Creating a strong security plan is extremely important for your business. It helps you protect your data and saves you from heavy monetary losses. This blog post will highlight some of the things that you must do to create a strong security plan for your business to protect your data from all sorts of external and internal threats.

Scrutinize Your Network and Calculate Risk Scores

Before you formulate a security plan for your business, you can access your vulnerabilities using Penetration testing instruments. In other words, you can determine what things you need to work on to protect your data. With the help of Introduce IDS (Intrusion Detection System), you can also set alarms for any sort of suspicious activity on your network. You can also use the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) that gives you a score depending on the severity of your system's weaknesses. You can convert these numerical scores into a descriptive estimation that range from low to high or even critical. Once you understand your system's vulnerabilities, you can decide what security measures and methods you must adopt to protect your data from any potential threats.

Educate Your Employees

Trust in your employees is extremely important because they can access your network. It is better to educate them often about potential cyber threats and what they can do to protect your organization from them. You can train them to identify any suspicious emails and teach them how to set up strong passwords on the devices they use to work. You should also have strict policies against any possible misuse of data by any of the employees. Take strict action against any employee who is found responsible for any sort of activity that can risk your business’s security. 

Keep Backups 

No matter how good your security measures are, it is always better to keep a backup for your important data. Even if an unexpected breach occurs, you can easily recover your data if you have it stored on an external location or device. 

Do you want to formulate a strong security plan for your business? Contact Lean Security today to benefit from a wide range of penetration testing services. We have a decade of experience in providing effective and reliable IT solutions to protect businesses from any external threats. Contact us at +61 (2) 8078 6952 or email at info@leansecurity.com.au for more info.