HOW TO IMPROVE DATA SECURITY IN YOU COMPANY

HOW TO IMPROVE DATA SECURITY IN YOU COMPANY

Having a technology that allows companies to handle the huge amount of data created daily can have several advantages. In today’s article, we present some methods to keep your data untouchable.

Store in the cloud

The use of the Cloud not only reduces costs, by eliminating the need of expensive, complex and some times obsolete insfrastuctures such as data centres, but also allows for unlimited and extremely secure storage. By using cloud storage you will have the advantage of any collaborator being able to access the documents through a internet enabled device.

Assess the risks

I tis importante to assess the risks that you may incur and implemente preventive mesures within the company. For exemple, when limiting the use of removable equipments to transport information, you will reduce the possibility of malicious software entry.

Invest in a antivírus

Protecting the devices with a good antivírus is essential. A free version will not guarantee a full protection, thus being recommended the pruchase of a license. An antivírus may be fundamental for data safe keeping, however you will not be able to protect them against all possible attacks that may occur, such as the ones happening through suspect links. We advise an always updated antivírus to reduce the risk.

Define rules and level of protection

When levels of protection and access are defined to diferente folders or archives, the data security level will increase. Planning the organization structures and the business functioning will make the permissions segmentations not to impair the daily activity of the collaborators.

Have a good backup policy

By defining a regular backup policy in your company you will guarantee that your data is always protected. This is the best way in case of na acidental system failure, avoiding losses to the activity.