With security threats becoming more complex and targeting critical business information such as confidential documents and customer data, most organizations are finding they need a higher level of protection.  Standard antivirus security products are simply no longer adequate to protect against the invasive threats from new kinds of spyware, malware, and spam.
 
A recent survey of small to mid size business by Rubicon Consulting for Symantec® Corporation found that, of the companies that lost data, approximately 30% subsequently lost sales, 20% lost customers, and 25% claimed the data loss caused severe disruptions to the company.
 
So what can you do to narrow or close your security gap? Industry experts recommend the following steps:
  • Use layered security. Employ in-depth defense strategies to guard against single-point failure in any specific technology or protection method. This includes the deployment of antivirus and anti spam software, firewalls, intrusion prevention technologies, device and application control, and security patch updates.
  • Protect end to end. Businesses must actively protect all their devices against unknown threats, including laptops, desktops, messaging servers, and mobile devices.
  • Back up data. IT systems can be brought down for a number of reasons, including natural disaster, human error, hardware failure, etc. It is critical to back up data regularly and store extra copies of this data offsite. Encrypting those backup stores adds an additional layer of protection.
  • Protect from the inside. Protect your company from data loss, random theft, vandalism, and employee malice. Put policies and controls in place to automatically safeguard company data and prevent sensitive information from leaving the company network.
  • Don’t forget physical security. Businesses can strengthen their organization’s security with practices such as using the screen-locking feature when away from the computer, shutting the computer off when done for the day, locking laptops with a cable, and not leaving passwords on sticky notes next to the computer.

Let Directec provide you with the needed expertise. Directec’s dedicated account managers work with you to match your businesses IT security needs with the appropriate solutions.  We partner with all of the major security suppliers to provide you personalized solutions for comprehensive, cost-effective information backup and recovery to secure your systems and data.

Give us a call at (800) 588-7800 or email Directec Sales today!
 
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