Too often small business owners will not make room in their budget for their technology to save a few bucks up-front. They aren’t willing to pull out the credit card for a security solution because they don’t want to deal with a monthly or yearly cost.
Skimping on security can cost them in time, money, resources and clients. When it comes to investing in IT, here are three things you never want to cheap out on.
Security.
These are business owners and managers who fall into the mindset of “It won’t happen to me.” This is a dangerous line of thinking.
For small businesses, a data breach can be devastating. Not only is data compromised and potentially copied or stolen, but your clients will also immediately question whether or not they should trust you. There’s a good chance they end up taking their business elsewhere – and they may even sue you.
Investing in solid IT security – with an experienced team of IT specialists behind that security – can prevent that damage from ever happening in the first place. It’s not only about protecting your business assets but also protecting your clients and giving them another reason why they should trust you.
Backups.
Having a backup on-site or in the cloud means everything you do has an extra layer of protection. A backup gives you the ability to restore your data should the worst-case scenario occur.
It’s even better to go a step further and have a backup for the backup. Have one on-site solution and one cloud-based solution. Even if the backup to the backup is as simple as a 4TB hard drive from Amazon, it has the potential to save your business should anything go wrong.
Updates.
How old is your technology? Think about the hardware you’re running – and the software on that hardware. Letting your technology fall behind the times can be trouble. Not only are you opening yourself up to security vulnerabilities, but you may also be operating on technology that’s no longer supported by the developers.
If the developers are no longer publishing updates or supporting the software, this is a huge security red flag that you need to update. On top of that, should you or an employee need to troubleshoot a piece of unsupported software, you may find yourself going up against walls. There might be no one to call, and if a Google search doesn’t help, you may be out of luck.
The average business owner is far too busy to keep up with all of these things. And this is just the bare minimum of keeping your business IT secure. Let iMedia be your guide and take care of these things so you can focus on your business, and only your business. Get your free, instant IT quote at www.imediatech.com. Or email us at hello@imediatech.com.
