The Bolt: Small Business and Data Breaches

D00 11101010 0OD1000 D00 111 100001011 SMALL BUSIDESS DATA BREACHES! BOLT Presents INSURANCE AGENCY LINPUGMI They A SHOULO BE JUST AS CONCERNED AS LARGE CORPORATIONS Fall Victim To WHY SMALL BUSINESSES WHEN PEOPLE THINK OF DATA BREACHES THEY THINK OF VICTIMS AS LARGE CORPORATIONS BUT LATELY SMALL BUSINESS ARE THE NEW VICTIMS WHAT IS A NATA BRERCH BREACH A DATA BREACH CAN TAKE MANY FORMS AND UTILIZE A PLETHORA OF METHODS, BUT IS USUALLY INSTIGATED BY A 3RD PARTY GAINING ACCESS TO CONFIDENTIAL INFOR AS A COMPUTER, INTERNET CONNECTION. MISPLACED DOCUMENTS, OR THEFT. MATION FROM AN IMPROPERLY SECURED SOURCE SUCH BUSITESS INTRUSION -THEEF RESULT: Digitally stored business records Gains access via insufficient firewalls, poor passwords, or outdated software in most instances Everything from company bank accounts, payroll, trade secrets, or confidential legal information could be exposed Digitally stored customer information Gains access via insufficient firewalls, poor passwords, or outdated software in most instances Puts your clients at risk for identity theft, and exposes you to potential legal troubles from both your customers, and the government Credit card transactions Installs software on your network that relays credit card transactions as they are processed Exposes your clients to fraudulent charges on their cards, and jeopardizes your relationship with credit companies Document theft or loss Obtains confidential information from: improperly disposed of, misplaced, or stolen paperwork Exposes your clients personal information, and could potentially cause your company to incur enormous fines from state, and federal agencies THIS COULD НАРРЕП ТО YOU Daily Paper Rrhores thumb drive nit 4 palieats dala PIRY SHOULD YOUSE ONCERNED PERCENTAGE OF ATTACKS ON SMALL BUSINESSES WITH I00 OR FEWER EMPLOVEES IS RISING DRAMATICALLY ACCORDING TO VERIZON/AnD THE SECRET SERVICE 2009:141 27% SMALL BUSINESS 2010:761 63% SMALL BUSINESS ACCORDING TO VISA, 95% OF ITS CREDIT CARD BREACHES ARE AGAINST THEIR SMALL BUSINESS CUSTOMERS 95% A 2010 SURVEY OF SMALL- AND MEDIUM-SIZE RETAILÉRS FOUND THAT 64% BELIEVE THEY WEREN'T VULNERABLE TO CREDIT CARD DATA THEFT 64% ONLY 49% HAD ASSESSED THEIR SECURITY 49% AN AVG STUDY FOUND THAT 52% OF SMALL BUSINES OWNERS HAVE NO IT SECURITY POLICY. 52% 13% IN A 2008, A PHTS SURVEY FOUND THAT 13% OF HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES REVERLED THAT THEIR FACILITY HAD EXPERIENCED A DATA BREACH WHILE BREACHES SUCH AS THESE POSE A MAJOR THREAT, THE POTENTIAL LOSS FROM non CRIMINAL BREACHES CAN BE A HUNDRED TIMES MORE EXPENSIVE. IN FEBRUARY 2011, MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL WAS FINED Si MILLION AFTER AN EMPLOYEE LEFT A STACK OF PAPERS ON A SUBWAY TRAIN THAT CONTAINED PATIENT INFORMATION. THIS LEADS TO: NCOSTS THE WHILE LARGER CORPORATIONS CAN USUALLY WEATHER THE RAMIFICATIONS OF A DATA BREACH, SMALLER BUSINESSES I.STOLEN COMPANY FUNDS o le Funds 2.TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS SPENT INVESTI- Inyestigetion GATING THE BREACH 3.LEGAL ISSUES SUCH AS MANDATORY REPORTING OF Yogal BREACHES AND THE PENALTIES THEY MAY INCUR FROM THE LOSS OF LEGAL, MEDICAL OR OTHER DOCUMENTS. malties 4. LITIGATION FROM THOSE CLIENTS/ CUSTOMERS WHOSE DATA YOU WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR 5.THE TERMINATION OF SERVICE FROM ONE OR MORE CREDIT CARD COMPANIES 6.LOSS OF CUSTOMER/CLIENT TRUST... IN 2010, THE ESTIMATED COST FOR FAILING TO PROTECT PATIENT DATA HAS RISEN TO $345 PER INSTANCE OF A PATIENTS DATA BEING LOST OR STOLEN HOW TO PROTECT tYOUR BUSINESS IDENTIFY YOUR POSSIBLE ШЕАКПESSES ARE HOUR 123° HRE FOUR RECORDS PROPERLY STOREDP TRAIN YOUR ETMPLOVEES .ШНЕП TO BE WATCHFUL ND OPENING SURFING THE WEB TO KEEP SECURE: LAPTOPS, HARD DRIVES, THUMB DRIVES, AND DISCS THAT COULD BE LOST OR TAKEN CONFIDENTIAL 3 LONGER NEEDED TO NOT RELERSE INIFORMATION THOSE WHO THEY ARE DOT IDD SURE ARE WHO THEY CLAIM TO BE OUT WHAT IS LEGAL 100% 2005 nUE TI HIRE AN BERPERT EMPLOY AN IT EXPERT TO OVERSEE YOUR OPERATIO AND KEEP PROTECTIONHIOS MEASURES UP TO D DATE 10 ATE R PROPER DO D DISPO . POLICY FOR JUCUMENT STORAGE UISPOSAL TO KEEP PAPERS/RECORDS SAFE AND SECURE AT ALL TIMmES IN THE OFFICE, AND ESPECIALLY WHEN TAKEN HOME HE THE RBOVE METHODS CAN GO A THER DISPOSAL IS AIN LONG WAY IN KEEPING YOU SAFE FROM A DATA BREACH, NONE OF THEM HELP IF THAT PROTECTS FROM THE POTENTIAL WHICH IS WHY ONE OF THE STRONGEST TOLS A SIMALL BUSINESS CAN HAVE AT AND WHEN A BREACH DOES OCCUR. INSURANCE PLAN LOSSES FROM A DATA BREACH. CORONA BOLT INSURANCE AGENCY wwW.BOLTINSURANCE.Com ARE LESS LIKELY TO BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND THE LOSS FROM: Guest Check $345.00