Cyber safety tips for members

In today's digital age, safeguarding your data is critical to protecting both your farm business and personal information. Implementing robust cybersecurity measures can significantly reduce the risk of data breaches and cyber-attacks.

Safeguard your day by:

• Using unique passwords and password managers
• Using multi-factor authentication
• Understanding your data (see below 5 x tips in bold)
• Harden remote access (eg investing in hardware, software, firmware, applications etc)
• Reviewing secure Invoice payment process 
• Executing Regular data backups

5 Essential tips to safeguard your data: know its value, location, and protection:

1. Know the value of your data 
   You need to know what value it has, not just for your business but also the value to those who may wish to steal it. All data has value to someone.
    
2. Know who has access to your data
   You need to know who has access both within your organisation and externally, like who has ‘super user’ admin rights in your organisation and within your trusted partners and vendors.
    
3. Know where your data is 
   You need to know where your data is stored. Is it with a service provider? Have they provided your data to other third parties? Is it onshore, off-shore or in a cloud?
    
4. Who is protecting your data
   You need to know who is protecting your valuable data. What operational security processes are in place? Where are they? Can you contact them if you need to?
    
5. Know how well your data is protected
   You need to know what your security professionals are doing to protect your data 24/7. Is your data being adequately protected by your employees, business partners and third party vendors who have access to it

By focusing on these foundational practices, you can safeguard your farm and personal data, mitigate threats, and maintain trust with your business partners.

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