Part of the planning process is to understand how various possible disasters might impact your business and the ways in which your business will respond. How many of us thought a wildfire disaster would impact our area businesses? We sure didn’t before, but it is now part of our own BCP, and it changed how we store and recover key business data, and how our client communications are handled. Dealing with Cyber threats should also be part of a comprehensive BCP, and this section should integrate your Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP). This plan will focus on how your business will recover in the event of a disaster -- natural, cyber or otherwise. After you have your BCP and DRP, you need to test these plans. We have not tested a plan yet where we did not learn something new and make an improvement. 5)Know the basics. As part of general technology best practices, your business should already have these items in place: a. A ntivirus software that is up-to-date and monitored for issues. b. Automatic security updates on all your devices regularly. c. Onsite image backup of your key data and systems. d. O ffsite encrypted image backup of your key data and systems.
e. Daily verification of your backup systems. f. M anufacture-supported operating systems on all devices. g. M obile device encryption (laptops, tablets, USB drives etc.). h. C entralized network security policy for passwords, Wi-Fi, monitoring, etc. i. E mail encryption, SPAM filtering, and anti-malware filtering. j. Web security, DNS, and protected file-sharing. k. Remote Workforce Security policy. l. IT Security Plan with policies and procedures. Implementing strategic ways to address your Cyber Security and other threats in your Business Continuity Plan can be a daunting task -- we’ve only just scratched the surface. Tekmanagement is one of several firms in the area that can help. You can also go to https://www.nist. gov/cyberframework for some great material on Cyber Security Framework. This is a great place to get started, and can serve as the launching point for your business’s Cyber Security risk-management journey. n
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March 2021 | The Business Review
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