Austen Clark, managing director of Scottish IT specialists Clark Integrated Technologies says that ransomware demand can be commercial suicide for a business, as it has the potential to ruin its reputation, send share prices plummeting and it may struggle to recover from the damage done.
Austen’s advice is simple - prevention is better than cure.
A major UK business survey revealing that a fifth of British businesses have been hacked by cyber criminals hammers home the need for all firms to ramp up their defences against cybercrime.
With only a quarter of firms surveyed by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) saying their business has security measures in place to guard against hacking, Austen Clark of Clark Integrated Technologies warns that too many firms could be exposing themselves to the very real danger of being hit by cybercrime.
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Austen Clark, managing director of Clark Integrated Technologies in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, warns businesses to be on their guard against mobile device phishing attacks.
Through staff awareness and training, he says that organisations can help combat the growing menace.
Mr Clark comments: “Hackers and cyber criminals work like water and will always find the cracks and vulnerabilities. It is an organisation’s responsibility to be aware of these fissures and protect or fill them.
Following on from our previous article, this is a brief Scenario concerning using “Hybrid” storage for backup.
