The absolute minimum of protection!

In today’s reality we cannot afford to leave ourselves open for a cyber-attack. Whether you are a private person or a company owner there are 3 things that you must build a habit of in order to decrease the risk of a security breach. It is a fine line between safety and inconvenience, but you must ask yourself one simple question: how important is your money or your business to you? Do you have enough income to let someone come in and take it out of your bank account? Does your company provide sole or substantial income for your whole family? Can you easily replace it?

If your answer is: I don’t care – you can stop reading this post right now. No point of wasting time.
If your answer is: I can’t afford to lose my money or my company, you can sit down and take a few minutes to learn a bit.

When your business depends on technology to get work done, that also means you must:
Defend against increasingly sophisticated online threats
Help remote workers be productive while keeping files and data secure
Make sure your files and data are always available, even if disaster strikes
Can you and your team handle all this on their own?

Absolute minimum:
1. Password management
2. Antivirus
3. Backup

Password Management:
• Don’t use family, kids, pets’ names or birthdates
• Don’t us the same password variation on multiple sites
• Don’t store your passwords in excel file on your system
• Don’t keep the same password for years
• DO use unique passwords, especially for banking and accounting and any site using your credit card
• DO use longer than 8 digits, different characters, numbers etc.
• DO change your passwords regularly (every 3 to 6 months)
• DO use password manager to generate, store and automatically fill online credentials

MiKSMedia Password Manager (MPM) can be used on multiple devices and help is only a phone call away!

Antivirus:
• Have one installed on all computers
• Make sure it is running
• Make sure it is being updated regularly
• Make sure Windows updates are run regularly
• Use managed antivirus to allow for scheduled version updates and real-time threat assessment
Virus infections mean loss of productivity and data.

With MiKSMedia Managed Antivirus solution the virus infections are minimized, and recovery time is a lot less.

Backup:
• Chose the right backup for your needs
• Make sure it is running
• Restore your files on occasion to make sure there are no issues
• Use managed backup solutions for peace of mind

With MiKSMedia RPM program, backups are monitored and tested. Any notification of failure is corrected immediately. Restoration are quick with very little cost.

In conclusion:
In today’s reality, one cannot afford to rely on consumer grade security in business environment. We cannot use passive solutions, preventing threat detection in real time. We need managed security measures that allow us to see issues in real time and take appropriate actions.

MiKSMedia offers free consultations as well as a variety of managed security solutions. Call us today!

Everyone does IT, we make IT simple!!