Wiresoft Thought Leadership Speaker Series: Small to Mid-Sized Businesses (SMBs) Operate under Constant Attack From Spam and Viruses. How Can SMBs Protect Themselves?CINCINNATI -- At the ITEC ITEC Instituto de Tecnologia em Informática e Informação do Estado de Alagoas ITEC International Therapy Examination Council (UK) ITEC Internet Technology ITEC Institute for Tropical Ecology and Conservation ITEC Instructional Technologies Indianapolis Conference and Expo yesterday, Wiresoft, a leading provider of network security and disaster recovery products, shared its insights on cyber attacks that menace all businesses and organizations, and the steps that SMBs in particular must take to stop network intrusion in its tracks. Speaking on, "Network Security - Be Scared, Be Smart, Be Compliant," Wiresoft president Tom Schram presented a stark picture on the state of network security: * This year in the U.S. alone, spam will cost $42 billion * Computers in the U.S. generate 17.5 percent of all spam * A recent FBI survey revealed that 52% of respondents discovered unauthorized access to their systems, and 47% had experienced laptop theft * In 2008, the number of malicious e-mails exploded five-fold * In the same period, Cybercrime cybercrime also known as computer crime Any use of a computer as an instrument to further illegal ends, such as committing fraud, trafficking in child pornography and intellectual property, stealing identities, or violating privacy. tripled * 32% of North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. SMBs have been hit by Cybercrime multiple times Turning to disaster recovery, Schram noted that: * 6% of all PCs will suffer at least one episode of data loss per year * 20% of laptops will suffer hardware-related data loss in their first three years of use According to Schram, "SMBs, lacking the financial resources of larger enterprises, to date have had to rely on a cobbled-together array of hardware devices for protection from cyber attacks. Such defense mechanisms are no more effective than the little Dutch boy who stuck his finger in the dike Dike, in Greek religion and mythology Dike: see Horae. dike, in technology dike, in technology: see levee. dike Bank, usually of earth, constructed to control or confine water. . When it comes to spam and viruses, SMBs are already under water." Schram's appearance at ITEC coincided with this week's launch of the Wiresoft Firegate network security platform with disaster recovery. Schram discussed how recent advances in Unified Threat Management (UTM (Unified Threat Management) Refers to a stand-alone appliance or a software package that combines a firewall, antivirus, spam and content filtering as well as intrusion detection. See firewall, antivirus, antispam and IDS. ) with the FreeBSD operating platform used by Firegate give SMBs a new option: enterprise-level network protection at an affordable price. About Wiresoft Wiresoft, based in Cincinnati, Ohio, is a leading provider of affordable high performance network security and disaster recovery products for small to medium-sized businesses. For further information on Wiresoft and the Firegate family of products, please visit www.wiresoft.com Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/wiresoft On Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cincinnati-OH/Wiresoft/114306638698 |
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