Protect Your Business from Cyber-theft!

Crime is everywhere you go; in big cities, rural farming communities, and anywhere in between.  It is an unfortunate part of life, but nowhere is crime more rampant than on the internet.  Criminals are lazy and wish to work from home as well I suppose.  As a business owner, you have to work double duty, not only to protect your home, but your business as well, and if you are like most American’s you have internet access and at least one website to protect. Most merchants and small business owner spend quite a bit of money developing and launching their website, but what are you doing to protect it?   Hackers spend countless hours of the day and night looking for loopholes into websites with the intent of stealing banking information and identities.

Here are several ways you can protect your businesses hardware and software:

1. Encrypt your hard drives.  With over 800,000 laptops being lost or stolen at airports alone, protecting your hard drives is a priority.  Encrypting makes accessing the information stored on your laptop a lot more difficult, but not completely impossible, so don’t rely on it for complete protection.


2. Consider using cloud based software.  Utilizing the cloud can benefit you in many ways.  Important data can be accessed anywhere using the cloud, and it is protected by the vast resources of larger corporations like Microsoft.


3. To protect your website information, backup regularly.  Depending on traffic, you may wish to back up your system information daily, weekly or at a very minimum monthly, depending on how much information you are willing to lose and attempt to rebuild.


4. Lock your mobile devices.  Get in the habit of locking your mobile device anytime you are not using it.  So many devices are lost or stolen every day.  Most of which contain some pretty important personal and business related information.  A prime source of information for identity thieves!


5. Check your passwords, and your reset information.  We all think our passwords are incredible, but are they predictable?  What about your password reset information?  Is it a weak link in your security?  Try having employees hack your password, or figure out your reset information.  They know more about you than the average Joe, so if they can’t figure out your password or your reset information, you are probably good to go.


6. Consider investing in computer protection software.  Virus protection is a must, but firewalls, and such are important as well.  There are a large number of programs out there which specialize in protecting your website, and provide automatic back-up of your data.  Sometimes purchasing pre-packaged software programs is the fastest and easiest way for businesses to protect their cyber-systems.

No matter what it takes to protect your business, Strategic Nationwide Funding is

here to help.  With a merchant cash advance, you can purchase a new alarm system for your business, security software for your computers, and even new equipment should you have a catastrophic failure.  Our funds can actually be used for any need your business has.  If you are looking into alternative funding for your business, visit our website at http://snffunding.com or call our knowledgeable representatives at 1-866-972-8885