Monday, October 24, 2011
Protection for Small Businesses
I was interested in finding out what kind of protection there was out there for small business owners from being computer hacked. I was shocked to find out that forty percent of criminal computer hacks are on a small business, that is with 500 or less employees, according to Symantec Corp. There is now a free online tool for small business owners to soup up their security and feel protected on the web. The Obama Administration is all in for protection against cyper crime but for some reason lawmakers are still at odds over this. I happen to agree with the Obama Administration on this one. It is very important to protect everyone in a business world. Yes there are some scandalous people in this world but with everyone being on the web and you being able to find someone with a click of a few buttons. It is scary to me to think of all my information being able to be seen and stolen. I am not sure why computer hackers set out to hack into someone ones computer, is it really to get information, to destroy a company that has had to fight its way through all of this big business world. I am involved in a small business and to be honest if someone hacked into our computer they would not find much. We have decided to keep a lot of stuff still on paper and continue the old fashion way. Also, with a country based on entrepreneurs, I was shocked to find out that only fifty-two percent of small business owners have some sort of major security on their computers. Last year alone $188,242 was lost in criminal cyper attacks on small businesses, according to Symantec and the National Cyber Security Alliance. I am glad that most parts of the government are backing up protecting the small businesses of this country. If you think about it that is the way this country started and it might just be the way it all ends up, with the simple way of life.
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I was reading your post that you made on small businesses and how they are getting attacked by these cyber criminals and I was very surprised to find out some of these facts myself, considering that I plan to enter the business world soon i found some if these things distressing, but at the same time comforting since the Obama administration was on board for helping to stop this from happening. I found this post to be very eye opening especially for anyone that has ever been in a small business or knows how hard it is for these small business to operate and stay alive, and I for one am also glad that the government is trying to help with this situation since smaller business and Entrepreneurs are what keeps america alive and running. I also agree with you on the grounds that it's important to keep everyone in a business protected, considering that without any business (big or small) we wouldn't have any kind of innovation on designs for products, or new ideas for companies, or even competition that drives each and every business to strive to be the best it can possibly be. I would say that I am pretty tech savvy, but i had no idea that small business were being victims of these cyber attacks before i read your post, so i would like to say thank you for a very interesting and informative post that you have provided.
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