Cybersecurity Ventures predicted that cybercrime will cost the world $10.5 trillion annually by 2025. Too many business owners think purchasing antivirus software, turning their firewall on, and installing a password manager are enough to keep them safe from cybercriminals - sadly, THAT IS NOT TRUE.  Managed IT cybersecurity solutions are designed to keep your business protected. Using a co-managed cybersecurity strategy designed by IT specialists will help you ensure your cybersecurity is up-to-date and effective against attacks. When you work with the right team, they will assess your network to create a plan that will help secure your data and actively monitor to keep you secure.

Cybersecurity Threats

  • Phishing: Criminals send emails with links that attempt to secure login credentials or other privileged information by tricking users into thinking it’s a valid email. An email might ask for login details to a key system, a financial account or even ask an employee to transfer funds.
  • Malware: Malware attacks embed software into computers and other devices to impair performance, steal information, or breach data.
  • Ransomware: Ransomware attacks embed malware that prevents access to key data or even deletes it. Criminals then demand payment in exchange for deleting the programs or providing access to your data.

IT Disaster Recovery Plans

When the unexpected happens, your IT disaster capabilities are essential to getting things back on track as quickly as possible. IT teams are planning for the unknown and making sure their infrastructure with withstand everything from security threats to sudden demand for new ways of working. 

Having the right solutions in place often begins with a risk assessment and customized plan. Teams will need to identify unique business needs and key processes to draft such a plan. They will:

  • Identify What cloud services can best support all aspects of your business
  • Implement a backup solution for servers 
  • Develop reliable endpoint backup solutions for tablets and smartphones
  • Create restoration plans and strategy
  • Hire specialized talent support in case of a disaster event 

As the risk of different disaster types increase, IT leaders are putting the technology solutions, processes, and talent in place to respond quickly to get systems online.

Business Continuity

Today’s planning needs to go beyond simple backups to look at the solutions organizations have in place for business continuity. Security solutions and IT disaster recovery planning are important parts of the process. 

Yet for IT leaders, business continuity planning is part of a larger conversation. What will your organization do if a key IT employee becomes ill and needs to be out of the office for an extended period of time, for example? These are the types of questions IT leaders wrestle with as they plan ahead:

  • What are the most important systems and business processes that need business continuity planning?
  • What staff are essential to operations and how can they receive support in the case they’re out of the office?
  • What support do employees need to get back online quickly in case of a systems outage?
  • How can the impact on customer-facing systems be minimized?

Network Security Employee Collaboration

 From facilitating flexible collaboration to enabling different modes of communications, IT leaders are looking at:

  • Video conferencing solutions such as Zoom, Skype, and other options for internal and customer calls
  • Holistic communication and collaboration platforms such as Slack or Microsoft Teams
  • Secure document storage and sharing platforms
  • Real-time collaboration solutions that enable teams to work together on documents, share a virtual whiteboard for brainstorming, or meet organically
  • Flexible digital workspaces that allow employees to get more done from any device 
  • Customer-facing solutions to enable options like remote call centers and customer-ready sales presentation platforms that support a seamless customer experience 

VPNs and VDI

At the intersection of both employee productivity and data security, businesses are adopting new technologies to support both. Virtual private networks (VPNs) and virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) are helping companies achieve multiple goals.  

With a VPN, employees can log in using their company computer or devices and securely access your systems over any network. With VDI, you create a virtual desktop that sits in your data center. Users log in from any device and since they’re accessing all their applications and data on your servers, data never leaves the data center. 

BKS Cyber Security and Compliance Services

Industries like healthcare, financial services and manufacturing are required by government regulation to develop IT protocols, from email to disaster recovery to data protection. BKS employs a host of automated platforms and relies on over 20 years of compliance experience to ensure our clients are up to date at all times.

Cyber Security and Compliance Services package combines an elite team of IT security veterans with a purpose-built threat monitoring platforms identifying malicious and suspicious activity. Our security service delivers 24x7x365 threat detection and response while detecting and containing threats faster with incident remediations.

Trust your cybersecurity compliance needs to BKS!