Keep technology updated, properly prepare employees through training and policy, stay informed on cybersecurity trends and threats, and back up crucial data. Updating technology and backing up data prevents breaches. Training employees on security practices creates a more secure environment and cyber-savvy culture. Staying informed helps business owners protect their business from prevailing threats.

1. Boosting Your Small Business's
Cybersecurity
W. Patric Gregory

2. Keep Technology Updated
You need to invest in technology that is equipped with
recent security updates. Computers, tablets, and other
devices lacking this kind of fortification can easily be
infiltrated, creating an additional, and completely
preventable, impediment to your otherwise positive
progress.

3. Properly Prepare Employees
Proper employee training is an essential part of any corporate culture,
and, these days, training absolutely has to include cybersecurity.
Create a cybersecurity policy for your business in which you include all
prescribed cybersecurity practices, ranging from password creation to
what to do in case of a suspected breach. Keeping everyone grounded
in this policy will help not only better ensure a more cyber-safe
environment, but also instill a more cyber-savvy culture.

4. Stay Informed
Education about cybersecurity should not apply only to your employees
– you need to educate yourself and stay current on a subject that is at
the foundation of your business. Keep yourself up to date on prevailing
trends in security technology and on noteworthy cyber threats in the
news. And keep your antennae tuned to matters of significance that
may affect your particular business sector.

5. Back Up Crucial Data
Be sure to include backing-up protocols as part of your cybersecurity
policy. Such a plan will help insure the continuity of your business. It will
also help insure a better night’s sleep for you.