A data breach could cripple your business

Data thieves will open fraudulent credit card accounts in your customers' names; they'll make purchases without their knowledge; they'll get a loan in your customers' name, or open a fraudulent bank account in their name and write checks on that account.

In addition, they can open fraudulent accounts with your business and make fraudulent charges to your customers' accounts with you. How vulnerable is your company?

The government has enacted laws that require a business to protect its employee and customer sensitive data. How a business protects this data and its own competitive advantage data is entirely up to each company’s own policies/procedures. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently sued 12 companies it accused of having inadequate data security practices in violation of federal law. But even if you don't face legal action, your good reputation could be significantly compromised.

Call your local partner now or check in with us at 866-400-0922 to find out how we can assist you in deploying the necessary protection measures now, not after damage has been done!

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Are you protected for any of the situations below?

• Malware - this is software designed to infiltrate or damage a computer system without the owner's informed consent. Common examples: Virus, Worm, Trojan, Stealth Bomb, sniffers, spoofing intrusion, and eavesdropping are all part of the inter-connected world we live in.
• Hardware devices also need to be managed/secured. Examples: Flash drives, CD’s, Laptops, PDA’s, and Smart phones.
• Internet connections/access for business travel and home use needs to be reviewed
• Distribution, handling, and destruction of printed reports need to be considered in your security policy/procedures.
• Invalid access and theft of data and equipment can come from inside your company as well as outside.

Check out all the situations where sensitive data was compromised since the beginning of 2009 at IndentityTheft. We cannot reproduce this copyright material here but we urge you to browse the different situations encountered by large and small companies alike, by government agencies, schools etc.

It’s not only the work of external forces. A recent report published by Verizon Business examines the statistics for the 2008 breaches and found that 74% originated from external forces, meaning that more than ¼ came from the inside. And a full 67% of the data breaches were aided by significant errors committed by the ‘victim’.

So now, we expect to get either one of two reactions from you as you read this material. A shrug because you don’t believe it could happen to your company, or recognition and pain as you recall the time when your data was compromised. Here's the number again:

866-400-0922.

Visit IndentityTheft for a sobering look at all that can happen.

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