Microsoft Small Business Security Quiz
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I am a regular reader of the work of Deb Shinder. She is the editor of the weekly newsletters at VistaNews and WXPNews. She also blogs about other things tech related at Deb-Tech.
About an hour ago, I was reading her posting titled “Microsoft Small Business Security Quiz.” She says the following:
The Microsoft Small Business Center provides tech support and security guidance for small businesses, many of which don’t have the resources to hire full time IT security personnel - or in many cases, even a full time network administrator.
A security breach can be costly to an enterprise, but it can be completely devastating to a small business that’s operating on a tight budget.
If you’re responsible for securing the network of your small business, take this security quiz to test your knowledge. It may make you stop and think about some ways in which your own network is vulnerable:
Here is the location of the quiz:
http://www.microsoft.com/smallbusiness/support/quiz/quizquestions.mspx
I personally find it very sad that this is all Microsoft thinks a person needs to know to secure a small business computer/network.

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Computer Consulting Kit Preview Blog
March 11th, 2008
at 10:52pm
A lot of (if not most!) small business owners are not tech savvy – and in fact, most are totally non-technical – and do need extra help when it comes to managing their IT assets and fully integrating them into their businesses efficiently. Many don’t comprehend just how devastating catastrophic data loss, security breaches and other compromising situations (even just power outages and natural disasters!) can be and thus often don’t have a clear technology plan in place. Because many don’t have internal IT departments, they really would benefit from the help of a qualified IT professional that can handle the complex problems of small businesses (and you’re right – this quiz certainly does not go into enough detail). I think Microsoft has often wavered between creating products that can supposedly be installed by anyone with any sort of background and used quickly without the help of an IT consultant or solution provider (Small Business Server is a good example of such a product) and creating really complicated systems that need extra support. Securing hardware and software for a small business is not only about getting it, installing it and taking extremely basic security measures. It’s about making sure you are proactively monitoring and using it to its fullest and often when you’re talking about non-technically-minded people that means investing in a qualified professional to advise and help manage tech assets.