Do you think your business is safe?

Perhaps you have security cameras, guards, sophisticated locks and perhaps even an alarm system that’s so loud it could wake the dead. However, what about those unseen threats that are lurking around in the shadows? They crawl around your business, sinking their fangs into your business and slowly sucking the life out of your company until there’s nothing left but a broken husk.

What threats could these be, you ask? Let’s find out what they are and how you can banish them for good.

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Trade Mark Infringement

If you’ve gone through the process of trade mark registration then you probably think you’re relatively safe. You might assume that as long as you have this trade mark, no one can infringe on your intellectual property—but that’s completely wrong. If you see people who are copying your trade mark, then you need to immediately alert authorities because you have to show that you are actively protecting your mark. If you don’t take legal action, then it’s possible that your mark could be transferred to another company if they are making more use of it than you. If you’ve been holding a trade mark for a long time but you have been failing to even use it, then it could be stolen under your nose before you even know it.

Your lawyer can assist you in forming cease and desist letters to send to the offending party, but if they don’t respond or aren’t willing to comply to your demands, you need to take this matter to court by filing a lawsuit. Your brand is incredibly important to your business’s success, so if you don’t defend your territory, you could be in for some serious trouble when the imitators and copycats start to overtake your market share. Unless you want to hand your business over to these people, you need to defend it with all of your resources, and nothing will help you as much as a knowledgeable lawyer.

Computer Viruses

Lurking within each and every one of your computers could be a deadly virus that is just waiting to attack. Although that’s an exaggerated scare, it is possible that a member of staff could bring in an infected device that harbors computer viruses that have the capability to spread across your office network. These are hard to detect and stop if they are already within your network. A self-replicating virus could disguise itself as an important file within your computer hardware and be immune to all forms of detection. It could then strike, spreading itself across your network and infecting more files, essentially deleting or stealing things such as customer information, passwords and even payment information.

It’s a scary but very real thought. You need to make sure that your business is protected from these threats by contacting a network security specialist who can not only diagnose and clear up problems but also recommend future improvements you could add to your home system in order to make it safe and free of viruses.

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