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Of course you should want to keep your business secure. All of the data breaches happening around should have you wanting to keep your data security at the forefront of your mind!

Here are 9 key businesses security measures that you can start applying in your business at this very instant. why 9 you ask? because the 10th is to get in touch with Net Tech Technologies where securing your data is of great importance to us. Read ahead for the other 9

Establish Strong passwords!

Implementing strong passwords is the easiest thing you can do to strengthen your business data security. Use a combination of capital and lower- case letters, numbers and symbols and make it 8 to 12 characters long. Avoid using any personal data (such as your birth date), common words spelled backwards and sequences of characters or numbers, or those that are close together on the keyboard.

Put up a strong firewall

In order to have a properly protected network, firewalls are a must. A firewall protects your network by controlling internet traffic coming into and flowing out of your business.

Anti Virus Protection

Antivirus and anti-malware software are essentials in your tools of online security weapons. Each computer connected to your network needs them and they must be kept up to date. They’re the last line of defence should an unwanted attack get through to your network.

Update your programs often

Frequently updating your programs keeps you up-to-date on any recent issues or holes that programmers have fixed. This is kind of like cleaning house. you don’t just do it once.

Secure your laptops

Laptops are at higher risk of being lost or stolen, so if your employees have laptops that they are allowed to carry out of the office, make sure they are protected with encryption.

Secure your mobile phones

These days smart phones have become as valuable as laptops with the amount of data we carry on them. Make sure your smart phone is protected and encrypted as well.

Enable remote wiping
Back it up regularly
Make sure it is password protected with a time out period.

Monitor your network

You can install data-leakage prevention software to look for information coming out of your internal network. It can be configured to look for credit card numbers, pieces of code, or any bits of information relevant to your business indicating a breach.

Be careful what you click on

This should be known by your employees already but it is not uncommon for one of them to click on a link they believe to be harmless. This rule should have the same importance as “Do not Get in a car with strangers”