Home Office Safety & Security Week: Secure Your Business Data

This week is Home Office Safety and Security Week and there is no better time to evaluate the safety and security of your remote work environments. With the increase of remote work due to COVID-19 has also came an increase in ransomware attacks, leaving business data vulnerable. If you work with sensitive business information, whether it be paper or digital, it is important to secure your home office from any threats.

There are many risks to working remotely from home in terms of data protection, but there are several things that you can do to secure your business data. Here are some questions to ask yourself, and some solutions to think about when you are analyzing the safety and security of your remote work environments:

• Are physical documents or notes properly destroyed? Make sure that sensitive business documents are shredded or disposed of properly to avoid them being recovered by anyone that should not have access.

• Have you changed the default password on your router? Default passwords can easily be found online and hacked into. Make sure your network is properly set up with the highest security available and a strong password.

• Are your passwords strong and are you changing them often? Do not use simplistic or easy-to-guess passwords. It is always good to change your password everything few months as a precaution.

• Where do you store your paper documents? If you are working with sensitive information or data, make sure those files are stored somewhere safe that can be locked.

• Is your data backed up? It is important that you have your data backed up somewhere incase of accidental deletion or ransomware attacks. At Managed Business Solutions, we offer Datto SaaS Protection to ensure your data is protected.

 Make sure to take some time this week to evaluate your home office and identify any security issues that may put your data at risk. Our team at MBS are experts and home office and cyber security and can relieve any concerns you may have with your remote work environment.