Protecting Data - 5 tips for Small Businesses
Protecting data from leaking is one objective that many
small businesses struggle with. Usually there is a lack of awareness in small
businesses and most of the big network data protection solutions are too
complex and costly for them. Protecting
data becomes a priority for businesses only when critical information is lost
or stolen. At this stage the companies pay a heavy price in form of
unrecoverable data, loss of customer trust, loss of operational time, stress
and law suites.
5 Easy ways of protecting data for small businesses
- Allow access to only authorized devices. Copynotify allows you to block USB drives and allows access to only certain white-listed USB sticks. More custom settings are possible which can be monitored.
- Block web mail attachments. This will not allow the users to use web mail clients to send emails with attachment.
- Protection from copying data into mobile devices. Copynotify will not allow devices to enable blue tooth communication. Any modems of connected to the computer will be disabled. In case unauthorized device is logged into the office network, a notification is sent.
- Monitor network and end point device logs. Copynotify allows the administrator of the network to monitor device and network logs to detect any unauthorized activity. Alerts / notifications can be sent through emails.
- Protection from malwares. Copynotify does not allow malware to spread into the network from infected devices.
Conclusion
Protecting data has become easy for small businesses using
data leakage prevention software like Copynotify. Copynotify is priced and
designed for small business networks. Businesses do not have to wait till data
is lost or stolen to see the benefits of data protection.
