Small Business Security

IT Security is a difficult subject for small businesses. We all know that security is important, but because IT Security isn’t directly responsible for putting money into your bank account, it often slips down the priority list of things to do.

The fact that IT Security is lower down the priority list in small companies makes them a soft target for cybercriminals. They are far easier to target than larger companies, and yet many small companies hold data from larger companies as part of collaborative projects.

Every company, large or small needs to assess their IT Security risk. The choice of how you implement it is of course down to you. You can “Do It Yourself”, choose a service provider, or turn to the growing number of cloud security providers that now exist.

Cloud security offerings are very attractive for small companies. There are no setup or management costs, and you pay only for what you need, allowing you to continue to focus on your business. They take a number of different forms, including hosted web filtering, hosted antivirus, hosted email security, hosted web application firewall, hosted two-factor authentication and even hosted vulnerability assessment to allow you to test your internet facing web servers and networking devices against the latest known attacks.

If you have suffered a breach, you have probably already given consideration to what level of security is appropriate for your company, how to implement the solution and how to manage it. If you haven’t , then now is a good time to be proactive, and review your firewall, endpoint security and data security defences in view of the new technology that has been introduced over the past few years.

Free trials are available for the majority of technology that you want to consider, and we are always happy to offer good advice on the sort of products that you may want to consider to protect your business.