Being a SOHO business owner myself, I have spent quite a bit of time chatting with fellow home business owners. What I have discovered during the course of those conversations is that most have no real plan when referring to network, data, or website security.
Home entrepreneurs sometimes have to wear a lot of hats, and are usually harried. Pulled in twelve clashing directions at once, and unfortunately , this leaves only a little time to think strategically. Due to this, what thought is given to this type of thing is usually best categorized as an after-thought.
Oh sure, plenty will pay at least some attention. I do not know of anyone that doesn't have at least a freeware version of an antivirus software running, and windows comes fitted out with a firewall, so that provides at least a little protection. Most off the shelf security programs offer at least a little customizability, and a great many vendors have password gates built into the services they provide, so without doing much of anything beyond following the trail of common sense, it's possible to assemble at least a rudimentary data integrity shield.
Unfortunately , just about a quarter of the people I talked to had nothing formal in effect. More than a third didn't even do regular data backups, and virtually none had any sort of formalized process or procedures in place when it came to a recovery plan, in the event of a security breech or catastrophic info loss.
Given that a hacker succeeds in breeching a company's defenses three times a minute, somewhere in the world , these people's corporations seem to me to be a lot like ticking bombs. It's not truly an issue of "if," but a question of when.
At some point soon, their number will come up, in what is potentially the worst sort of lottery you can win, and when it does, their business will suffer. It might not collapse, nevertheless it could. Info loss and the loss of the trust of your customer base ( two common aftereffects of a successful hacking attack ), can cause real, persistent money impacts that it might take a long time to get over.
Don't allow that to happen to you. Protect your information. Shield your business. If you don't have the expertise to do it alone get help from a qualified independent security expert!
Home entrepreneurs sometimes have to wear a lot of hats, and are usually harried. Pulled in twelve clashing directions at once, and unfortunately , this leaves only a little time to think strategically. Due to this, what thought is given to this type of thing is usually best categorized as an after-thought.
Oh sure, plenty will pay at least some attention. I do not know of anyone that doesn't have at least a freeware version of an antivirus software running, and windows comes fitted out with a firewall, so that provides at least a little protection. Most off the shelf security programs offer at least a little customizability, and a great many vendors have password gates built into the services they provide, so without doing much of anything beyond following the trail of common sense, it's possible to assemble at least a rudimentary data integrity shield.
Unfortunately , just about a quarter of the people I talked to had nothing formal in effect. More than a third didn't even do regular data backups, and virtually none had any sort of formalized process or procedures in place when it came to a recovery plan, in the event of a security breech or catastrophic info loss.
Given that a hacker succeeds in breeching a company's defenses three times a minute, somewhere in the world , these people's corporations seem to me to be a lot like ticking bombs. It's not truly an issue of "if," but a question of when.
At some point soon, their number will come up, in what is potentially the worst sort of lottery you can win, and when it does, their business will suffer. It might not collapse, nevertheless it could. Info loss and the loss of the trust of your customer base ( two common aftereffects of a successful hacking attack ), can cause real, persistent money impacts that it might take a long time to get over.
Don't allow that to happen to you. Protect your information. Shield your business. If you don't have the expertise to do it alone get help from a qualified independent security expert!
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