# What is the minimum security a small business needs?

The basics stop most attacks: multi-factor authentication on e-mail and remote access, updates applied quickly, endpoint protection on every computer, backups kept offline or immutable and tested, and a short list of who to call in an incident. Add two habits that cost nothing: an up-to-date list of your devices and accounts, and a rule that payment changes requested by e-mail are confirmed by phone. Network monitoring comes after these, once you have a local network with servers, printers or machines you cannot install anything on, or when NIS2 or a customer asks you to detect and report incidents. NetSenX fits that next step, with core detection on every plan, Free included.

FAQ: [Small business monitoring](https://netsenx.com/en/faq/smb) · https://netsenx.com/en/faq/minimum-security-for-a-small-business

## Read next

- https://netsenx.com/en/ndr-for-small-business
- https://netsenx.com/en/pricing

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