Preventing Data Breaches on Data Privacy Day

The start of 2019 comes with promises of many new technologies that you, as a business decision-maker, can use to help grow your business. Though these new avenues can open many doors for your business, these advancements are also creating new vulnerabilities and avenues for hackers, thieves, and phishers to take advantage of. Luckily, Data Privacy Day is right around the corner.

The day is celebrated on the 28th of January each year and is intended to educate users on data privacy to promote a safer, more secure, and more private internet for citizens all over the world. It’s also a good day for people to review their social media privacy settings, update old passwords, and take a look at the state of your digital data security. 

The purpose and goals of Data Privacy Day are of particular importance to businesses. Each year, millions of businesses face attacks to their security as a result of totally preventable vulnerabilities within their IT infrastructure. While not all attacks turn into breaches, that doesn’t mean they’re not cause for concern. 

So, what can you do to protect yourself this Data Privacy Day? Depending on your business, a good place to start is to increase your password security. This can be done by requiring more complex passwords from your employees, requiring they change them up regularly, and by instating two-factor authentication, which provides additional security to confirm the person logging into your network is legitimate.

If you haven’t already, setting up firewalls and using encryption to secure your network is also a great idea to keep out hackers. Additionally, limiting privileges to certain parts of your network only to those for whom access is necessary. This limits the potential that certain information will fall into the wrong hands.

Finally, having back-ups, either of your entire environment, or simply of vital data, is one of the best ways to prevent attacks that corrupt, steal, or try to ransom your data.

Whatever your needs, Capstone Works takes the initiatives of Data Privacy Day to heart. We will work with you to craft a customized security plan that will prevent attacks from happening and keep your business’ data safe and secure.

Not only have we made it our mission to stay updated on all the latest possible threats to your industry, but we also work to educate our clients on these matters, and make sure they’re able to make informed decisions about how to protect their businesses.

After an audit of your current security infrastructure, we can determine where your vulnerabilities lie and prevent them from being used against you. Whether you need as simple a fix as a software patch, or a more substantial overhaul of your internal security procedures, like making sure users are forced to use secure passwords, servers run on secure protocols, etc., Capstone Works has you covered.

Start your New Year off right. Data Privacy Day is a great time to give your business’ security measures an update, so don’t pass by without a second thought. Contact Capstone Works today and rest assured that 2019 will be a great year for your business.