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 Tuesday, May 05, 2009
On average, data breaches cost small businesses over $6 million per incident. That is the number given by security company Fellowes. While data breaches are certainly a cybersecurity matter, they're not necessarily only a cybersecurity matter. What tips do you have for keeping info safe? "It's important for small businesses to know and fully understand the proper steps and procedures for preventing a data breach," says Nancy Heaton, senior global marketing manager for Fellowes. "I encourage all small businesses to educate themselves about this crime and take the appropriate steps to help protect their proprietary information." Fellowes has provided a list of 7 simple tips to ensure that your business is protected from a data breach. These include: 1. Develop Office Guidelines outlining procedures for protecting sensitive info. 2. Keep all sensitive info and files locked away, restricting access to only those who need it. 3. Ensure all company computers have the most up to date security software.
4. Limit the use of social security numbers in the workplace (like on ID badges, time cards, paychecks, etc.) 5. Conduct background checks on potential employees 6. Avoid leaving documents in communal copiers, shared printing spaces, conferences rooms, and other open areas. 7. At the end of each workday, all employees should log off their computers and lock their workstations. There are certainly other precautions that can be taken to maintain a secure work environment, but these seven tips will be a great step in the right direction. They're pretty much common sense, yet are still often overlooked. There's no reason why your business should be put at risk of losing (potentially) millions of dollars when it could be easily avoided by one of these simple tasks.
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Sample Group Of UK Business Owners Doing Well  By Doug Caverly Generally speaking, things that are moving in one direction can't fly into reverse without (at least temporarily) coming to a stop. Even though new info from the BBC doesn't exactly indicate that the economy's soaring, then, it's at least good to see that the descent has slowed. The BBC has been talking to the owners of ten small businesses for some time now and comparing their confidence on a month-to-month business. The March feedback was recently released, and it turns out that only two of the ten owners became less positive about their firms. This sort of ratio seems likely to occur in any economic situation. Otherwise, a total of five owners reported no change in their confidence levels, which isn't so bad. And three owners started to feel a little more secure, which is nice to hear. » Continue reading this article.
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