Is Your Business Safe Against a Data Breach?

By Priya E. Abraham

Get the ebook: Your Cyberpower. How to Safeguard Your Remote Business.

Towards the end of 2018, the Marriott hotel announced it had been hit by a data breach that affected 500 million people and included the passport numbers of several million people. The fear was that criminals could easily use customer’s personal data, which included Social Security numbers, to open fraudulent accounts and access customer’s bank accounts.
Although most data breaches aren’t of the magnitude of the Marriott breach, many smaller breaches do happen with regularly frequency – which is why you as a digital nomad or solopreneur must be prepared. So how can you best protect your business against a data breach, no matter what the size?

Cybersecurity and Privacy: The Two Critical Components of Cybercapacity

First, you and your team must understand the critical components of cybercapacity -- cybersecurity and privacy. Think of cybersecurity as putting up bars across a window to add security (but not necessarily privacy), whereas data protection is more similar to putting up a window to ensure privacy – but not necessarily protection. After you and your team properly examine the different aspects of cybercapacity and what they mean to you, you’ll be able plan a cybersecurity strategy and fit it in with business continuity and compliance measures.

Now, armed with your new cybersecurity strategy for your business, picture the following scenario: You as a digital nomad have just spent a day in a new location. You’ve taken a well-deserved day off, relaxing in a fantastic beach place. In the evening you come back from a networking event to discover with horror that you can’t find your laptop – it was either lost or stolen, and as such, you’re looking at the strong possibility of a data breach of your users as well.
Are you prepared for what to do in the event your laptop is lost or stolen? Better yet, do you know how to set up your business to defend against data breaches and other cybercrimes before they even occur?

"What I most appreciated about 'Your Cyberpower: How to Safeguard Your Remote Business' 
was its clarity, simplicity, and pragmatism. I have known for some time now that I need to do
more to safeguard my business. With this ebook I get a sense of where to start and
how to carry on, step by step.”

Phoebe, solopreneur, currently based in Vienna, Austria

Sign up to receive our ebook “Your Cyberpower: How to Safeguard Your Remote Business” and you’ll learn:

• The value of using a Virtual Private Network (VPN) and a list of our recommended VPNs from 2018
• How to create strong passwords and tips for storing all of your passwords in one place
• Why you should offer your users multi-factor authentication when signing up for your services
• The benefits of tethering as well as private browsing and messaging
• Precautionary steps you should take when traveling to any destination
• How to create a business continuity plan in the event of theft or disaster 

We’ve already delivered the ebook via email to those early adopters who completed our questionnaire. The public version of the ebook will be available to everyone in April.
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