Many businesses are in the process of creating disaster recovery plans for their organizations.
They’re working with managed services providers to:
- Educate their staff on security best practices,
- Ensure every device logging into the business network is secure and you can wipe it remotely, and
- Move some or all of their business processes to the cloud to increase efficiency and productivity.
A business’ data that’s stored in the cloud is automatically backed up and can be immediately restored. Cloud servers are also professionally maintained and secured. So, businesses don’t have to worry about choosing the right software programs to do this.
These are measures every modern business should be considering. There is also another element that comes into play here, the human element.
“People are prone to taking mental shortcuts. They may know that they shouldn’t give out certain information, but the fear of not being nice, the fear of appearing ignorant, the fear of a perceived authority figure – all these are triggers, which can be used by a social engineer to convince a person to override established security procedures.” Kevin Mitnick
Employees come and go. Even executive staff can leave on bad terms or because of some unforeseen circumstance. Whenever a staff member leaves, that person has trails of data on their personal and company devices that can contain crucial information about your organization.
There are Times When a General Business Security Protocol Isn’t Enough
- What if an employee leaves on bad terms?
- What if an employee or someone is stealing information from your business?
- Or, what if your employees have been using their own devices for the past decade and you’re finally now starting to work with a managed services provider? Your staff is willing to cooperate and turn in old devices in favor of new ones, but what do you do with the old stuff you can’t wipe securely or do anything with?
Many companies make the mistake of giving these devices to charity or just selling them on Craigslist or eBay. However, clever hackers can still get information from devices like this. These people also make a sport out of their endeavors.
“My primary goal of hacking was the intellectual curiosity, the seduction of adventure.” Kevin Mitnick
It’s absolutely crucial for businesses to incorporate a variety of data crushers into their general business plans for cybersecurity. Managed services firms do a great deal to improve business processes and are invaluable assets to modern business culture. However, sometimes you have to make sure data is completely unrecoverable. There is only one way to do that. You must completely destroy the device or the solid-state data carrier.
Contact us today at Phiston Technologies to learn about the wide variety of data crushers we have available to suit your needs.
