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Billions of passwords have been stolen! Most people don't know their credentials are for sale. The scary truth is, prevention isn't working. F12's new Dark Web Monitoring Service alerts organizations when they have been compromised. https://f12.net/resources/press-releases/dark-web/

We consider cyber security one of the biggest threats to business customers but it's something that many people underestimate the potential impact of. There is also a mindset that it occurs only to "large" customers when you see news stories like banks having 90,000 customers data compromised. Cyber Security threats do not discriminate and can target anyone. The nature of the threat landscape is constantly changing and continues to rapidly evolved, your IT partner should alwa...ys be looking for the best solutions to secure your environment. It does happen here in the Kootenays and could have a significant impact to your business. I really like this excerpt from Kaspersky’s Cyber Ransomware ebook, if you are a business owner take a moment and ponder these questions. Imagine losing access to all of your sales records, customer files, accounting data, product information and design data. How would your business cope? And if it could cope, how much revenue would you lose while your team is trying to get everything back on track? In today’s ‘information age’, any temporary loss of data can totally disrupt business-critical processes, leading to: Lost sales Reduced productivity Significant costs for system recovery However, the permanent loss of data can have much more severe consequences: Permanently damaging the company’s competitive position Reducing sales revenues over the long term Preventing ongoing access to intellectual property and design data This can put the entire business in jeopardy. http://go.kaspersky.com//images/Crypto_Ransomware_eBook.pdf https://www.msn.com//hackers-threaten-to-revea/ar-AAxZ9cS if you have any questions about the security of your infrastructure please feel free to contact us.