• Security
  • 06/05/2020
Do we value our data enough to protect it?

I’m sure you know yourself. You know your business. Of course you want to protect everything in it, right?

Ask any business owner – they will tell you their time is their most precious asset. With that said, we all want to spend as little time as possible worrying about security and more time on tasks we actually want to do. On the other hand, spending too little time on security can lead to disastrous outcomes. Therefore, we really must aim to yield a greater 'ROI' on the time we spend on security.

 

Ask yourself these questions to keep time on your side:

1. What is most confidential to you in terms of your business data?

2. Is there anything you cannot afford to lose?

3. Is any of your data irreplaceable?

4. What would cause the most damage to your business?

5. How would a security breach affect your reputation?

6. How would you deal with the financial consequences caused by any of the above?

 

What of the following do you value most?

  • Photos
  • Credit Card Details
  • Bank Account
  • Details
  • Personal Information
  • Account Information – Bank, LinkedIn, Facebook, Amazon, PayPal
  • Password Information
  • Primary Email
  • Bitcoin Wallet
  • Browser History
  • Special Files

 

Imagine somebody stole, destroyed or encrypted your files so you could no longer use them...

Or a criminal were to get their mitts on them...

How would you react to seeing your files suddenly appear online for the whole world to see?

Now look at your list again – how valuable are your assets with a second glance?

Each item on this list is 'as precious an asset' as the time you spend on security.

These are the things you truly value most.

Use this list to focus your energy when applying security and you will halve the time you spend on it.

Consider carefully the value of what you could lose: the cost of recovering what has been lost and the financial implications of losing information about others.

 

So what data is important and what is not?

One perspective could be that there is not much point in spending hours backing up files that can easily be replaced when energies are better placed preserving data that truly matters.

On the other hand, a counter-argument could be that all data is sensitive and mission critical – nowadays, systems like Datto are so reliable, cost effective and easy to use that it in fact protects everything and actually costs more to review what you are storing. Having the ability to recover your data quickly will enable you to carry on your activities and processes - more or less without interruption. Have you considered the legal implications of having your systems compromised? What will your customers do knowing their personal information might have been stolen?

What do you think?

Recent Post

The Cloud Question

Security

Are IT preconceptions holding the business back?

Security

How secure is the Cloud?

Security

The Six R's of Cloud Migration

Security

Cloud Computing and the Property Sector

Security

Related Posts

  • Security
  • Jan

Privacy or anonymity? - Which is more important in the digital era?

Technology is evolving quicker than most peoples’ ability to understand it; therefore it is increasi

Read More
  • Security
  • Jan

If all computers are vulnerable, how strong are your security defences?

You should now understand the difference between Privacy, Anonymity and Pseudonymity. which should l

Read More
  • Security
  • Jan

The Cyber Security Landscape - Best Practices to Protect Your Business Data

What business owners consider to be valuable assets will vary from one business owner to another  bu

Read More
  • Security
  • Jan

The Cyber Security Landscape - To what degree is your business at risk?

It is critical to know who your enemy is. ‘Better the devil you know’ as they say. If you have never

Read More