SoKy Local Business or "SoKybiz"

July was Soky.biz IT security month. No, I didn't plan it to be, it just turned out that way. It is something I take seriously and my focus was a result of two things. 1) I had been infected by a nasty Trojan Virus and, 2) I am in the process of restoring all of my computers to their original factory installations and have been considering my options as far as protection from spyware and virus's go. Then I ran across this outstanding article which articulates many of the issues I've written about much better.

Seven Steps to Protect Your Business' Most Important Asset: Information
07/ 31/ 2006
by Marcia Passos Duffy
National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)

When you look at your company's resources, you will find information ranked right up there as a top asset. Chances are most of your company's sensitive information, including files on products, customers, suppliers and employees, are now kept digitally. So just like your other business assets, you need to take steps to protect information from unauthorized access and even theft.

The goal of information technology security is to create measures that eliminate or reduce threats of theft or unauthorized access to a minimal level. Nothing is 100 percent foolproof, but here are seven steps that can help protect your critical information technology system and avert possible breaches that can spell disaster to your business' integrity and competitive edge.

Step 1: Become aware.
Step 2: Know what kind of information must be protected and from whom.
Step 3: Make sure all your computers are up-to-date.
Step 4: Educate users about policies and procedures.
Step 5: Verify.
Step 6: Know there is an inconvenience factor of a secure system.
Step 7: Have a disaster recovery plan of action.

Read the full explanation in this great report on the NFIB website.
http://www.nfib.com/object/IO_29459.htm

This was posted by SoKy : 4:46 PM