The massive online threat against all business continues to grow
Computer security is a critical IT issue that remains in the news. Every week it seems a different country’s government servers are hacked, or a big business has its credit card or customer data stolen by criminals (http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/aug/10/carphone-warehouse-uk-data-watchdog-investigating-customer-hack).
Many businesses think they’re simply not targets, or that this threat will never happen to them. They’re unaware that all businesses are targets, and it is happening to them. Through a huge range of internet service, web server and browser weaknesses, millions of attacks are automatically launched every day.
At the same time, millions more automated phishing attacks attempt to use social engineering techniques to get passwords from employees or contractors. While only a small percentage of these work, that’s enough to open up thousands of businesses to attack every day. Data may be stolen outright, held for digital ransom or publicly exposed to embarrass and potentially ruin the company.
To combat this, you need network and internet security at every level, from the desktop to the server. We can provide Watchguard Managed Firewalls, and wireless network security and management for your business, to help protect against these threats. We can also offer advice for your workers on how to be aware of suspicious emails, approaches on social media and websites that could allow criminals access to your business data.
Whatever your business, if it relies on PCs and data in the form of databases or spreadsheets, ensuring that information is secure, regularly backed up, and available in case of disaster is key to ensuring the viability of your company in case of an attack. We can help provide services to ensure business continuity and can also help move your business to the cloud to cut your IT costs and improve the likelihood of your business avoiding and surviving any threat.
The ‘it will never happen to us’ attitude is as redundant as the floppy disk, and if there are senior managers in your business who still believe that, we can provide hard evidence to the contrary and help your business fortify itself against the never-ending threats that face all companies today.
