#5 Automatic update critical Windows Patches - To ensure your systems are up-to-date with the right patch levels, the system should frequently check and download updates from Microsoft to avoid chances of any vulnerabilities that arise because of it.

#6 Data Encryption and Backup- Security solution in place should facilitate encryption of confidential data stored on systems, server or network that will prevent misuse of data when data leakage takes place through unauthorized access or hacking attempts. Data backup is also equally important to facilitate recoveryof lost data that can happen due to human negligence, system failure or file corruption, as a part of disaster recovery mechanism.

#7 Centralized Policy Deployment –Gone are the days when the administrator would ask the employees to work securely with their data and their systems.  With highly advanced security systems of today’s world , you should be able to categorize and deploy security Policies for the employees on the basis of departments, groups, work or as desired through a unified control and monitoring system for easy, comfortable, and effortless security management.

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