Application breaches are constantly making headlines, whether POS systems are being compromised or lackluster login methods are being used. Attackers are increasingly taking advantage of weak authentication, unpatched vulnerabilities, and misconfigured applications to gain access to sensitive customer and business data.
For small businesses, it's time to rethink how to protect software by adopting stronger access controls, regularly updating and patching systems, encrypting critical information, and implementing reliable backup and recovery strategies that help ensure data can be restored quickly if something goes wrong.
According to the Online Trust Alliance, over 90 percent of data breaches could have been prevented. Part of this comes from simply improving code quality and ensuring that apps are thoroughly tested before they're released. This includes performing regular security code reviews, conducting penetration tests, and validating that third-party libraries and integrations are kept up to date and properly configured.
If any problems do surface, they should be dealt with quickly to minimize damage and ensure business continuity. That means having an incident response plan in place, clear escalation paths, and reliable backup and recovery procedures so you can restore affected systems and data with minimal downtime.
To learn more about how to protect your small business with a combination of strong security practices and dependable backup, stay tuned with NovaBACKUP!