Online Security Breach Compromises 77 Million Client Accounts

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Online Security Breach Compromises 77 Million
Client Accounts
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Online Security Breach

• The recent Sony Playstation Network online
  security breach, which resulted in roughly 77
  million customer accounts being compromised, has
  emphasized the growing importance of data
  security.
• According to Reuters, An unauthorized person
  stole names, addresses and possibly credit card
  data belonging to 77 million account holders on
  Sony's PlayStation Network in what could be one
  of the largest-ever Internet security breaches.
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Online Security

• Online security today is a massive challenge.
  Increasingly sophisticated threats, interactive
  cloud environments, new regulatory compliance
  requirements, expensive security personnel and
  reduced budgets all contribute to the complexity
  of securing a businesses online network.
• Online security protects your business from
  cyber-attacks, which can result in the loss of
  confidential or proprietary information and
  ultimately direct losses in either revenue or
  clean-up costs as well as damage your business
  reputation.
• Online networks are at constant risk of attack
  and effective security requires continuous
  monitoring and management.
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Online Security

• According to Information Week, 73 percent of
  small- and medium-sized businesses report they
  have been the victims of cyber-attacks in the
  past year, and 42 percent have lost confidential
  or proprietary information.
• As a result of these cyber-attacks, businesses
  have suffered direct losses in both revenue and
  clean-up costs. These attacks also negatively
  affect a business reputation.
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Outsource Your Online Security

• Outsourcing your online security will protect
  your business online networks from Internet
  attacks, stop unauthorized access, prevent worms,
  Trojans and viruses from attacking your network,
  and provide your business with the
  round-the-clock expertise needed to protect your
  online network.
• If you have tried to secure your online network
  with in-house staff and tools, you know how
  complex, resource-intensive and expensive it can
  be.
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Outsource Your Online Security

• However, outsourcing your network security can
  take this burden off your shoulders and provide
  your business with security solutions and
  expertise to monitor and effectively respond to
  these constant threats.
• Online network security is a specialized
  discipline that extends well beyond general IT
  support functions. Outsourcing your network
  security to a company, which understands the
  dynamic nature of modern threat environments,
  will allow your business to protect itself from
  an expensive online security breach.
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The Cost of a Security Breach

• The average cost of securing your online network
  is just 4 percent of what it usually costs to
  respond to and repair the damage of a successful
  online attack.
• According to a 2008 study released by the Ponemon
  Institute, victimized companies spend on average,
  6.6 million cleaning up after a security breach.
  
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Online Network Security

• Online network security protects your business
  from security breaches and positively affects
  your bottom line by protecting your revenue and
  reputation as well as allowing your IT staff to
  spend more time supporting revenue generating
  tasks and focusing on core business activities.
• Effective online security requires continuous
  monitoring and management as well as security
  experts who are able to identify and respond to
  network threats immediately.
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Online Network Security

• Outsourcing your online security will provide
  your business with a team of experienced security
  analysts with the ability to assess the severity
  of a cyber-attack, formulate the proper response
  and implement the optimal defense all in under
  a minute.
• These analysts will also assist your business and
  respond to security incidents with forensic
  analysis tools and expertise as well as work with
  your business to formulate and fine-tune updates
  ensuring your business security needs and legal
  requirements are met around the clock.
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About the Author

• Michael Duckett is President of CoreLink Data
  Centers, a leading provider of data center
  hosting and managed services solutions in
  Chicago, Las Vegas, Phoenix and Seattle. For more
  information about online security, visit
  http//www.corelink.com/data-center-network-securi
  ty.htm today.
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