disaster. For cybersecurity that covers network security, phishing protection, anti-virus, firewall, dark web monitoring, employee training, data backup, and recovery, contact Computek.
We specialize in providing local businesses with cybersecurity they can trust. Visit our website at Computekonline.com to book a 15-minute discovery call today.
Thatβs all for this week. See you next time for another Tech Tip Tuesday!
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