I recently received a letter from a medical group indicating that my personal data may have been stolen as a result of an attack hacking. I had been to this doctor once in the last five years, but nonetheless, my information had been acquired by a person who was not authorized to possess. Admittedly, I'm not happy about it, but what could I have done differently? More importantly, what could the medical office done differently?
I was asked to speak to the association chapter of local auditors on cyber crime. The purpose of my presentation was how a company could be more protected in case of a cyber attack. The news is full of stories about companies being hacked; Sony to target the Government of the United States, even the most sophisticated systems are regularly compromised.
An astonishing that I discovered in my research was that most hacking events involved emails. Recipients often click on a link that can open the door for a thief to take your data. This results not only in loss of data, but infection by the system from a data corruption or virus. ! Yikes
As a business owner, there are steps you can take to help protect data that you expected (and sometimes necessary) to protect
- Be proactive! Suppose you are a target for attack. Check your internal procedures for maintaining and data protection, and upgrade your equipment and virus scanning software.
- Use passwords that include complex chains and expiration periods. Keep thieves guess!
- Having a data backup plan and a disaster recovery plan in place.
- Train your employees on policies and internal expectations for access and manipulation of data. They need to know your expectations and guidelines for the management of this valuable business assets
- Monitor your internal processes -.? Your staff according to your established guidelines
- use or system security personnel whenever possible to ensure the experts help you protect your data
All business is mainly in the data industry, regardless of the type of business you are :. a shoe store, a gas station, or medical office. Failing to protect this asset can place your business, your customers and your reputation in grave danger.
The more vigilant you are about protecting your data, your business less of a target and become customers. How do you protect your business against cybercrime? Tell me your story below!
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