Hi there!  I'm Jayna Sheffield at the Untapped Wealth business desk and I'd like to pass on some important tips to you.

With all of the worries and concerns about viruses and worms threatening to destroy our hard drives and files, we must not forget to safeguard the very core of our own operations which are our accounting procedures.  Yes!  These so-called Internet thugs are definitely not limiting their activities to our hard drives and files.  They are also very interested in causing havoc with our accounting processes and to that end they are going after our invoicing, and accounts payable and receivables  systems.

So many of us are open and vulnerable to these thugs but there are a few things that we can do in order to limit their ability to bring grief to us.  First, we can rotate our accounting staff so as not to leave any one person too long in the same position.  Next, we should bring in the auditors on a regular basis to check out things in our accounting and billing departments.  Third, ensure that everyone takes his/her full vacation entitlement annually.  Consider it a red flag if you find that an employee seems to be reluctant to take vacation for no good reason and investigate to find out why.  Limit access to only those who are supposed to be working in the billing and accounting departments and have at least two monitors to check on things.   

These types of security breaches are not limited to any type or size of business.  We are all at the mercy of viruses, worms, and cunning thugs.