Everyday businesses throughout Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. are experiencing a variety of different cyber security attacks including ransomware, phishing, viruses, malware, and Denial-of-Service.  This is mainly caused by two things, huge vulnerabilities in there network infrastructure and proper cyber security awareness training.

How do you protect your business from ongoing cyber attacks?

It is clear that ransomware has been on the rise and that cyber security is more important that it has ever been. Here are some simple steps that you can start doing right now to help prevent an attack on your small business.

– Work with an experienced Managed IT Services Company
– Patch & Update your Servers & Computers
– Implement a Cyber Security Awareness program
– Get a Network Vulnerability Assessment

Cyber security statistics for small busineses

The average ransom requested from Small Business is $4,300, but the average cost of downtime after a ransomware attack is $46,800. Source: https://lnkd.in/da_2hXs

70% of businesses are not prepared for a cyberattack. Source: https://lnkd.in/dWHh8M9

68% of small businesses have experienced a cyberattack in the last 12 months. Source: https://lnkd.in/dBRH2wb

90% of data breaches and cybersecurity incidents include a phishing component. Source: https://lnkd.in/dx9iHiE

69% of people admit to sharing passwords with colleagues for account access. Source: https://lnkd.in/dAtDNq4

Don’t leave your systems and employees vulnerable

Get professional and reliable Managed IT Security Services from Balancelogic

Headquartered in Waldorf, Maryland, we are centrally located to support our wide range of clients throughout the Maryland, Virginia, and Washington DC metropolitan area.

Balancelogic is your full service managed IT security solution. We start by evaluating your technology hardware and software, and then we implement a powerful network security solution to defend your systems, which includes firewall, antivirus, anti-malware, email protection and several other multi-layer security protections.