4 Ways Hosted Desktops Can Improve Your Online Security
9th November 2021
Hosted desktops can save you a great deal of time and money. However, what you might not realise is they can also make your company much more secure online.
Given how much vital information modern businesses store online, this should be a serious part of your consideration when picking your IT services. Let’s take a look at some of the key security benefits of hosted desktops:
You can monitor usage more carefully
The bigger and more complicated your network is, the tougher it becomes to keep an eye out for suspicious activity. Hosted desktop services will mean that your systems are monitored around the clock. That way, you have a much better chance of heading off any problems before they cause any damage.
Personal devices are less likely to lead to network problems
Under older IT systems, personal devices could mean vulnerability. It would only take one staff member making a mistake on their mobile or work laptop to trigger widespread problems across the network.
With hosted desktops, all data is kept in the cloud behind heavy firewalls and – often – multi-factor authentications. This means that individual device compromises can be locked at the device itself, and hackers will find it much harder to access sensitive information.
Lost data can be restored easily
Nearly all hosted desktop services will keep multiple secure backups of your data, often at a separate site. These days, completely destroyed or lost files are rare. However, it’s still important to have the option, so that if the worst happens, your company is covered.
Remote accessing becomes safer
With all your files stored on the cloud, it’s safer for staff working remotely to access what they need without having to download and keep potentially sensitive information on their personal computers, where it could be accessed.
It will also mean that anyone who tries to access files and information remotely will need to complete multi-step identification and supply relevant passwords. Anyone who manages to access an employee’s remote device will therefore find it much harder to access vital information than they would if employees save files locally.
For more information about the benefits of hosted desktops, contact our experts today.
