How to Keep Your Business Accounts Secure | Avast

How to Keep Your Business Accounts Secure | Avast
Katie Chadd, 29 July 2020

Find out what measures you should take to keep your business accounts secure and protect against hackers and data breaches.



As business becomes ever more dependent on the effective use of technology, it can feel like the threat of becoming the victim of a cyberattack is almost inevitable, especially with threats from cybercriminals on the rise. Attacks against UK businesses soared by a third in Q1 2020 and Accenture reported that there has been a global increase in attacks on businesses of 67% over five years.  With the rise of remote work, many companies are experiencing unprecedented levels of access to their accounts from outside the physical office. While this is essential and could be an indicator of the way workplaces will operate in the future, could such rapid adoption create gaps in your security?
This article looks at the measures that all companies should take to ensure that their business accounts remain secure and protected.
Secure endpoints and BYOD
One of the first steps to consider is endpoint security. In the past, office work stayed on desktops all housed within a physical space. Now it is common that laptops and personal devices are used for working remotely as much as they are in an office. While this has certainly been beneficial in terms of wellbeing and productivity, this has resulted in a huge increase in the n ..

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