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The Business Owner’s Guide to Cybersecurity
A plain-English small business cybersecurity checklist and guide: the protections every business needs, and what to do first. Written by our Indianapolis team for owners, not IT people.
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What’s inside
The protections every small business needs
The guide walks through the basics in plain English, so you can see where you stand.
- Why small businesses are targets
- What an attack can cost
- The basics: strong passwords, two-factor authentication, updates, firewalls and endpoint protection
- Email security
- Network security
- Employee training
- Backup and recovery
Who it’s for
Who the guide is for
Owners and managersYou run the business and want to know what protection you need, without the jargon.
Anyone with an insurance questionnaireCyber insurance applications ask about protections many small businesses don’t have yet.
Teams with no IT departmentYou’ve got a few computers, Microsoft 365 and a lot of trust. The guide shows where to start.
Start today
Three things to check today
You don’t have to wait for the guide to make your business safer.
1
Turn on two-factor authentication
Start with email. A stolen password is one of the most common ways in, and a second step stops most of those attacks.
2
Test a restore
Pick a file and try to get it back from your backup. If you can’t, or you’re not sure how, your backups need attention.
3
Check for updates and old accounts
Make sure computers are getting updates, and switch off accounts for people who no longer work for you.
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