Securing Your Digital Systems: Why is Security Important Online?
Did you know that more than 43% of all cybersecurity threats are directed to small businesses? Did you also know that it takes some businesses on average 197 days to detect that their servers have been hacked? These statistics paint a frightening picture. Cybercrime is slowly becoming one of the most dangerous criminal activities in the world. According to billionaire Warren Buffet, cybersecurity attacks are becoming “the number one problem with mankind” . Understanding digital security Cyber breaches can be extremely expensive. It’s been estimated that a single data breach may cost a business up to two trillion by 2019. Businesses that don’t proactively invest in cybersecurity technology may find themselves at the mercy of anti-social elements. Taking the right protective measures starts with understanding what cybersecurity and cybercrimes entail. When we talk about a threat to cybersecurity (or a cybercrime), we refer to all activities tha...