Comments on: 6 Tips to Help You Secure Your Business Data Today

By: Hayden Stewart

Hayden Stewart — Tue, 08 Aug 2017 15:07:18 +0000

These are awesome tips. Being able to identify security threats or breaches in your online security is one of the most important abilities for companies to have.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 20:43:56 +0000

These are great tips for securing business data! Losing valuable data/files can be devastating, and these are great ways for avoiding such situation! Thanks for sharing this!

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 06:35:16 +0000

Data tends to be spread around, trapped in various silos. The latest wave of BI tools is attempting to remove the barriers between those silos so that a holistic picture is formed based on multiple data sources. This provides much more accurate forecasts.

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 12 Jan 2017 18:04:17 +0000

This is a great list of things a business owner can do to make sure their data stays secure. Having a backup plan and training employees on safety has to be a top priority.

By: Laurie

Laurie — Tue, 13 Dec 2016 23:06:42 +0000

I think it is important to properly protect your company. Ensuring that your employees use secure passwords, keeping data stored or backed up in the cloud, using virus protection, and having staff members on hand in case there is an emergency. Great information, thanks for sharing!

By: Ravi Chahar

Ravi Chahar — Mon, 14 Nov 2016 13:52:22 +0000

Hey Erik,

I have recently faced this issue. My data was lost because of an unusual virus. It’s really hard to recover the whole data again.

It’s important to improve the security of your business. People are out there with the weapons to hit you directly.

I have come across an article last week stating that 70% of the websites are getting hacked every year. I mean it’s really scary.

I am sure, Carbonite can provide a better solution.

Thanks for sharing the info.
~Ravi

By: Sathish Arumugam

Sathish Arumugam — Mon, 14 Nov 2016 09:52:39 +0000

Thanks, Erik,
This article is vital for all the business owner. Though we are very secure and safeguarding all our work data but because of some slight sensitive issue, we will inevitably face this critical point. Though the tips you have provided is also essential to maintain our data, other than that every employee must know their company security policy details its very mandatory. And the firewalls protect our network but instead along with this the above steps is also very very necessary, to maintain our standard and protect our business

By: Hassan

Hassan — Thu, 10 Nov 2016 19:33:50 +0000

Hi! Erik,

In my opinion, you need to put up a strong firewall In order to have a properly protected network, “firewalls are a must,” Cloutier says. A firewall protects your network by controlling internet traffic coming into and flowing out of your business. They’re pretty standard across the board

By: Amar kumar

Amar kumar — Thu, 10 Nov 2016 10:47:37 +0000

Hey Erik,

The starting point for any business must be understanding what data is business-critical or sensitive. We must identify how it’s used and where it’s stored.

Everyone in our business must understand company security policy and know why it’s important. Education doesn’t need to be expensive, it can be integrated easily into the staff-induction process, and we could consider six-monthly refreshers to bring existing employees up to speed with any changes – including threats of which they should be aware. Education and communication are just as important as tools against cyber-crime as the computer technology which we use to defend our data.

An integral part of any small-business IT security strategy is a formal document that goes into proper detail and is then kept updated, rather than stuffed in a drawer and forgotten about. It may sound tedious, but we must plan not only how to protect our data and resources, but also what to do in the event that things go wrong.

Even when we have a security policy written up and implemented, the staff educated, the data encrypted and the devices under control, we can’t afford to rest on our laurels and assume we’re now secure. IT security is a dynamic, ever-changing landscape, and securing our data is our responsibility.

With best wishes,

Amar kumar