It’s Time to be Proactive with Your Network Security!

By Denise | September 7, 2017

When it comes to Network Security for small to mid-sized businesses, we recommend you take the matter very seriously. 62% of cyber-breach victims are small to mid-size businesses! Small businesses are at the greatest risk for an attack due to their low level of preparation. It’s no longer a matter of if, but when. The costs considerations of a data breach (image below) are significant, and could force some organizations to close their doors. Organizations of all shapes and sizes can no longer afford to be reactive with their Network Security.

In recent reports, St. Mark’s Surgery Center is the latest to suffer from a massive ransomware attack that affected 33,877 patients. It is reported that the data may have included patient names, dates of birth, health information, treatment information, and Social Security numbers.

“Since the ransomware attack, we have taken a variety of actions to prevent similar situations from occurring in the future,” St. Mark’s said in its statement. “These include installation of a more robust firewall, with unified threat management services; installation of a backup and disaster recovery system that includes active hourly imaging and offsite replication to redundant data centers; and ensuring that all devices are fully updated, and that they are protected by the latest antivirus software.”

In most data breaches we have read about in the media, companies appear to be very reactive withcost considerations their network security. Most of the technology solutions that St. Mark’s reported implementing after their breach, are standard offerings with our Elite Managed IT Services Plan. When you Subscribe to a Managed IT Service Plan you will have industry leading firewalls and endpoint protection, a backup solution, and any other layers of security that your business needs require. Not only are these devices installed, more importantly, they are managed! Managing the devices includes updates, patches, configuration changes and testing. If you are not managing your devices they are extremely outdated, and just another added risk.

Don’t wait for an incident to happen to you! We encourage you to be proactive with your Network Security.

Consider starting with a Network Audit! An audit provides great insight in to your current technology network, and where potential weaknesses my be. The costs of mitigating a data breach are far higher than auditing and upgrading your security before a cyber incident happens.

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