Rest Assured - Prevent a Breach with Data Security Best Practices
Welcome to Rest Assured . . . the fifth in a series of Q & A articles designed to help you navigate the decision making process when evaluating your purchase of cemetery management software. Ready to talk data security?
Q. I’m concerned about data security – so what can cemetery software management programs do to help so that a breach doesn’t occur?
This is a question that I’ve been asked several times especially as firms increasingly recognize that they don’t currently have a safe haven where their precious data is protected. As a former cemeterian myself, I wasn’t immune to those occasional nightmares of losing cemetery and family data due to a physical disaster that may occur at the office (fire, water damage, earthquake, vandalism, etc.).
I’ve also personally known of actual occurrences where a disgruntled employee left with a lot book, or an angry family came into the office and destroyed paper files. Just one bad employee experience could jeopardize the security of the data and even put the cemetery at risk in a variety of ways.
While paper records were once standard operating procedure, the world has changed and data breach attempts are more common and unfortunately, more successful for firms who don’t have tough security measures in place. So, the best way to prevent a crisis is to be a step ahead of it which means that for today and for the foreseeable future storing your data in the Cloud.
Cloud security provides you with many advantages and benefits that offer you peace of mind and less sleep interrupted nights. If you’re looking for an upgrade to your current mapping, operations, sales, or finance software or looking to digitize your data to stay in step with future technology, here are five of the top features you should look for when selecting a cemetery management software provider related to data security and having it stored in the Cloud:
Updates are automatically backed each day so that your team never has to worry about remembering to update your software.
Your data is safe in the Cloud so it will be totally protected from any natural disasters that your firm might encounter.
If for some reason you lose your data, it can be quickly retrieved and restored.
Your staff can access the data any time and from anywhere should the need arise.
With cloud-based cemetery software, updates are automatically installed online so you know that your team always has access to the latest version.
Consider then, the value of your data and the risk of that data being held on old, unsupported software! Your data security is then not something “nice to have” but a “must have” given what a data breach could inflict onto your firm in terms of financial and reputation damage. So, as you consider how to address your data security questions and challenges, carefully research and evaluate the measures and practices that a cemetery software management firm has in place.
Rest assured, if I can be of help in providing any additional insight with this or other questions that you might have related to how cemetery software management could provide for a more efficient and effective tool for the betterment of your firm, do not hesitate for a minute to contact me. I’d be honored to have that conversation with you.
