Data Protection.  What a minefield!  

You may think it is but we have developed skills through our experience over the last five years, to deal with common threats and attacks to your personal and business data. 

We are also in direct contact with experts in the field of risk assessment and data security. 

We get to know what's on the horizon long before you do, and we are duty bound to pass on the knowledge and advice provided by agencies that are on the cutting edge of cybersecurity issues.

Our skilled staff regularly provide tips and hints via social media, for individuals and SME owners who feel they might be at risk.

As well as the main Twitter account @LadyBizBiz , @ParaTecVA  will also deliver crucial tips. 

You will find useful and practical steps which you can employ to help build a barrier around the data you hold.

Jamie Cowper of PGP said: "Our personal data is highly valuable and the consequences for those whose information is stolen is often severe. Any measure designed to help defend our data should therefore be welcomed.” (Writing in Secure Business Magazine in 2009).

The risks of data theft are real and they are everywhere, at home and at work.  

Sony recently felt the full force of the law when it lapsed in it's 'due diligence'.

Approximately 77 million world-wide users of it's PLAYSTATION had their personal and banking information compromised when Sony's security defences failed in a hacking threat.  

Reported by the BBC's Rory Cellan Jones who was speaking with security expert Rik Ferguson, it left us all wondering how much of a penalty the Information Commissioner will impose.  It could be as much as £500,000.

The Data Security Audit Plan at Virtual Assistants in Wales will tackle the basics:

• Check intrinsic system security
• Install a baseline level of protection
• Train staff to follow these 6 security steps:

• How to deal with the risk of pop-ups and email threat management 

• How to check that the anti-virus software is switched ON, what it is monitoring, and whether a second line defence is necessary to cover what the first one is not dealing with

• How to use secure authentication barriers – passwords

• How to decide that all the software utilities you are using are patched and running the most up-to-date versions 

• How to use simple encryption techniques

• Design a recovery plan that will be implemented in the event of a data security breach.

If you suspect there is an internal breach of security and you don't know how to handle the situation, you can rest assured we will guide you through the process of monitoring, analysing, reporting and taking action.  You need to be absolutely sure that the internal threat to security is a clear breach, before taking legal action.

Help is at hand: just contact us through this website, via Twitter, via Facebook or LinkedIn.  

We'll help you to' toughen up', to withstand the common threats.  All it takes is awareness training and this is our forté.