2. Employee Awareness &
Training
There are countless resources for basic training on
good employee practices. Having employees trained
and aware of the threats on the internet (and email) is
half the battle to keeping your corporate systems
secure.
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3. Website Filtering
Do you control what employees can do on your
computers? You should! Filtering out certain sites and
blocking certain types of content can greatly reduce
the likelihood that employees are able to
inadvertently introduce viruses and “malware” onto
your corporate network.
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4. Email Spam & Filtering
Don’t rely on employees to know what is safe or
not. Most service providers now offer this for free. By
limiting the types of content and attachments which
can be sent or received, you can greatly lower the
chances that someone accidentally opens a bad file
while at work (or home.)
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5. Antivirus & PC Support
There is no excuse for every PC on your network NOT
having AntiVirus and NOT being set to receive
automatic updates. Out of date software is one of
the most common ways Pcs become infected. If you
have employees with laptops this is a must-have!!
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6. Security Healthcheck
For as little as $2,500, you can have a reputable
consultant conduct a health check – they review your
systems and documentation and can generally give
you an action-plan in as little as a week.
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7. Insurance
Lastly, insurance. Many providers now offer Security
breach or insurance coverage as a rider to your
existing liability policy. Breaches not only cost you
money in lost revenue and customers but can cost
enormous sums to clean up. Talk to your agent
regarding options, as a small breach can easily cost
$50,000 to remediate.
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9. Resources (cont.)
General Security Sites
http://www.sans.org
https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/security_standa
rds/index.php
http://www.darkreading.com (news)
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