Your QuickBooks records are indispensable. They help you invoice customers, pay bills, and prepare your taxes; prevent you from overdrawing your checking account; and provide the information you need to plan for the future. A company file does so much, yet many companies don’t take the time to keep their financial data safe and secure.

Losing data to a hard disk crash is a shock to your financial system as well as your computer’s. But having someone embezzle money from your accounts could send years of hard work down the drain. Protecting your QuickBooks data takes so little time that there’s no excuse for not doing it. (In addition to QuickBooks security, don’t forget common-sense security like locking the door to your office.)