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Turn on the news and you’ll see that no organization is too big or too small to be the victim of a cyberattack. It’s vitally important for an organization’s leaders to understand and manage cybersecurity efforts because you can never be totally safe from the risks.

Here are four cybersecurity best practices every organization should follow:

1. Keep your system up to date.

Updates are almost always one of the biggest missing security components. Companies like Microsoft and Google identify problems in existing systems and create updates to address them, but these patches won’t do you any good if you don’t install them. For your personal computer or a small office, just check the box in your settings to automatically apply updates. As organizations grow, company leaders should work with their IT team to ensure updates are made.

Here’s how the problem can play out when everything goes wrong: