With the advent of the always-on computers, live internet, PDA and cell phone, and mobile data, comes the risk of not knowing what is happening to that proprietary (or even sensitive) information stored on these devices.  If you were to lose access to that data for even a day or two, what would that do to your business operations?  How much income would you lose, and how long could your business survive such a productivity loss?

Did you know that the FBI reports that more than 2 million laptop computers are lost or stolen every year.  97% of these are never recovered.  What if that were your laptop or office PC, or worse your file server?  What would you do without your information? Do you have a disaster recovery plan?

What about a firewall to protect that information after hours when you are not in the office?

We can help you protect your information, and give you a plan and peace of mind!

We wanted to share this with our loyal blog followers.  Very important that we pay attention to this and address it within your organizations.

http://www.krebsonsecurity.com/2010/03/online-thieves-take-205000-bite-out-of-missouri-dental-practice/

If you have questions please let us know.

As a business owner you naturally want to be sure that the infrastructure of your computer network is protected from any unauthorized access.  In conjunction you want to insure that your computers, peripheral devices, network connectivity and so forth are continuously monitored for stability and staff productivity. 

Unfortunately many people have no idea where to start or how to achieve any of this.  Fortunately, however, this is where your experience managed services provider (MSP) can help.  

The following is a list of areas your MSP should be covering in order to insure your and data is secure and your network continues to run smoothly.

• A commercial grade security appliance (firewall) will make sure hackers, malware and infections don’t get into your infrastructure. iServPro works with a number of industry vendors.  One of these is Fortinet and their Fortigate series is the solution we recommend to our clients.     
• A quality endpoint security, like Trend Micro’s Worry Free Business Security Product, will ensure that viruses and spyware don’t infect your computers and servers.
• Your MSP should also implement policies on the servers which allow permissions based on job functions of the employee to access different areas of the network and internet. 
• If you have a wireless network your MSP can encrypt your passcodes for the highest level of security so unauthorized users/hackers cannot access the network wirelessly. 
• Your MSP should continually be applying the latest critical security patches to your Windows desktop PC’s, laptops and Windows servers.
• All corporate e-mail should be run through a system that checks for spam, viruses and phishing attempts.
• In addition to all these tasks, your MSP should regularly verify that your back-ups are complete and that a disaster recovery plan is in place.

If you are unsure if your current provider is meeting these requirements, please feel free to contact iServPro.  We will be happy to conduct a third-party review of your infrastructure and policies.