{"id":8971,"date":"2019-04-23T09:00:38","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T09:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/?p=8971"},"modified":"2019-03-26T17:20:54","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T17:20:54","slug":"how-to-take-the-stress-out-of-securing-your-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/cross-industry\/2019\/04\/23\/how-to-take-the-stress-out-of-securing-your-business\/","title":{"rendered":"How to take the stress out of securing your business"},"content":{"rendered":"
Running a business can be stressful – especially if you’re worried about cyber security. According to the NCSC Cyber Security Breaches Survey<\/a>, 42 percent of SMBs identified at least one breach or attack in the last 12 months.<\/p>\n The average cost per incident is \u00a33,100. But the cost of an attack isn\u2019t just financial, with businesses also suffering from a loss of reputation and customer trust when a breach occurs. By using devices, tools, and applications that have built-in security, not only is it easier to safeguard your business, but it gives you more time to do what you love.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n However, if you ensure that you protect valuable business and customer data with good security, your risk of a cyber breach goes down significantly. And with an integrated solution, you can align your security with compliance and device management capabilities, to help safeguard your business.<\/p>\n Recruitment company Affinity Workforce<\/a> uses Microsoft 365<\/a> with a combination of Office 365<\/a>, Windows 10<\/a>, and Azure Active Directory<\/a> to ensure that compliance standards are adhered to, and to keep their data safe.<\/p>\nImproving your security through data protection<\/h2>\n