How to protect your business from fraud and attacks

Fraud doesn't only target individuals, but businesses too, often more aggressively, because the stakes are higher. An unprepared business can lose money, data and reputation in a single day. Here's what you can do to protect yourself.

Email fraud aimed at businesses

A common scheme: someone poses as a supplier or a manager and asks, by email, for an urgent payment to a new account. The rule in your company should be clear: any change of bank details or unexpected payment is checked through a second channel, such as a direct phone call.

Protect access to your systems

• Separate accounts. Each employee with their own account, not a shared password everyone knows.
• Minimum permissions. Everyone has access only to what they need, not to everything.
• Two-step verification on important accounts.
• Access removed promptly when someone leaves the company.

Backup, backup, backup

Many attacks lock a company's data and demand a ransom. The only real defence is a recent backup, kept separately. With a good backup, an attack becomes a nuisance, not a catastrophe.

Train your team

The best technology won't help if an employee clicks where they shouldn't. A few simple rules, clearly explained, greatly reduce the risk: don't open unexpected attachments, don't give out data over the phone, check unusual payments.

How we can help

We build systems with separate accounts, controlled permissions and secure payments, and we offer maintenance with regular backups. We can also carry out a security audit of what you already use. If you want to know where you're exposed, get in touch.