WatchPoint Solutions Blog

What would you do if you came to work one morning only to find your entire network infrastructure was encrypted by ransomware? For many businesses, this isn’t a hypothetical; they’ve lived through it and can attest to the financial setbacks and permanent data loss that can result. Depending on how well you’ve prepared, your business could be set back weeks, months, or even years… but it doesn’t have to be this way.

You wouldn’t toss your business’ secrets in the trash; so why do it with your old devices? As your company upgrades its technology, those retired tablets, keyboards, and headphones might seem like clutter, but they’re packed with sensitive data and environmental risks. Safely disposing of old hardware is the final, crucial step in your data protection strategy.

It’s not uncommon for your office visitors to need access to your wireless network. Whether it’s a client or a contractor, you want to make things convenient for people, but not at the expense of your network’s security. After all, how can you know their devices aren’t infected by a malware that can spread to your network and impact operations?

Many entrepreneurs start their journey using a free personal email address. While this works for a startup of one, continuing to use generic addresses as you grow creates a significant branding gap. More importantly, it introduces massive security and ownership risks that can jeopardize your company’s future and long-term scalability.

Moving to a professional, business-grade email system is not just about looking the part; it is about protecting your most valuable assets and ensuring the ongoing continuity of your business.

If you could look into the future and see your business with 99.9 percent uptime, what would be the first thing to go through your brain? We imagine it would be something related to the incredible growth that such a feat can bring about, as well as instant relief that technology troubles have effectively become a thing of the past. Today, we want to look at what this uptime could look like for your business.