With emerging trends in agentic artificial intelligence and machine learning, businesses have become even more vulnerable with their information accessible to the public. The topic of Cyber Security is top of mind with Tekkdose. According to Bloomberg, cyber security-related issues costs companies around $400 Billion a year on average.
Your workforce plays a crucial part in the security of your company, and employees who are unaware of the onslaught of cyber threats are a liability to the safety of your company’s data. One of the easiest ways to curb this loss in your company is to train your employees to create a more secure email environment.
It is important your team are always up-to-date on the best procedures to keep the company safe. There are some simple approaches to saving you and your company from the horrors of a cyber-attack, here is a list of tips that help safeguard your business.
- Never open links or attachments from unknown persons.
- Don’t respond to emails that request a password change and require you to divulge personal information — no matter how official the source appears.
- Ensure antivirus and anti-spy software is updated on your computer.
- Encrypt any emails containing sensitive data before sending.
- Don’t use your company email address to send and receive personal emails.
- Don’t automatically forward company emails to a third-party email system.
- Create strict standards for company-related Mobile Device usage
Devices such as personal mobile phones, tablets and laptops are important tools of the workforce, and with them comes another wave of cyber threats. Making sure your employees have multi-factor authentication, password-protected devices, encrypt emails, and download approved security applications to help keep data safe and out of reach.
Tekkdose offers consultation on best Cyber Security practices that will help with many of these safety features, including the ability to set up a robust security infrastructure. Contact us for all your security or Office 365 needs.
