How To Protect Businesses From Email Hacking

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How To Protect Businesses From Email Hacking
By Alphasandesh.com
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Initiation

• As hacking becomes a usual event, defending
  virtual assets has progressively become a
  critical issue for businesses. Computer systems
  are probably the most precious assets that
  businesses have. They store private information
  about customers, employee details, financial data
  and their business secrets. Since information
  technology is so imperative in todays business
  world, organizations should take additional steps
  to protect themselves against hackers.

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Tips on how to avoid email hacking

• So, here I have discussed some important steps on
  how to protect your email from getting hacked.
• Renew your antivirus software regularly
• Always keep the backup of your data
• Make use of the secured Wi-Fi network
• Manage your emails using dedicated email server
• Educate your office staff
• Change your passwords frequently
• Make use of firewalls

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Renew your antivirus software regularly

• This may look like an easy idea, but many small
  businesses overlook to renew their antivirus
  software. Update and security checks should be
  run on a regular basis to make sure that your
  computer systems are completely protected.

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Always keep the backup of your data

• Data backup is significant for those rare cases
  when your network may get hacked. The hacker may
  spitefully hack into your computer and obliterate
  all of your data. In these particular cases, you
  should reboot from a backup disk.

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Make use of the secured Wi-Fi network

• People abduct wireless internet network all the
  time. It is as simple as looking for a network
  and creating a connection. Some hackers may
  prospectively look for networks that are easy to
  hack and think as an easy target.  So, you should
  not leave your network door wide open.

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Use dedicated email server

• A dedicated email server made for your business
  is the only one that is used for the purpose of
  business mailing. You have complete control over
  what is stored there, and dedicated server
  security is much improved when compared to shared
  email servers.

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Educate your office staff

• Knowledge is power and your office staff is
  required to know how much difficulty a hacker can
  produce for you. A good rule to overcome from
  this problem is to delete any message which comes
  from an unidentified source.

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Change your passwords frequently

• One of the best preventions against hackers is to
  change your passwords on a regular basis. This
  will help in stopping hackers from using a
  password repeatedly.

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Make use of firewalls

• Apart from the basic firewall that is
  involuntarily setup on each computer, you should
  install firewalls on all network servers. When we
  talk about networking, redundancy is very
  significant, and firewalls are no more different
  than it.

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Conclusion

• It is not fun to get hacked, but going through
  the above steps will provide you with a sense of
  security again.
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• How to avoid email spoofing

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