Recently a large, very successful broker shared a story with me about a horrible experience his company had with a hacker. The hacker had taken control of his company’s entire network and it cost the company more than $1.5 million to replace the servers, software, databases, and to restore the network. This hacker took the network down just for fun and did not steal company information, and although insurance covered much of the expense, it created huge problems and loss of productivity to the company. The broker, like many others, thought “…something like that will never happen to our company”.
Unfortunately, it does happen. The truth is that as technology grows, so does the number of individuals that have malicious intent. Whether it be someone that just wants to take over your network for amusement, or someone that is looking for personal information that can be used for fraud - they are out there. This broker now strongly recommends that every company have an annual information security assessment performed by a qualified third party.
The concern has grown to such, that in less than four years 38 states have enacted strict Breach Notification Laws, and Federal Legislation is pending. Many of these laws go beyond stating how and when you must notify of a breach, and state that businesses and government agencies must “develop, implement, and maintain reasonable safeguards to protect the security, confidentiality and integrity of personal information…”. In 38 states, it is no longer just your company’s moral or ethical responsibility to be proactive in protecting your network, it is your company’s legal responsibility.
To reduce your liability and risk you must take proactive steps to insure that this DOESN’T HAPPEN TO YOUR COMPANY.
The first step, and one of the most cost effective tools to aid in protecting your systems and your company’s information, is using a vulnerability scanning solution. The HACKER SAFE® enterprise tool enables organizations to significantly reduce risk by providing a fully managed, proactive solution to discover and remediate network vulnerabilities on a continuous basis.
Below I have listed the top 5 reasons every Broker needs to be “HACKER SAFE”:
- First and foremost, as listed above, it is now becoming Your legal responsibility to be proactive in protecting the personal information of your customers, employees, and independent contractors that are held within your systems.
- It is fiscally responsible. HACKER SAFE can be purchased as low as $1495/year (via Clareity Security – the exclusive authorized reseller to the real estate industry). How often can an investment of less than two thousand dollars save hundreds of thousands in losses and/or fines, let alone the potential for incalculable damage to your company’s brand.
- HACKER SAFE is used daily by over 75,000 websites worldwide, including: Yahoo!; American Red Cross; Home Depot; Turbo Tax; FTD; and Sony, so you can rest assured its one of the best solutions available.
- When a problem is detected, full vulnerability remediation is available from Clareity Security’s experts along with ScanAlert’s CISSP and CSSP certified security specialists 24/7 via telephone, web, and email.
- HACKER SAFE is easy to deploy and can be set up in a day. There is no software or hardware to install or maintain.
For more information or to purchase HACKER SAFE visit: www.ClareitySecurity.com or email Marketing@ClareitySecuirty.com.
