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Imagine receiving a message stating that your company computer system and data has been locked and that you must pay a ransom to regain access to this critical part of your business. What would you do?
Are small businesses at risk for cyber attacks?
While media coverage focuses on large companies that have been hacked or paid large ransoms to regain access to their data, 43% of cyber attacks target small businesses; 60% of small businesses that are victims of a cyber attack go out of business within six months according to Maddie Shepherd, a contributing writer for Fundera.
How do company employees increase the risk for cyber attacks?
Phishing attacks, messages that try to lure people into clicking on links that have viruses, are among the most common and effective strategies that hackers use to deceive people, including you and your employees. One click on the wrong attachment can lock your entire computer system down.
Another type of phishing attack requests a change of automatic deposit information for payroll or other payments. This can result in payments being diverted to the hacker’s bank account.
Personal information that you and your employees share on social media can also create a risk for a cyber attack on your business. According to William Worrall in an article for Hacked, 98% of cyber attacks rely on the use of social engineering which hackers use to trick people into revealing confidential information that allows them to answer security questions that then give the hacker access to the company computer system.
What steps should you take to protect your business from cyber-attacks?
Is your business at risk of a cyber-attack? Experts say yes. Is there anything that you can do to protect your company, your employees, and your customers? Yes!
Next Level Solutions recently hosted a seminar by The Cybersecurity Aware Team. Because this information is so important, we are sharing a video of that presentation with you.
For more information about The Cybersecurity Aware Team and their services, contact:
Chris Toepher – chris@primtek.net
Patrick McNamara – patrick@cyberopsit.com
Al Scallan – al@henryinsuranceservice.com
Jared McGlocklin – jared@cbtla.com
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From hiring the right employees, running background checks, creating employee handbooks that include anti-harassment policies and procedures, and so much more, Next Level Solutions can work with you to provide the services that you need to run your business.
For more information about our accounting and human resource services, contact Next Level Solutions at info@nextlevelsol.net or (225) 330-8347.