Preventing devastating hacks with cloud-based software
If your food business is like most companies who haven’t yet switched to cloud-based software, your data — including everything from your customer and sales information, to proprietary recipe variations, to financials and more — are likely saved onto your local server.
Whether something is saved directly to your computer or to a shared drive across your organization, these documents are typically stored on a local server. Even with the best IT team and security systems, hackers may target your organization to compromise your and your customer’s data. Unfortunately, as viruses continue to become more complex and hackers find new ways to break into your computers, the effects of a hack can be expensive and damning.
Oftentimes, it’s not your data these hackers want. Recently, we have seen hackers installing viruses on local servers and demanding up to $50,000 to remove them. For food manufacturing and distributing companies, these server hacks can corrupt both your data and any manufacturing machinery connected to your local server, so the impacts of a hack can be devastating for businesses.
Thankfully, since we store our data in Salesforce and Azure, our most important information was saved and our clients’ data was protected. While a hack can certainly slow down business as usual, we were grateful that our data was protected and we could recover quickly. Working with cloud-based software — like Salesforce, Azure, and Accounting Seed — ensured that we were protected when a virus threatened the company we’ve worked so hard to build.
Why is cloud computing safe?
Some companies may claim to offer cloud-based software; in reality, many store your company’s data on their own servers, leaving your data just as much at risk. As a commitment to your company’s safety, we are built entirely on the Salesforce platform, meaning your data is always stored on Salesforce servers and you retain full access to your data, even if you no longer work with us.
Large companies like Salesforce offer cutting-edge server security — the kind that a small IT department simply cannot afford to install, maintain, or update. With an entire team of experts devoted to keeping your data protected and accessible to your team at all times, you can trust that your precious data remains out of the hands of malicious hackers.
However, protecting your data from harmful hacks isn’t the only benefit of cloud computing. Cloud servers are created to make collaborative work easier than ever, without compromising your company’s safety. Here are a few ways that cloud software protects your data against cyber attacks.
Files are saved in more than one place
Cloud storage is especially valuable for documents that may take up unnecessary space on your computer but that you are required to keep for a certain period of time, like legal documents, compliance documents, or financial reports. Moving files you do not regularly access to the cloud allows you to stay organized throughout your daily work and makes even your most disorganized employee more efficient. Plus, having your documents saved in multiple places means that your data remains accessible from another device even if your physical computer is broken, lost, or stolen.
Human error is reduced with controlled access
Limiting access to your data means that one employee’s weak password does not put your company at risk. In this way, implementing cloud computing can have a ripple effect on your company’s scalability by making remote work more feasible and allowing ready access to the data necessary to make important business decisions as they arise, rather than waiting until the next day.
Crucial data is viewed and saved in a protected environment
As an extension of controlled access, safe document sharing can increase collaboration in a safe, impactful way. When documents are locked for read-only access for certain users, your content retains its integrity as the final version and is safe from prying eyes. This is part of why we encourage companies to use extensions like Quip with their ERP & CRM solution: so you can know your data isn’t compromised by anyone, inside or outside of your company.
Take your food and beverage business to the next level
With our cloud-based CRM & ERP system, your business management can be easier than ever…without having to worry about the safety of your data. Our commitment to your data protection ensures that you’re safe if a hacker attempts to infiltrate your company’s data. Learn more and get a demo now.
