5 Disaster Recovery Planning Essentials for Your Business5 Cyber Security Awareness Tips to Celebrate National Cyber Security

Awareness Month

October is National Cybersecurity Awareness (NCSAM), sponsored by the National Cyber Security

Alliance. 

NCSAM was designed as a collaboration between government and industry to ensure that every American & family has the resources they need to stay safer and more

secure online. 

While NSCAM aims to protect the public at large, businesses can also use the month to reflect on their own cyber security efforts and try to improve processes in time for

the new year using these five tips powered by ThrottleNet!

Catalog all your critical assets, and understand the value of your technology. Critical Assets may include:

Identify & Understand Your Technology

Social security numbers, phone numbers and email addresses HR systems, customer databases and intellectual property of your company

Have a Plan to Protect Your Assets

For small businesses, we recommend: 

Safeguards like stronger password authentication policies, implementation of cloud backup systems, regular software patching and limiting data access to only required users.Employee training on the importance of cyber security, and how to handle confidential information. 

Detect Incidents

It’s important to understand how threats such as ransomware, phishing attacks and other scams present themselves and their potential impact on your business.

Having a network monitoring system in place can help your business stay ahead of potential issues before they grow into a catastrophic problem.

Learn How to Respond to An Issue

In the event your data does become compromised, have a plan in place to:

• Resolve the issue and restore your data • Identify what data has been lost and the impact of losing that data • Successfully continue operations • Communicate the incident with key stakeholders • Ensure compliance with applicable laws • Report the breach to appropriate agencies

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Partner with a Cyber Security Expert like ThrottleNet, because we:  

• ensure your business has all a thorough plan in place to prevent cybercrime,

• work with your company to develop actionable policies and procedures, and provide services to monitor network activity and back up critical data files.