How to Automate the Protection of Your Business

Due to the constantly evolving nature of business technology, it can become difficult to protect every single portion of your network from becoming compromised in the event of a disaster scenario. This might make information technology in the business environment a liability, but the benefits that it provides are unquestionable. Therefore, you need to take measures to secure your network as needed.

The Current Situation
There can be no doubt that there is a ridiculous amount of cyberthreats on the Internet, all of which could sneak through to your infrastructure if you’re not careful. Even if you are careful, threats can still make their way to your network under the right circumstances. All it takes is one weakness to let a threat into your network.

What’s worse is that these threats are always changing and evolving so that they aren’t always caught by existing security programs and algorithms. It’s difficult at best to combat such a dynamic threat without the full support and understanding of your entire staff, particularly in regard to following cybersecurity best practices.

An Alternative Solution
If you want other options to ensure your organization stays secure from online threats, the monitoring services of a managed service provider like Washington Works can go a long way. We can equip your business with the tools to protect your network in a comprehensive and efficient manner.

How Automation Helps
Automation tools are typically used with the intention of limiting user error, as well as eliminating the need to address routine maintenance that is either repetitive or simply too time-consuming to do on a daily basis. It helps to keep your organization from tying its hands up with mindless tasks that take away from your daily workload more than they contribute to operations. In particular, this is great for security updates and patching, as these can be scheduled, remotely applied, and automated so that you and your staff don’t need to think about them.

Want to learn more about how we help businesses manage their technology and turn it into a profit center (as opposed to a money pit)? Reach out to Washington Works at 301-571-5040.