Why Is IT Security So Important?
The number one most important factor that we look at when assessing a company network is IT Network Security and this is the most overlooked part of a company network as business owners don’t realize the importance of IT Security until they become a victim of or ransomware for example. Over the last few years we have come across so many incidents of companies being hacked or a virus spreading across an entire computer network and bringing the company to its knees.
Network Security has become more important than ever and we recommend that you choose an IT Company that will implement all the necessary barriers to ensure that your company is kept safe and secure from potential threats. Common threats in recent years such as ransomware has even caused some companies unfortunately to go out of business due to lack of security and backups. A company could potentially lose everything which is why we at Cryptic take IT Security so important and we strongly urge our clients to ensure that adequate Network Security is being implemented within their company network.
How Do I know If My Network Is Secure?
Use the questions below as a mini security audit to help you determine how secure your network really is:
- Does your server and workstations have an anti-virus solution?
- Does your email have threat protection?
- Are your emails being archived?
- Do you have a firewall and does it have an analyzer software?
- Are you using cloud backups instead on onsite backups?
- Do you have an IT company currently managing your network?
- Have you been hacked before and is your security being monitored?
- Do you have permissions on your server(can users view all data)?
- Are you secure from an internal perspective? internal users are the biggest threat as they have no concept of what they are doing.
Moving to Cloud Services is the most secure option for businesses as your companies data and applications will be stored on a secure server in a secure offsite location with backups being performed daily. This ensures that if your company experiences an unexpected disaster on company premises then your data will be easy retrievable with no downtime. We recommend Cloud Computing for all our clients as it is easy and safe!