TLDR: Tools/Software, Labor, Professional Consulting, Sanity
Many IT teams simply do not have enough time in the day to complete everything they need to get done. Functionality tends to take priority, and security falls by the wayside. For less than the cost of hiring a new employee, we can bolster and improve the efficiency of your team.
By providing tested tools and software for security and backup, we save you the trouble of having to find them yourself by trial and error. Even better, we can provide the labor to manage them while integrating as closely with your existing team as is needed.
The three pillars of data security. Our strategy addresses all three, while also taking budget into account. Not every business has the same budget, and therefore not every solution is the same. No matter your budget, we can improve your data security and create a roadmap to follow as your business grows.
We give a free consultation because many businesses are unsure what augmenting their team looks like, and they don't want to invest in "advice" from some random company on the internet. Hard to blame anyone for that, especially when security is on the line! That's why we spend time getting to know a business and figuring out what they need from us before we ever charge a dime. We want to make sure it is a good fit, and ideally, leave you with a good idea of steps you can take to improve your cybersecurity even if you choose not to do business with us. Let us meet your IT team, and together we can develop a plan for improving your cybersecurity and optimizing your IT budget.
How good is your Antivirus compared to the rest? A managed antivirus can have much better detection rates than a traditional off-the-shelf antivirus by integrating with intrusion detection/prevention systems as well as custom tuning to your organization.
Backups are all about data integrity. Hardware failure, natural disasters, employee mistakes, and malicious intent all contribute to lost data. Your data needs to be readily available at all times, and having a backup ensures your data is always around when you need it.
Cybersecurity involves layers of protection. These tools are all about looking for the threats that might make it past an antivirus. This could easily be visualized as the last layer of detection. Thankfully, most of these tools are intelligent and learn how your computer typically behaves, helping to identify anomalies.
Who doesn't love fishing? Attackers sure do! Hard to blame them since most successful attacks start with email. By running emails through a sandbox, we can filter out any emails with malicious content while also improving on your existing spam filtering. Take active steps to prevent phishing from affecting your business.
Software frequently has vulnerabilities that allow attackers to take advantage of bad code. Vulnerability scanners check to see if any discovered vulnerabilities exist on your computer, and fixes them. By doing a vulnerability scan, you can become aware of threats that you previously did not know existed, and put a stop to it.
Weekly updates are the proactive side of vulnerability scans. Most software updates include security updates. By ensuring you have the latest versions of software, you are staying one step ahead of attackers. Make their job harder by eliminating known exploits from your systems.
Most IT teams can set up a firewall. Still, make sure that traffic is being actively monitored. Better yet, blocking known malicious IP addresses provides a solid foundation for perimeter security. The firewall is your window into who is talking to who. Keep tabs on it. NIPS is also a great addition here.
Use a password manager or a single sign on service. Seriously. Bad and reused passwords are one of the easiest ways into any organization. These services aren't very expensive and are easy to deploy. Better yet they actually save man hours when set up correctly. Combining this with multi-factor authentication makes for a pretty sturdy front door.
The principle that a business should be designed so that each person is granted the minimum resources and authorizations that the person needs to perform their function. This goes for computers and software too. Again, not terribly difficult to set up, but an absolute game changer when it comes to security. In fact, maintaining the principle of least privilege should be one of the primary functions of any IT team.
Data encryption helps prevent data theft by keeping attackers from reading your data. Similar to seeing text in a language others can't read, it allows you full use of your data while garbling it to anyone else. It is generally free, so there is no reason not to use it. By encrypting your data, you are eliminating several types of attacks as viable options.
There is always more. Depending on your business, you may need more defenses than just these. These make a great foundation upon which to build, and they are achievable by most any business, regardless of budget. That said, if you have other needs than these, we would be happy to help you. Reach out today and take your next step towards better data security!
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