Privacy For Your Business

As your business grows, so does your need for privacy. It is a sad fact that the most successful your business becomes, the more it becomes a target to potential security issues. This is true because of two reasons, one being the fact that once you are more successful, you will be more noticed by the general public, and two being the fact that the more successful you are, the more you would have to offer to a potential hacker.

A “hacker” is someone that enters a computer platform or network illegally for means other then good. Hackers use a number of methods to obtain whatever they are looking for, however the most common way hackers get to what they want is by “hacking” or breaking into unprotected computers.

When running a business, you are potentially responsible for all types of information. When accepting payments, you may come into contact with other people’s payment information, personal identification numbers, or private business purchase information. Imagine the harm that can be done if someone with bad intentions gains access to your personal data, or worse, the personal data of your customers.

One potential security measure is using a proxy, commonly known as a anonymous or transparent proxy. Anonymous proxies hide information about your computer in the request headers, so you can safely surf the net and your information will never be used for means other then good.


Protecting Yourself From Your Employee’s

While protecting yourself from the outside world should be a major concern, so should protecting yourself from the people who work for you. Often, without the proper security measures, your employees will have access to pertinent business and client information. An disgruntle employee or an employee with bad intentions could harm your business with the information obtained from your computer.

If possible, all information pertaining to your business should be kept on a personal computer, away from the main computer for your business, and should never be connected to the main computer in any way. However, if your situation does not allow for such a measure, then you may want to consider using a proxy server, to block information.

A Proxy server filter, properly installed, can actually be used to block others from obtaining information. The proxy server acts as a filter, only allowing visitors to view the information you want then to view.

Proxy server filters are often found on school’s computers. Proxy filters allow the network administrator to block whatever website or area which they do not see fit for the computer users to view. In the case of a school, the filter is used to block out websites such as email servers, chat rooms, games, pornography, racism, and otherwise harmful websites. This works in much the same way as for your employees.

If this type of security measure is taken, it needs to be checked frequently for potential circumventors. A circumventor allows a blocked user to view pages in which were blocked by bypassing it through an unblocked website. As fast as your span blocker learns to block circumventor’s, new versions arrive on the market.