Don’t Forget Cybersecurity in Your Emergency Preparedness Plan

A disaster preparedness plan helps practices withstand any calamity. However, many practices are unaware that a cybersecurity strategy is also crucial for building a robust disaster preparedness plan.

By incorporating cybersecurity into your emergency preparedness plan, you can better protect your practice during critical incidents and minimize the impact of cyberthreats. This will help you enhance your practices resilience, ensuring you’re better equipped to function in the face of unexpected challenges.

Best practices for effective disaster preparedness planning in IT security

Here are some practical tips for improving your organization’s disaster preparedness planning:

1. Protect your IT infrastructure and data
Your data is a gold mine for cybercriminals, and they’ll do anything to get their hands on it. That’s why it’s important to strengthen your IT infrastructure to withstand any disaster. Failing to implement adequate measures to protect your data could also attract fines and lawsuits.

Pro tip

• Firewalls, intrusion detection systems and encryptions can strengthen your IT security.

• Implementing a process to fix and update software patches regularly will help you avoid security vulnerabilities.

2. Back up critical data
Data loss can occur for many reasons, including cyberattacks and natural disasters. If your organization has not correctly backed up its data, recovery can be costly, time-consuming and seemingly impossible. If you want your practice to survive, your disaster preparedness plan must ensure that your data remains clean, available and restorable.

Pro tip

• Regularly back up critical data.

• Back up your data off-site or in the cloud.

• Test backups regularly to verify their integrity.

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