Make Network Security Simple with These 3 Tips

Businesses often struggle with network security. When they do manage to keep up with the near-constant demands of the industry, they end up implementing technology they may not fully understand. However, we can help! Let’s dive into three of the most important components of network security that your business should keep in mind.

In particular, your business should focus on:

• How threats and vulnerabilities impact network security
• The types of solutions that can help you react to these threats and vulnerabilities
• The importance of a plan to address potential security concerns as they appear

The Impact of Threats and Vulnerabilities

You can’t understand security without knowing what you’re guarding against.

There are two major categories of security issues you can encounter: threats and vulnerabilities. These can naturally be split up further into more specific problems, like malware, phishing attacks, denial-of-service attacks, man-in-the-middle attacks, ransomware attacks, brute force attacks, and so on. There is no limit to these issues, and they impact all kinds of businesses.

Generally speaking, threats make their way into your network through a vulnerability—flaws in the hardware or software your business uses regularly.

How to Secure with Solutions and Best Practices

To take the fight against security threats, you need… wait for it… security solutions.

Specifically, you must implement proactive security measures like firewalls, antivirus, antimalware, content filtering, spam blocking, encryption, and access control. These solutions are designed to both prevent security issues and detect attempts so they can be controlled and eradicated. Remember, it’s better to prevent security breaches than to react to them.

Of course, security measures are only so effective if your team isn’t trained on best practices, so every effort to educate and train them must also be made.

How to React to Potential Security Issues

If you suffer a security breach, taking immediate action is important.

You should have a plan in place to identify, contain, and eliminate any potential threats, as well as a process for recovering from the event, should any data be destroyed or encrypted. Moving forward, you’ll need monitoring solutions to ensure that no residual infections remain. It’s also important to follow any compliance and regulatory laws regarding any impacted parties, but really, it’s better to avoid this situation altogether through proactive measures.

No business is immune to a security breach, and even a shadow of a plan is better than having no plan.

Don’t Wait Any Longer

We know security is stressful.

BNMC has security professionals who can take the brunt of the work off your team. While you still need your employees to comply with best practices and policies, enough training will ensure they remain effective deterrents to potential security threats. Ultimately, the best approach is combining technology and training—both of which we can supply.

Learn more by calling us today at (978) 482-2020.