KVK: Protect your business with these 7 measures

There are many ways to be cyber-secure. What you secure and how you do it varies from one business to another. Yet there are a few security points that almost every business owner should think about. The Digital Trust Centre lists seven measures that you can start working on right away.

1. Make a backup
Limit the damage of a cyber incident with a good backup. Make one or more copies of your business data. Keep at least one backup in another location.

2. Use multifactor authentication
Multifactor authentication works like an extra lock on your account. To log in, you then need not only your password, but also your fingerprint or a code you receive via SMS or an app, for example.

3. Turn on automatic updates
Software updates often contain security updates in addition to improvements for the user. Hackers actively search for vulnerabilities in outdated software. Therefore, do not wait to update your software and preferably turn on automatic updates.

4. Use anti-virus software
Install an antivirus programme and make sure it stays up-to-date. Do this on all computers and servers in your company.

5. Check your e-mail security standards
With good security standards, cybercriminals cannot misuse your identity to send spam such as phishing.

6. Recognise phishing
With phishing, fraudsters trick you with targeted fake emails, fake QR codes and fake SMS or WhatsApp messages. Make your employees alert and make sure they recognise phishing....

7. Create an offline call list
Have contact details of key partners printed out ready in case of a cyber incident. An example of such a call list can be found at digitaltrustcenter.nl.

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