How to Keep Your IT Safe from Threats

When a component of your business is as foundationally important as your technology infrastructure is, ensuring it operates effectively is imperative to your organizational success. However, this isn’t always as simple as it sounds. Let’s go over what this means for your business and how this challenge can be addressed.

The Importance of Your Technology Infrastructure

Without question, the network a business has in place is one of—if not the—most utilized and relied-upon resources used on a day-to-day basis.

Just think about it… how many of your daily processes rely in some way on your computer network? If those include some that could be done manually, how much more efficient does the use of your technology make these processes? Most of the efficiency, communication, and productivity that so many strive for today is the direct result of IT being used to make these processes faster.

Therefore, it is safe to say that your network’s continuity can be directly tied to your operational success. By association, we can then also say that technology issues, threats, and challenges can be considered direct risks that could impact your business’ overall success and (in some cases) survival.

Many business leaders, owners, and decision-makers recognize this fact, and have taken the steps necessary to minimize these risks. One step that many have already taken is to begin monitoring their IT.

Why You Should Monitor Your IT Infrastructure

Consider this for a moment: would you rather know that an issue was present in your network so that you could identify and resolve it, or, would you rather that issue to go undetected and be left to negatively impact your business?

Seems like a simple question to answer.

While the term “monitoring” carries with it some Big Brother, oppressive oversight vibes, there are fortunately far more positive aspects to it in this context. Basically, the idea is that—by using various monitoring tools—you are more capable of keeping an eye on your business’ technology implementation and ensuring that all is shipshape. With the right tools, you can better track a variety of technology concerns and considerations, like:

• The health and functionality of your actual infrastructure
• The capability and security of your network
• The efficacy and availability of your team’s business applications

With these tools in place, you get to look behind the curtain to see how the sausage is made, which also enables you to proactively catch problems before they interfere with your processes. Of course, this kind of monitoring takes time—time that your team should be spending on accomplishing their goals.

That’s where we come in.

At SCW, we specialize in delivering remote monitoring and maintenance services to businesses like yours. Using the tools at our disposal, our team can be on the alert for any potential problems your IT may encounter. We’ll quietly resolve these issues without interrupting your processes—and should one of your team members discover one or otherwise need assistance, we can be there to offer our support.

To learn more, give us a call. Reach out to us at (509) 534-1530 to discuss your options.