3 Tips to Cybersecurity Safety and Business Continuity During COVID-19

As we all work together to get through this COVID-19 crisis, let’s focus on safety and business continuity. At Lume, we’re here to keep your business safe while your employees are working from home.

Here are some thoughts on how you can stay safe and productive at the same time.

1. REMOTE WORK BEST PRACTICES

Many of us will need to make the move from our office environments into our home offices. As such, we’ll need to equip ourselves with the best practices to do so. With input from our friends at Acara Solutions, here are some best practices:

Have a dedicated workspace.
Separate your workspace from personal space. Don’t work in front of your TV or sit on your bed. Build a workstation.

Start your mornings strong.
Pushups? Meditation? Coffee? Shower? Try to assume your normal morning routine from home.

Manage your clients’ expectations.
Stay in touch with your clients and let them know your new schedule. Try to eliminate background noise on calls from home.

Take a break when you need it!
After a couple hours of work, mix in a household chore. Stretch your legs. Break up your tasks with mini tasks to keep your blood flowing.

Related: 3 Ways to Continue Business Growth During COVID-19 by Acara Solutions

Resource: The Best Video Conferencing Software for 2020 by PCMag.

 

2. WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT & CLIENT ENGAGEMENT

During these unprecedented circumstances, we must maintain communications, deploy business continuity solutions, and provide leadership. Our partner organization, Broadleaf Results, has the following suggestions:

Communications
Communicate to your staff in real time. Offer updates as often as possible. Has your CEO chimed in with a message for your team? Now is the time to be strong and retain loyalty from your workforce. If you can record a video or livestream announcements from your team, do it.

Business Continuity Planning Support
Your IT team, if you’ve got one, is going to have their hands full. To keep your business up and running, your technologies on point, and your employees working safely and responsibly from their own home, consider reaching out to an agile IT services provider such as Lume Strategies.

Leadership
Can your workforce, customers, and partners depend on you for resources? If not, they are likely to take their service elsewhere. As news and protocols change rapidly, be as accessible and responsive as possible.

Related: 4 Ways to Protect Your Workforce During COVID-19 by Broadleaf Results

 

3. DATA SECURITY & BUSINESS CONTINUITY SOLUTIONS

What do you need to keep your systems secure? Endpoint protection, network protection, data access protection, and asset protection. With assistance from Lume Services, you can benefit from the following services and results:

Ransomware Protection	Disaster Recovery	Cloud-to-Cloud Backup
Block malicious software Stonewall cybercriminals Avoid costly attacks	Identify vulnerabilities Retain your data Reduce wasteful downtime	Back up data automatically Scale with your business Keep costs low

 

Endpoint Protection	DNS Protection	Cybersecurity Training
Provides all deployment activities for up to 25,000 endpoints Leverages industry-leading technologies and cloud-based analytic engines Integrates prevention, detection, and response capabilities in one security platform Stops malware in real time and protects endpoints against zero-hour threats Utilizes file reputation, antivirus, polymorphic malware detection	Cloud-based security platform Prevents access to malicious destinations Blocks dangerous domains, IPs, and URLs Provides protection against all ports and protocols Protects internet access across all devices in your network Pulls together critical threat intelligence to analyze systems and devices	Recommends cybersecurity training activities, testing, reporting, and remediation Issues users a 5-minute, 5-question cybersecurity preparedness test Simulates breaches and social engineering emails that determine user readiness Breeds meaningful change in employee security posture

 

With these tips from Lume Strategies and others in the Aleron Group of companies, you can optimize business continuance while keeping your employees safe.  For assistance, reach out to Lume Manager of Business Development Nicole Walter.

 

Nicole Walter
(716).630.2998
waltern@lumestrategies.com