If you’re a small business operator, don’t think that hackers aren’t interested in you. Entrepreneur Magazine recently ran an article, relying on data supplied by computer security company Symantec, documenting that businesses with one to 250 employees suffered 30 percent of all cyber crimes last year. The message here? You do need to develop a cybersecurity plan to protect your small business.
Keeping Viruses at Bay
The Entrepreneur story lays out some simple steps all small businesses should employ to safeguard their companies from cyber criminals. The first? Install anti-virus software on your computers. It’s true that this software won’t catch every virus that comes your company’s way. But your computers are easy targets if you don’t have any anti-virus software set up on them.
Suspicious E-mails
You should additionally teach your employees e-mail skills. Most notably, you should teach them which e-mail messages that they need to delete. We all receive a great deal of suspicious e-mail messages, and a lot of of them now come from senders whom we actually recognize. The key is to avoid those that somehow don’t look right. Employees must also understand that if they open an e-mail that turns out to be suspicious they should immediately delete it, and they should never click on any of its links.
You Need Firewalls
Finally, Entrepreneur states that businesses can safeguard themselves by using firewalls. A firewall will protect business’ incoming and outgoing traffic. Firewalls can also prevent employees from viewing certain Web sites. That can protect your company, as well — many viruses come from dangerous sites.