My tips to secure your business with effective cyber safe advice

Staying cyber safe in today’s online world can be a significant challenge for small and medium businesses. Most businesses i speak to are concerned about the safety of their data and spending money in the right areas to get the maximum benefit. They are owners who do not want to know the details or have time to research, they simply require the expertise of a trusted advisor.

Striking a balance with security and flexibility can be difficult, however i would like to point out some simple rules that i have aligned with to maximize the protection for my customers.

  1. Leverage cloud partners where it makes sense. The larger the platform and number of customers the greater the cyber security budget to spend on keeping your data safe. Don’t try to protect your data with your small budget.
  2. Enable 2 factor authentication and Single sign-on. This is now the standard, if you do not have it working for your apps you need to turn it on today! Cloud providers now turn this on by default when you start using them i.e. Office 365
  3. Invest in your devices. What i mean by this is that the modern cyber security controls only come with the modern versions of windows, mac, ios and android. 4 years is the lifecycle of a device before it becomes a security liability.

A fitting example is the introduction of cloud services for financial apps (Xero) as an effective way to mitigate some of the risk with your business. Having a company that has a healthy cyber security budget will give you the opportunity to place less focus on cyber health checks and more time running your business.

If you would like to know more please email me at grant@blueitsolutions.com.au

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