Procedures you need to know about if you’re serious about protecting your electronic information in your business
- Define the Audience
- To whom will these apply e.g. Internal staff, External vendors and client, Contractors etc...
- Define the Security Objectives
- Confidentiality—only individuals with the correct level of authorisation can access data and information assets
- Integrity—data should be intact, accurate and complete, and IT systems must be kept operational and maintained
- Availability—users should be able to access information or systems when needed
- Authority and access control policy
- Who have authority to share information and what level of information can be shared
- How can information be access
- Data
- Data protection
- Level of encryption, a firewall, anti-malware, anti virus protection.
- Move data to secure cloud storages repositories with the approritate encryption levels according to industry best practises
- Data backup
- Encrypt data backup
- Securely store backup media (HDD),
- or move backup to secure cloud storage.
- Data protection
- Security awareness
- Provide training to inform employees of your security procedures, mechanisms and their security responsibilities, including data protection measures, access protection measures, and sensitive data classification
- Make employees responsible for noticing, preventing and reporting any attacks or suspicious activities
- All computing devices must be secured with a password-protected screensaver with the automatic activation feature set to 10 minutes or less. You must lock the screen or log off when the device is unattended
- Acceptable Use Policy
- Create rules to protect the employee and Company
- Inappropriate use exposes Company to risks including virus attacks, compromise of network systems and services, and legal issues.
Recommendation and Suggestions
- CompuHub is a certified Microsoft partner and as such will will be making recommendation and suggestion based on product and services provide by Microsoft.
- This list is only a guidance
Email - M365 Exchange P1
- Use a domain name for email services
- This build trust with your business partners and Clients
- Hackers and scammers can easily hide behind free email services
Domain Names
from NZ$44.00
per domain name
(annual commitment)
Price does not include tax.
Exchange Online (Plan 1)
NZ$6.00
user/month
(annual commitment)
Price does not include tax.
Microsoft 365 Business Basic
NZ$7.60
user/month
(annual commitment)
Price does not include tax.
Software - Subscription vs Perpetual
Subscription
- Subscription software Customers pay monthly or yearly to access software
- Subscription software Amount is significantly less than the perpetual license cost and opens the software up to more users
Perpetual
- One-time purchases don’t have an upgrade option
- If you plan to upgrade to the next major release, you’ll have to buy it at full price.
Microsoft 365 Business Standard
NZ$18.90
user/month
(annual commitment)
Price does not include tax.
Office Home & Business 2019
NZ$439.90
Devices per license
1 PC or Mac
(one-time purchase)
Price does not include tax.
Office 2019 is a one-time purchase that comes with classic apps like Word, Excel and PowerPoint for PC or Mac, and does not include any of the services that come with a Microsoft 365 subscription.
For Security
- Do all computers have working anti-virus software?
- Detecting and eliminating malware threats is the primary consideration.
- Good antivirus software will at least give you another chance to stop those new threats
- Are all computers updated with the latest system updates and security patches?
Home and Small Business
Medium to Large Business
Mobile Phones
ESET Internet Security
from NZ$73.82
1 Year / 1 Device
(annual commitment)
Price does not include tax.
ESET Endpoint Security
NZ$630.60
10 users
(annual commitment)
Price does not include tax.
For Data Collaboration
Collaborate from anywhere using Microsoft 365
Unlock the modern ways of working with Microsoft 365, you can collaborate with anyone, anywhere with or without an internet connection ,
- From Cloud
- From Local Sync Copy
- Included in Microsoft 365 Business Basic, Standard and Premium
For Backup
- For critical data (this is anything needed in day-to-day operations, including customer information), do you centralise it and back it up nightly to a remote location?
- When last did you check your backup schedules
- For important data consider cloud backup solution
