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Volume of Cyber Attacks Continues to Make the Internet Feel Like the Wild, Wild West

July 1, 2011 By Carl Doerksen

On June 3, I discussed the perils of not protecting your company’s computer network from cyber attacks. In that article, I focused on the fact that most small business owners, because of their size, assume that they are safe from hackers. As we learned, your company’s size really does not matter to a cyber criminal.

Then in a follow-up to my piece, Tom Farrell posted an article with some very interesting specifics about three reasons why a hacker would target your business’s website. His discussion of “botnets” in that piece was really troubling. The fact that your website might be under attack without you even knowing was equally disturbing.

It now seems like nearly every day we are hearing about major U.S. corporations that are coming under cyber attacks. For instance, earlier this month additional details were released about the Citigroup cyber attacks that took place in May. You may have heard the story. At the time it occurred, Citigroup downplayed the severity of the attacks saying, “its security team identified the attack May 10th and immediately rectified the situation.” However, now we have learned that hackers in May obtained information on 360,083 credit accounts in North America, which is about 80% more than first estimated. [Read more…]

Filed Under: In the News, Operations Tagged With: cyber attacks, network security, phishing, small business website

As A Middle-Market Business Owner, Are You Safe From Cyber Attacks?

June 3, 2011 By Carl Doerksen

Many small and medium business owners are under the mistaken impression that they are immune from the attention of hackers and other Internet evildoers because their companies are smaller. Reality is that nothing could be further from the truth.

If you store any sensitive information on your network (and we all do), you could be a target for a hacker. This is especially true if you store credit card numbers, employee social security numbers, and your bank account information anywhere on your network.

If you think I am making too big a deal about this, let me share an article I recently saw on this topic. The title of the article in print says it all: “Small Companies Beware.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: In the News, Operations Tagged With: cyber attacks, medium business, middle market, network security

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