How vulnerable is your business?

Without a proactive multi-layered approach to your IT security…it’s not a matter of if your business will be compromised…but when

Malicious hackers relentlessly scour the internet for vulnerable computer networks and businesses they can exploit.

Small and medium sized businesses make opportunistic targets because they often have less resources and IT support than larger companies.

In fact:

• 81% of all security breaches target small and medium sized businesses

• 1 in 5 SMB’s will suffer a cyber breach this year alone.

• 50% of SMB’s go out of business within six months of a cyber attack

That’s the bad news. But here’s the good news:

97% of security breaches can be prevented with today’s technology.

Now here’s the even better news for your business…

You don’t have to settle for mediocre protection…

Sensible Business Solutions proactive and preventative security solutions will protect your business, clients, and reputation.

Sensible Business Solutions is a family run business operating in Sydney since 1985.

And while we work with some large companies on projects, like being the IT support company for Football Federation Australia, working with small and medium sized businesses has always been and always will be our passion and core focus.

We enjoy working with our peers and learning about their business and processes. And take great pride in our partnerships and protecting their organisations through better use of technology.

And that’s just some of the reasons, why our average client has been with us 10 years or more.

In our 33 years of experience working with a variety of client partnerships, we’ve learned much about the needs, concerns, and challenges of small and medium businesses.

We know all too well how devastating a security breach can be for your business.

It’s not just the financial cost of having to shut down operations or the loss of sensitive company information or your client’s confidential data.

It’s the possible irreparable damage to your reputation as well as your client’s.

And the resulting ruin of relationships forged over years with clients and vendors.

Not to mention the emotional impact and the feeling of violation that a compromise can have on everyone involved.

Prevention is the best protection for your businesses IT security

If you’re like many of our client’s, you know how important your IT security is…

And know you realise you need to do more…but you might not be exactly sure where to start. Or what to do next.

You have questions.

• How do I know what security solutions are right for my business?
• What’s the most important way I can protect my business and my customer’s?
• How can I feel more confident and in control of my IT security?

It’s easy to feel overwhelmed in this new world of technology dominance and rising cybercrime. Threats are becoming more organised and sophisticated with new viruses, malware, phishing, and ransomware.

As a business owner, it’s difficult to stay aware and vigilantly track everything with your technology – in addition to running your business.

Crooks and hackers are working hard to deceive you and your staff. And will try anything to get what they want. Like getting creative with forms of social engineering, so they can bypass security protocols they can’t overcome via technical means.

It’s also common for “bad actors” to view SMB’s as low hanging fruit. And use your system as a backdoor into third party vendor companies via the platform your business uses for payroll, ERP, etc.

But what if you could not only make your IT security impenetrable but invisible?

Over our 33 years in business, Sensible has never had a client fall victim to a significant security breach. And we do everything in our power to keep it that way. We help find, stop, and fix problems and security issues before they become a problem.

Our experience, expertise, defined proactive processes, and commitment to your business gives you confidence knowing that you’re secure and protected 24/7 365. It’s one reason why we are independently ISO 27001 certified : the International Standard for Information Security Management.

This transforms your IT security into an asset and not a worry, headache or a distraction.

When your security feels invisible, it allows you and your staff to directly focus on running your business. Because you know exactly how Sensible protects your business every step of the way.

Sensible’s security solutions include:

• Cyber security

  Protection for your entire IT and cloud infrastructure with thorough security assessments to determine existing vulnerabilities. And advanced real-time endpoint protection so employees can work on any device

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• Network security

  Protect your network and sensitive data from being compromised by hackers, a data breach, ransomware, and more with comprehensive and integrated training for your management, staff and employees

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• Disaster Recovery Planning

  More than backing your data up – it’s having a Business Continuity plan in place to keep your business operating normally in the event of a complete system failure

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• Data Backup

  Proactive approach to restoration of compromised network data and data encryption to prevent future breaches from ever occurring

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• Email/Spam Protection

  We’ll help secure your email and choose a service to reduce your spam and exposure to attacks on your staff via email

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But IT security is more than protecting your business from hackers and external threats.

There’s a critical security threat that’s often neglected in organisations.

It’s possible that your staff and employees are unintentionally putting your business at risk by:

• Sharing data in an inappropriate and potentially harmful way
• Using apps, solutions, programs that aren’t as safe as they think – like personal Dropbox accounts or using email to communicate confidential client data.
• Allowing inappropriate access to sensitive data like HR records or payroll
• Using the same passwords repeatedly at work and home

With mobile devices allowing for greater flexibility and productivity, more and more companies are adopting the Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) system.

And with the ability to work and access data from virtually anywhere at any time, access points for data are increasing, making it more difficult to stay protected.

56% of employees are known to store critical business data on their mobile devices like laptops, smartphones, tablets, etc.

Without proper data security measures and systems in place, your employee’s devices are soft targets for cyber attacks.

All it takes is one wrong click by an employee to infect your entire network.

Sensible can assist in developing company policy, procedures, and best practices to protect your company’s information and your client’s data.

And we can provide security awareness training to help educate your employees, providing the knowledge and skills to more effectively and efficiently deal with IT security threats.

“Old school” security awareness training doesn’t cut it anymore.

There’s a big difference between learning, understanding, and applying information.

Just like with sports or learning any skill – you need practice.

Sensible specialises in training your staff and employees to understand the mechanisms of:

• Spam
• Phishing
• Malware
• Ransomware
• Social Engineering

Our training structure doesn’t just rely on theory. Our methods are designed to help your employees apply what they’ve learned in their day-to-day job and responsibilities.

Our cloud-based service schedules regular simulated phishing attacks to help employees practice and be prepared for the real attacks.

Here’s what a client said about our training:

“The Sensible IT team recently sent out a fraudulent link of our own to test the susceptibility of FFA staff to phishing attacks: 30% clicked! We now use Sensible’s Cybersecurity Package and training: the message and content is bang on.”

-Jo Collins | Football Federation Australia