Lyf Wildenberg is the CEO and president of Mytech, a business devoted to supplying customers with ideal IT solutions and IT experiences. Mytech supplies a wide array of services to help ensure the proper functioning and comprehensive security of its client's technology systems. Wildenberg and the staff at Mytech offer the following tips for protecting your technology from security breaches and empowering the proactive teams managing your technological systems.

Prioritize System Backup

Though the importance of regular backups might appear evident, countless small businesses do not take the proper measures to ensure optimal backup procedures. Every company, regardless of size, should take the steps to back up its data on a regular basis through either additional hardware, an online server, or an alternative location. This way, if the original data is lost or breached, you can recover it in a swift and timely manner. Backups are also an important means of complying with IT security provisions, including restoring year-old emails.

Ensure Your Software Is Up To Date

Upgrading software on all servers and devices, as well as installing the latest security patches for your systems, may seem like a huge hassle. But doing so is one of the ways to keep your foundation protected. Even year-old security patches resolve critical vulnerabilities and can secure protection in the face of the latest attacks today. Make patch installation and monitoring a priority and be sure to install patches as soon as you notice they are available. You should also refrain from using old software versions that no longer have the supplier's recommendation. Establish a detailed account of IT tools to guarantee no one on your team continues to use the out-of-date software editions.

Organize Logs

Security and audit logs can give you important information concerning the sources of security issues and can help stop hackers from deleting data in order to cover security violations. As the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into effect in May 2018, logging will become more imperative than ever before. A concrete strategy for logging will allow you to designate what logging strategies, tools, data-hosting servers, and data you need to know.