Employee Security Awareness 

Educating employees in security awareness is an important part of ensuring your business runs smoothly. Many network complications can be prevented by regularly reviewing and enforcing security protocols. Connecting personal devices to the company Wi-Fi allows uncontrolled and unmanaged devices direct access to the network. Creating Guest access for personal/public use limits access to the private network.

Require employees to use unique passwords and change passwords every three months. Any information captured from data leaks is often available on the dark web. By changing passwords frequently and keeping them complex, you significantly reduce your business's data risk.

Example password Coldwater can be c0!dW@73r Get creative; it can save your business!

Sharing profiles and passwords take away individual accountability for business security. Making shared folders for file access eliminates any need for shared profiles. Every employee should have an individual secure profile.

Sensitive information, like banking passwords, should never be saved to your browser or desktop or posted on the monitor. Stay abreast of your individual business banking security requirements. Emails are the most common way that security intrusions occur. Emails with attachments should be opened with caution if you were not expecting them. Take steps to train and educate “click-happy employees.”

Restarting computers at least once a week to allow updates and patches will assist with keeping your security up to date. It is a simple but often overlooked step. Restarting at the end of the day can prevent downtime while the updates are applied.