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Technology that Can Help You Reduce Risk

August 24, 2023

In business, meeting customer demand is essential; but doing it efficiently can significantly improve your business. This isn’t always easy since there are a myriad of problems that businesses have to face. If you can improve your business’ proactivity, it can go a long way toward mitigating problematic situations. Let’s discuss how to get out in front of risk by using technology. 

Strengthening Your Data Security

Data security is a big point of emphasis with increased reliance on technology-driven systems. If you are to have your network breached and your data compromised, there are a lot of potential problems from loss of consumer trust to compliance fines and other issues. Using technology to implement strong security measures that include spam filtering, firewalls, data encryption and more, businesses can more aptly secure their data and avoid these troubling situations.

Cloud Usage

There are a lot of things that go into protecting business-hosted IT; and a lot of cost too. Situations like hardware failure and struggles with scalability can really slow down your business. By using cloud-hosted solutions, businesses can get the computing, storage, and tools they need when they need them. Cloud computing therefore mitigates risk by giving your business access to whatever computing it needs, with only access to an Internet connection.

Comprehensive Business Continuity

There are a lot of situations that happen that are beyond the control of your IT administrator or decision makers for your business. This is why it is extremely important to have a comprehensive business continuity plan in place. This includes being prepared for whatever comes your way. If you need to support remote workers, tools that allow people to collaborate or manage projects better, or access to applications and storage, you need to have a contingency plan for the day something terrible happens. 

Managing Possible Regulatory Issues

Getting in hot water with regulators is the last thing a business needs. You need to understand what regulations your business operates under and do your best to build strategies and policies that help your business adhere to them. Since businesses that don’t can deal with a litany of problems such as fines, legal liabilities, and reputational damage, it is extremely important that you prioritize compliance. Having your IT monitored around the clock and having access to IT technicians that work in the trenches and understand how to keep your business compliant is important. 

The IT professionals at First Column IT can help you significantly reduce your organizational risk by providing you with the tools and expertise required to manage today’s complex IT issues. Give us a call at (571) 470-5594 to learn more. 

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