Protect Your Business: Don't Get Hacked!

Do you know how to protect your business from hackers? Have you ever worried about cyberattacks and having your information stolen? Do you spend time worrying if your team is going to click on a disguised link or open an attachment that could result in a hacking or ransomware disaster? Well, don’t spend any more time worrying. Instead, spend time preparing and being proactive in protecting yourself and your business! Caitriona Forde joined me on my podcast last week and we talked about Cybersecurity and how to protect yourself and protect your business from being hacked!

If you are thinking that “this won’t happen to my business”, “it won’t happen to us, we’re too small”, or “we’re just starting up”, you are thinking the wrong way! Hackers right now are targeting small businesses. Small business owners are busy with other things. The first thing on their mind isn’t cybersecurity and training their staff to know what to look for or how to protect themselves and the business from attacks. For small businesses in particular about 60% of small businesses that suffer a major cyber incident go out of business within the first six months. Caitriona and I have literally seen million-dollar businesses lose everything overnight because they’ve been hacked! I know that you do not want this to be you!!

You need many lines of defense when it comes to protecting your business. And you do have many!

• First, your staff!! You need to empower your staff to protect your business! You need to create safe lines of communication, procedures, and training so that they feel empowered to do their part when it comes to cybersecurity.
• Secondly, passwords!! This is the most common line of defense but is often under utilized. You need to invest in a reputable password safe and allow the password safe to generate your passwords for you. Hackers know how we think, they understand how we create our own passwords.
• Third, multi-factor authentication! I know, I know, "where'd that verification code go", "doesn't this slow down productivity"? To keep your information safe, it is worth it! Take the time to use the resources that are available to protect your business. Also, just a side note, you are not only keeping your information safe, you are also protecting your client's information!
• Lastly, for this post, back up your information! If you are using a cloud service to store your company data or software programs to store client information, you are trusting these sites to keep your data safe! You need to be backing up your information regularly to ensure that if you get hacked OR one of your service providers experience an outage, that you are still operational!

If you want to read more in depth visit my blog here and get tips for creating an action plan to protect your business!

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