Slumping sales. staying on top of the competition. Growing your market. You shouldn't be losing sleep over these run-of-the-mill business concerns. You've got a bigger problem: technology. That's right. The same technology that's revolutionized your business is also your company's biggest weakness.
And it's not just the threat of a freak earthquake or hurricane striking down your network. You're also vulnerable to hackers, saboteurs, and thieves. In fact according to the FBI, more than half of all security breaches are inside jobs. Disgruntled employees, former workers, and unscrupulous associates with access to your network are more likely to wreak havoc than the random criminal.
Of course if they don't hack your computers, they might sue you instead—for sexually explicit or racially offensive e-mails circulating around your company, for example. Add to these threats the most severe workforce shortage in decades and high rates of employee turnover, and boom—you have staff burnout problems to go along with everything else.
How does your business survive, much less thrive, under such conditions? Take action instead of waiting for something to go wrong. And yes, something will eventually go wrong. Here's what you need to get prepared.
