In the wake of Hurricane Ida comes even more devastation and fear.

Hackers have already started working on their plan for making you a victim for the second time after Hurricane Ida. Don’t be a victim. They are looking to catch you at your weakest.

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Use these 4 Critical IT Recovery Tips to your advantage and Don’t Get Hooked!

1. If there was water damage, inspect your servers and I.T. equipment very carefully before plugging them in or turning them on. ANY water damage to electronics, even after it’s dried, can cause them to fail catastrophically when powered up, damaging your data or building, or worse yet, cause physical harm to nearby people.

2. Don’t drop your guard! If you’re restoring internet connectivity with cellular hotspots or other new internet feeds, be sure to keep your computers protected by your best firewalls and endpoint protection software. Hackers are extremely aware of this terrible situation, and they will try to take advantage of it by “kicking you when you’re down.”

3. Be wary of phishing attacks – again hackers know we’re stressed and going through tough times. If you get an email or a call that you didn’t request from your bank, the government, utility companies, or anyone offering help, watch out. Fake “outage maps” and “FEMA assistance offers” are on their way, trust me. If you click the links in these fake emails, hackers can get access to your bank accounts, take over your computer and spy on you, steal your passwords, and worse. Unfortunately, we’ve seen the results of this too many times.

4. Review your company’s disaster recovery plan – as soon as you possibly can is the absolute best time to review your plan, see where it worked or didn’t work, and make it better. Future bad days and environmental disasters are inevitable, so take the opportunity to prepare now! (And if you don’t have a written D.R. plan, now’s the time to write it out while all the recent lessons learned are fresh in your memory!) In the days ahead, don’t forget this incredibly important step!

Need help training your staff on how to identify a phishing email?

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