Running a business can be tough. Managing a business with employees that use computers can be even tougher.

It is important that every business that has computers have at a minimum, a computer usage and security policy, no matter how large or small the business is! But there are other things that every business should be doing to protect itself from it’s own employees. Datamation has published five tips for employers:

1) Develop, enforce, and ensure compliance of security policy
2) Safeguard data at every stage
3) Access control and monitoring
4) Monitor and prevent installation and usage of unauthorized applications
5) Educate and train your staff

I would also suggest that employers take a good and hard look at email and internet usage. Don’t give internet access and emails to employees who don’t need it for their job. I’ve worked for a company that gave logins/emails to even the janitorial staff. It was later found that one of these employees was emailing customer databases to a competitor.

[Five Tips to Protect Yourself Against Your Employees]

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