Cyber attacks and your business
They happen every day from all over the world, attacking different services through different ports consistently for hours and days at a time. Some are minor annoyances that can be ratified relatively quickly, others are completely devastating. We all remember the attacks on Sony back in 2011 which crippled their entire network for a month and eventually not only cost them their reputation as being secure, but also 15 million dollars in a class action lawsuit. If you're a company that stores any kind of personal information of customers/clients you MUST protect their data at all costs. As I type this, multiple companies suffered a barrage of DDoS attacks today including Blizzard, League of Legends, Microsoft Xbox live on 360 (briefly) and of course, Sony. More attacks are currently in the works according to various twitter feeds. These were non-malicious attacks for the most part today, but plenty of information is on these servers including financial information where applicable. These attacks showed once again that these companies may not be doing enough to secure their data and their infrastructure. There are however, other companies out there that do JUST that, secure your data for you 24 hours a day. We're well aware of these companies at Gilded Pendulum and can make sure your data is always being monitored, traffic mitigated, and redundancy present at all times for just such occasions. In house IT departments often don't have the time nor the resources to make this a full time job, but that doesn't mean it can't be accomplished.
Feel free to email us with any questions as well as any concerns you may have about the future of your data's integrity online.
To close, here's a great feed of what actual cyberattacks look like in real time all over the world, illustrating attacker and aggressor as well as point of origin on darknets. This is constant, happens every day, and should if nothing else raise awareness of how often these things are going on.
Stay Safe!