Is your Dynamics NAV/Business Central solution fully protected against ransomware attacks?

Whether you agree or not, it is simply stating the facts that keeping your Dynamics NAV/Business Central solution and data secure is even more important than ever before. 

It doesn’t come as a surprise that in recent times, we’ve became aware of a number of customers with other Microsoft Dynamics partners that have had their IT systems compromised following a ransomware attack. 

This has led to them having significant problems with their Dynamics NAV/Business Central solutions as a result: 

• One such customer paid a ransom to gain access back to their data in NAV. 
• One customer lost the lot and had to start rebuilding their NAV system again from scratch. 
• One customer luckily was able to get their NAV/Business Central system back but caused lots of disruption to their business. 

These are some of the reasons as to why you can’t underestimate the importance of making sure that your ERP solution is fully protected from such threats before they actually happen. This is why, we would suggest (if you haven’t already) taking the necessary steps below to help keep your business safe: 

• Make sure that your IT team are keeping offline SQL backups of your NAV/BC system, if you aren’t we can help you with this & we can also help you keep your data secure in Azure. 
• Make sure you are fully aware of the guidance that is provided by the National Cyber Security Centre as to the steps to take when this occurs which you can find here. 
• If an attack occurs, please do let us know so we can take suitable steps to try and combat this threat. Better still, it might be worth you using Advantage to help get your business Cyber Security Certified as well as having some suitable Cloud Cybersecurity in place to stop this happening in the first place. 

Even if you aren’t a customer of Advantage’s, we are more than happy to help guide you and help you should your business become a victim of ransomware. If you haven’t been compromised, it might be worth letting us conduct a comprehensive IT audit to identify any potential lapses in your current systems. 

This is where Advantage stands out from the competition as we’ve got a leading team of IT experts in-house as well as being able to address your NAV/BC requirements through our NAV/BC Consultants making us the one stop shop for all your IT and Dynamics needs. 

Next Steps? 

If you have encountered any of the above or are looking to stop this happening in the first place then please call our team of experts here at Advantage who will be able to discuss your specific requirements to see how best we can help your business. 

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