3 precautions to make your customer data "unbreachable"
[...]70 percent of small companies that experience a major breach in cybersecurity go out of business within one year. Govern employees’ use of business computers Some of the common causes of security breaches are when employees do things like unknowingly download viruses, transfer files between the...
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Veröffentlicht in: | CIO 2017-02 |
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Zusammenfassung: | [...]70 percent of small companies that experience a major breach in cybersecurity go out of business within one year. Govern employees’ use of business computers Some of the common causes of security breaches are when employees do things like unknowingly download viruses, transfer files between their work and home computers, or install unauthorized software. To avoid inadvertently causing a breach, there are a number of things you can do to govern employees’ use of computers for a decreased risk factor. * Avoid re-using passwords: Consider looking to automated password-reset tools to make the process simple and ensure that you don’t forget. * Practice safe Wi-Fi: Wireless network access is a basic necessity today. According to a survey that the Ponemon Institute conducted for Experian, 60 percent of companies that fell victim to a data breach had failed to encrypt their data. |
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ISSN: | 0894-9301 |