One of the big surprises in even a simple breach is how long a firm ends up down. When no one can work for a week. Or worse, when all of the data is destroyed and can't be retrieved. Backups often get hit too.

Breaches and outages aren't just happening elsewhere. They happen constantly, right here in Palm Beach County all the time to firms that didn't regularly review their cybersecurity.

There is a lot of incentive for cybercriminals to break into your network.

What are you doing proactively to prevent catastrophe?

Hackers can make an entire lifetime of income in one hit to a vulnerable business. They don't just hit you, they use your network to go after your clients and customers.

There are so many "low hanging fruits" to dramatically improve your companies security.

Hard drives die. Computers die. It's not "if" it's "when". Is your confidence in your backups misplaced? Have you tested them recently?

Even files sent from someone you "know" can be a tool hackers use to cause destruction.

It's people! Almost every major breach, damage to company networks, thefts, and long term outages started with an employee mistake. There are steps you can do to prevent this from happening.