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How small businesses can go big on cybersecurity

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Good Fences Make for Secure Data Investing in firewalls, anti-malware and data encryption software Firewalls and anti-malware tools can help you by keeping unwanted actors out of your IT network. These tools work by restricting access to only pre authorized users and these are primarily defensive measures. Data encryption software, on the other hand, is more proactive and works to code your data and store it in a different form such that it makes sense to only those who are authorized to access it, using a decryption key. Proactive measures are your strongest approach to data protection. Timely security patches and updates Make sure you apply security patches and perform software updates on time. Usually software makers release product updates and security patches when they find vulnerabilities and security lapses in their software. Don’t ignore those alerts that a software upgrade is available. It may contain more than just a few new features. The timely application of these patche