As the digital age continues to evolve, protecting corporate information cannot be taken lightly. Ensuring security for your company's technology helps protect your information, but it does more than that.
In the latest episode of the Best of Success podcast show, Bill Collins, head of national finance at Servco, and Hasshi Sudler, professor at Villanova University and president and CEO of Internet Think Tank, talk about how companies can help protect their information. Discuss ways to improve cybersecurity. .
“The biggest mistake is [is] It’s because you don’t plan ahead for when your business will be compromised,” Collins says. “It's not a question of if. It's a question of when, and if you don't plan, you won't know how to react.”
Collins also says it's important to update your systems regularly and back up your information. But companies can do more than just plan for the inevitable cyberattacks.
“One of the most important things is to make sure you have an antivirus tool on your machine,” Sudler says. “It's the easiest way to ensure that all types of malicious software are detected and can help prevent infections on your machine in the long term.”
Another thing companies can do to prevent hacking is to ensure that employees use good “hygienic” passwords and don't use the same password for many different accounts, Sadler said. .
“if [hackers] Although it's possible to guess a password once, people typically use it repeatedly for many different accounts. [hackers will] Just go to any other account you think you're using and they'll use the exact same credentials,” Sadler says.
Watch the entire video here or listen on the go with the podcast version.
