You’ve read about it in the news – big companies and government agencies getting hacked with ransomware, being down for days, and having to pay exorbitant ransom to get their data back. The most recent example of this is the Colonial Pipeline.
Don’t let this is happen to you!
We’re going to let you in a little secret – the best way to protect yourself from ransomware is…. with backups! We know it sounds simple but stick with us here. It’s more complicated than it sounds.
Yes – you should have business class antivirus software.
Yes – you should have a business class firewall.
Yes – you should have a maintenance and monitoring plan in place to keep all your systems up to date with security patches.
Yes – you should be training your users to be cautious and not just click on attachments and links in random emails.
Yes – you should have strong passwords and multi-factor authentication enabled.
All that stuff is important, but none of it is foolproof. Antivirus and firewalls can only protect you from known threats. Same with system updates. It’s critically important to keep your systems patched and up to date with the latest security updates, but even so new threats are discovered every day.
Even with all your precautions, it’s possible that some hacker/scammer somewhere will trick someone into clicking on something and then… Bam! You’re infected.
It would absolutely be better to not get infected in the first place, but there are no guarantees, so your last line of defense is good backups and a disaster recovery plan.
IT Solutions Ann Arbor
Cyber-attacks are on the rise and every business connected to the internet is at risk. You can’t afford to have IT problems. You don’t need to be an IT expert or have an IT department on staff. With one phone call, you can have the experts at NSG on your team. So you can worry about your business, and let us worry about your IT.
Contact Us or give us a call at (877) 815-6974 to schedule a consultation.
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