The need to protect the company data can never be over emphasized in a business setup. Comuters in the form of Phones, Tablets and PCs all carry company information, so it is important for companies to ensure these are protected at any given time. This is a huge challenge for most businesses in Zimbabwe as most have IT departments with tight budgets and limited resources. A recent study by an American company, Rapid7 LLC, listed Zimbabwe as the most hackable country in the world out of 183 countries.
The emergence of the mobile worker, who can work on the move using mobile phones, tablets and laptops, made possible the widespread adoption of wireless connectivity and remote access to company IT infrastructure has improved productivity but has also has a security risk as a downside. It opens up the business to possible infiltration and hacking by cyber criminals.
Yet the good news is that all these challenges can be mitigated by a product offered by ZOL which is cost effective as it comes with packages that allow monthly subscription payments. As mentioned in our previous article, we are going to focus on how ESET for Business.
ZOL-ESET protects your machine from all types of viruses, ransomware, rookits, worms and spyware. It also protects your devices against techniques that seek to evade detection, and blocks targeted attacks and exploits.
Some of the benefits include:
1. Remote administration and ease of management
ZOL’s ESET allows you to create a server to manage your business computers remotely. This is particularly useful when installing software updates or anti-virus updates to many computers as you can download the updates on the server and then deploy them to all other machines on the network. This allows a company policy approved configuration to be deployed on all company devices, saving you time and resources.
2. Easily Secure Your Data and provides Ransomware Shield
ZOL ESET’s lets you encrypt files and blocks malware that tries to lock you out of your personal data and then asks you to pay a ‘ransom’ to unlock it. For instance, what happened with hospitals in the UK, a local college in Zimbabwe and many other businesses that were attacked, shows the need to never to take security on devices for granted.
3. Multi-platform support
ZOL’s ESET works on Windows, Linux, Virtual Machines, macOS and Android operating systems.
4. Network Attack Protection
In addition to Personal Firewall, ZOL’s ESET automatically protects your computer from malicious network traffic, blocking threats revealed by dangerous traffic patterns.
5. Banking & Payment Protection
With ZOL’s ESET you can make purchases online secure in the knowledge that your personal and financial details are safe and secure. ESET does this by encrypting the communication allowing for safer transactions.
6. Anti-phishing
Protects you from attempts to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords or other sensitive personal details by fake websites masquerading as trustworthy ones
Installation
Should you require assistance with the installation and training on how to administer the system, the ZOLgeek’s team is available to provide you with installation, administration training and support.
If you require more information, please don’t hesitate to contact ZOL Sales team at sales@teamzol.co.zw , 08677111111 or visit the ZOL website www.zol.cozw