IT support can help protect your business from itself

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When the head of Britain's MI5 says that 80% of cyber attacks are inadvertently triggered by someone within the business, it becomes clear that relying on your staff is not an option when it comes to IT security. It takes just one user to click on that corporate-sounding email attachment or on a dubious web link, and the damage is done. Having professional IT support on hand can help prevent, mitigate and clean up should such an issue arise. [caption id="attachment_1205" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Cloud Security - Secure Data - Cyber Security by perspec_photo88 licensed under Creative commons 5[/caption] If you have Nimbus update or build your IT infrastructure and network, we can fortify your systems with antivirus and firewall protection to cover the majority of threats. We can also add intrusion and malware detection to prevent workers seeing the types of ransomware threats that are increasingly used by cyber criminals to hijack your data and hold it for digital ransom. If you don't think that would ever happen to your business, it has happened to American hospitals, businesses large and small around the world, and individuals too, all of whom thought it would never happen to them. That's because the software that triggers these attacks is sent out in huge volumes to millions of users a day, it is indiscriminate and the attacker can set the ransom depending on the size of the victim from £100s for a person to millions of pounds for a big business, many of whom have paid as they lacked adequate backups for their data.

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That's why disaster recovery and other backup systems are also essential for any business. Offsite backup can provide a daily duplicate of all your company's essential business data. Stored in encrypted form on remote servers, it is available should one of your key PCs or servers fail, if there is a fire or flood that damages the systems, or if your data does fall victim to cyber ransom. With increasing numbers of Irish businesses, whatever their function, relying on data for customer information, parts databases or client details, losing access to it will see your company losing money rapidly. Considering the modest cost for professional IT services and support, it is a threat you cannot afford to ignore. Questions? Call +44 28 900 800 30 / +353 1 901 2099