This factsheet for small business looks at running an information technology (IT) system, including information on:

• maintaining physical security over IT equipment and discs 
• creating and maintaining in-house rules about access, permissions, passwords and other safety, security and administrative rules
• downloading and deploying daily data files for anti-virus software
• downloading, assessing and deploying security patches for operating system and applications
• setting up and maintaining the connection to the internet and liaising with the ISP when there are connection problems
• deploying existing software to new users, setting up new software and deploying new software to existing users.