Benefits of Managed Technology Services for Healthcare Companies
Over the past decade, technology has become a critical part of any business’s success. This is especially true in the healthcare industry, where the...
From working hand-in-hand with our CPA firm, Accounting services, and Bookkeeping clients over the years, we know a thing or two about data security and how best to protect your firm from data losses or data breaches. In today’s world, accounting firms must do everything they can to protect their client’s sensitive financial information. We’ve pulled together a few best practices for you to keep in mind.
If you never measure your security performance, you never know if your network and data are secure or not. That is, until you learn from a breach or malicious virus that you had poor security after all. We recommend an outside firm provide an annual security assessment and review. You may not have the time or budget to implement all suggestions, but at least you will know your weaknesses and you can develop a plan to improve over time.
Your network can be bullet proof to hackers and your data encrypted, but if your team isn’t trained or your office isn’t physically secure, your data is still at risk.
This is the sweet spot. We feel you need to start from the outside and work toward each user device to implement proper security.
What if you are hacked or a malicious virus infects your system? If major financial institutions or fortune 500 companies have some vulnerability, you probably will to (even if you follow some of these tips).
Can you recreate lost data or data held hostage by a malicious virus? Do you conduct a periodic test of your data backups to confirm their validity? Do you have multiple layers of backup – local, onsite, offsite?
A good, up-to-date backup or disaster recovery solution can be your “get out of jail (almost) free” card if you run into a problem.
The use of personal devices on a company network to handle client data is always one of your largest security concerns. If you allow company data on personal devices, there are some steps you can take to limit the security vulnerabilities this may cause. Here are a couple of ideas:
The cost of proper security, if done proactively, will generally be much cheaper than the cost of a data breach or work stoppage from an IT problem. Your firm can work on some of the solutions on your own. A proactive IT partner like Fluid IT Services can help you with the rest. Give us a call and we’ll help you out!
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