The perks of mobility in your business can be endless. Productivity goes through the roof, work can be done much faster, and expenses can take a steady fall. More and more businesses today are turning toward mobility as a standard in their daily operations. While bringing about a more mobile business operation is great, there are risks that also come with these great perks. Between cloud computing, and BYOD policies, there can be many mistakes made by any business. In fact, cloud services and BYOD policies are some of the most common problems when it comes to leaked company data. But if your business can cover those risks, it could be set to coast.
Cloud computing today is a must for any business. Cloud services are actually a lot safer than many would assume. The catch with security holes in cloud computing, is that any information becomes a lot of information. Everything from customer data, to business plans can all be accessed through the cloud, putting even more importance into the security. Passwords are one of the more obvious ways of securing your cloud, but often times can be one of the most insecure ways. Weak passwords are the cause for a great majority of hacks. To help secure this hole in security, some businesses and companies will have employees update passwords regularly; having a strong password is a must. Though most passwords are given about the company or business to employees, some employees will create their own password for several different accounts. This can be a mistake, and might be best for businesses and companies to give out mandatory passwords.
Today we will jump on any free Wi-Fi signal we can get a connection with. Often times this is the public Wi-Fi from the local supermarket or fast food restaurant across the street. There can be many security risks with using any public Wi-Fi, so refraining from logging into these all together could be a good idea, much less logging into your work cloud service. If anyone must use this Wi-Fi, the best route is to a VPN, this encrypts your data helping secure your connection to the cloud.
BYOD policies in combination with cloud services can bring a plethora of security risks of their own. Not only do you have to make sure your cloud service is secure, but you also want employees using their devices properly when working with business or company data. Protecting data is one ball game, protecting individual devices is an entire other problem. When businesses data gets mixed in with personal data, information can be very easily lost. This in combination with that device itself being lost, just creates a nightmare of problems. Thankfully today, we are able to wipe clear an employee’s phone in the case it is lost, but there will always be risks. Educating your employees on the danger of data leakage and BYOD policies, is the best method of helping secure data. This way the employees are aware of the risks themselves and can help to secure the data they are working with.