ESET: In recent weeks the way people work has changed radically. Suddenly, millions employees worldwide are working from home and many of them are faced with a new technological environment with which they are not yet familiar.
As employees move from their offices and desktops to laptops and wireless home networks, giving them clear instructions on how to protect their devices and data at home is extremely important…
There are many ways you can lose your data: accidentally, like when you spill coffee on your laptop, or after a technical problem, like an app malfunctioning. A particularly worrying possibility, however, is falling victim to a targeted attack. This is a serious risk, as the attacker (hacker) can obtain access in the victim's files or even blackmail the victim for the return of the data.
For individuals, data loss often has emotional costs, but for businesses, the financial consequences can be very serious. Data loss can paralyze organizations, causing serious financial problems as well as reputation problems.
However, many businesses still do not know how to protect their data.
In an era where employees are working remotely over home networks, it is important that businesses make backup a priority (backup) and data protection.
According to ESET, the steps you can take to achieve this are:
1. The first step is to inform employees about the risks of data loss and train them on basic information technology and cybersecurity issues. Ensuring that your employees know how to safely transfer or delete files located in servers, or how to spot a spam email or a suspicious link, can save you from more serious problems in the future.
2. In addition, it is important to enable the automatic backup process. Manually copying each time you use a file is time consuming and unreliable. Activating the automatic system backup you will ensure that copies of the data are stored permanently. This dramatically reduces the chance of data loss due to human error.
3. It is equally important to make sure that you have set up a problem reporting process in case an employee makes a mistake. Employees should be aware that they must notify the administrator as soon as possible of the loss of their data.
4. To ensure that your software is constantly up to date, enable the automatic update process for all applications. Problems with hardware and system errors are one of the main reasons for data loss, and keeping your system up to date enhances the security of your data.
5. Finally, adjust your control settings to restrict employee access, allowing only editing files and files that are directly related to their work. If an employee does not have access to a file, then they cannot accidentally delete it.
Every company, small or large, can benefit from good processes and reliable technologies backup.
ESET suggests that you take a minute to think about what might happen if you lose important files. If this thought worries you, then it's time to keep copies of your files.
