Is your business data at risk? Don’t take chances with old tech

When you replace old computers or external drives, do you delete data and then just… get rid of them?

You could be putting your sensitive data at risk. 

A new study by a data recovery specialist shows that millions of deleted files can be recovered from improperly wiped hard drives that are sold online.

It’s not just buyers who can access your old files. Cyber criminals often buy used hard drives and attempt to recover data from them. This could include anything from confidential business information to client details.

It’s easy to forget about old data when you’re excited about shiny new technology. However, it’s important to consider what’s on that old drive before selling it or disposing of it.

Even if the drive is encrypted, it’s still possible for data to be recovered. And if the drive is damaged, there’s a chance that some of the data is still salvageable. It’s better to be safe than sorry when it comes to sensitive information.

Think about it this way: Would you leave important documents lying around for anyone to see? Of course not! Your digital information deserves the same level of protection.

So what can you do to protect yourself? 

Don’t let your old hard drives become a liability. Take the time to have them properly wiped or destroyed before disposal. If you’re upgrading hardware, consider hiring a professional to handle the data transfer and ensure that your old devices are wiped clean.

This isn’t just about protecting yourself. It’s about protecting your employees, clients, and anyone else whose personal information you may have stored on that old drive. 

It’s a small investment to make for the peace of mind that comes with knowing your data is safe from prying eyes.

Don’t take chances with your data – take action to protect it:

• Properly wipe or destroy old hard drives
• Bring in a professional for your hardware upgrades
• Upgrade your overall security practices

Save Money and Keep Your Company Safe

Eliminate wasted time and money by managing your security from one location.

Standard point-of-service security solutions are highly difficult to institute, update, and manage. This can lead to complex operations and an increase to overhead cost. Intelligent Automation wants to help you eliminate these issues with an All-In-One Security Solution, also known as Unified Threat Management (UTM).

Unified Threat Management

Take control of your network security with a UTM

Your business’ online environment is a prime target for countless threats that want to steal the data of businesses just like yours. Problems such as viruses, malware, and spyware consistently pose massive threats to not just your own network infrastructure, but to your budget as well. Sensitive information that’s stolen can crush your business under the weight of steep compliance fines, while also ruining your reputation as a trustworthy organization.

Increase Productivity by Cutting Out Spam

Apply filters to user groups to only allow work related content to be accessed

In order to grow as a company in today’s digital world, you have to provide your employees with resources that make them more efficient. The Internet is one of most important resources your employees will require. Unfortunately, if not controlled properly, granting access to the internet can create its own inefficiencies.

Spam Protection

How much does spam cost your company?

As a business owner, you probably spend a solid amount of time every day checking your email and responding to leads, customers, and employees. Unfortunately, one of the primary faults in email communication is the prevalence of spam. If your organization only works with the bare essentials of spam protection, you’re likely wasting both time and money that could be better spent elsewhere.

Powerful and secure email protection for you, your clients, and your network.

If you are doing business over today’s Internet, security has to be a priority for your organization.

For those enterprises that could use a platform that provides an additional layer of security for their emails, Intelligent Automation offers a full-scale email encryption solution. Our easily-integrated solution could be the difference between a seemingly benign transmission of information and a debacle that could put your business at risk.

Cisco-Certified Solutions

Network and Security Technology for Serious Businesses

As a worldwide leader in IT, Cisco is a big name that has been helping businesses achieve success through their technology since 1984. These network and security technologies have helped build a solid foundation for businesses around the globe, and they are widely known and respected throughout the business technology industry.

Fully Hosted Security as a Service - Leverage the Cloud to Protect Your Network

Managed and maintained software solutions

It’s hard to have both security and privacy. Usually one has to be compromised in order to work thoroughly. Furthermore, the immense amount of time and effort it takes to keep security solutions like antivirus, firewalls, and so on, up to date is overwhelming at best-especially for small and medium-sized businesses with limited technology budgets.

With a Security as a Service offering from Intelligent Automation, your business can fully leverage enterprise-level technology solutions, without the time and expenses it takes to effectively manage and maintain them yourself. By outsourcing this responsibility to trained IT professionals, you get the peace of mind that you deserve, without the pains of managing and maintaining your security solutions.

Enterprise Mobility Management Solutions

Mobilize your business today.

At Intelligent Automation, we understand that, in some way, mobility is a major pain point of your business. However, enterprise mobility is a comprehensive subject that must address more than just the management of applications on your devices. A Enterprise Mobility Management solution is geared toward helping your organization better understand, manage, and secure your mobile systems. We’ll work with you to ensure that your enterprise mobility management solution keeps your devices in check.

Business Security

Providing clients with today’s most powerful network and physical security solutions.

For all it gives the modern business, technology gone wrong can ruin everything faster than you can say “Oh, no!” But if you leverage your security the right way, you can protect your network, your data, your physical building, and ultimately everything you and your staff works so hard for. To understand just how important it is for you to have dynamic, well configured security solutions, is to understand the the threats your business faces. Intelligent Automation is Metro New York’s tour de force when it comes to business security.

Asset Tracking

Managing your business’ assets provides several key benefits.

For the modern business to maintain efficiency, choosing the right software to fit your needs is more important than ever. As a result, many organizations look to piece together a comprehensive software strategy using several technologies. For the business that has a lot of moving parts, asset tracking software, as a part of a larger asset management strategy, can bring enhanced efficiency to what can be a very difficult-to-manage situation.

Access Control Solutions

Secure your business with reliable access control solutions from Intelligent Automation.

The IT professionals at Intelligent Automation know that security is crucial for the modern business. That’s why our staff exhaustively works to put together comprehensive risk management strategies that serve today’s business needs. Since many businesses are beginning to turn to technology to secure all aspects of their operations, Intelligent Automation technicians have taken to offering technology-based physical security solutions, as well as solutions that protect an organization’s network and data.