Is Anti-Virus a Worthy Investment?

So let’s look first at the benefits of anti-virus software.

-· First if it has a firewall built in it prevents many hackers and spammers gaining access to your network in the first place

-· The anti-virus software and malware detection element is then there to recognise and quarantine malicious programs. This is important within a business as your employees can easily access a website which contains malware or unwittingly open an attachment in a phishing email

-· Anti-virus software also guards against spyware and identity theft, which is important to protect not only your own business, but your clients and employees. It is essential if you carry out online business banking

-· Spam is also a huge problem and a big time waster within business and anti-virus software can guard against this too

Anti-virus software isn’t infallible as hackers are working continually to outwit the system and sometimes malware evolves faster than the software in place to protect against it. Therefore, it’s helpful to put additional levels of security in place in some sectors of your business.

-· Sensitive data including client records, financial data and employee records can be stored securely by a document management service

-· You can also put additional levels of security in place with your banking service, so for example they need to call you before any large transactions are made. This will prevent fraud should your banking passwords be breached