Cyber threats are at epidemic levels.

A single computer breach is now estimated to cost over $7.2 million* per incident.  Companies, universities, utility plants and government offices are battling this by adding more backend security (like firewalls, anti-virus and CAPTCHAs) to protect their sensitive data, all the while leaving the “front door” wide open.  The biggest and most overlooked threats to almost every system is not from outside.  It’s your own employees! Employee carelessness is the number one cause of internal breaches. Beefing up password size and complexity frequently leads to more insecurity because it drives the users to practice poor password management.

Privacy Legislation Threats:

The state and federal governments have imposed numerous privacy laws that every business, institution and agency  leader must know. These laws carry fines for non-compliance even if there is no breach. But, should there be a security breach then then fines are much more sever. To keep up with the security statistics of this threat, Click Here.

Cloud Threats:

Cloud solutions are being used for everything from legal forms to healthcare patient records, accounting data to word-processing, CRMs to order processing.  And with so much valuable data out in the clouds, the allure is too great for cyber thieves. To keep up with the security statistics of this threat, Click Here.

 Password Threats:

User name and password authentication is still the easiest and most cost effective way for users to access electronic data.  But the weak link is how people choose and manage those passwords.  As companies now bear the burden of strict new privacy laws, they try to mitigate their risks by implementing cumbersome authentication policies, which causes employees to circumvent security for their own convenience. To keep up with the security statistics of this threat, Click Here.

Spam and Malware Threats:

With over 200 billion emails sent daily, Symantec estimated that in 2010 about 89% were Spam. Spam and malware are seen as the biggest security problem for IT. Thieves are using spam inside phishing and spear phishing emails to distribute their malware. Once an employee clicks the wrong link an entire network can be infected. To keep up with the security statistics of this threat, Click Here.

IT Policy Threats:

IT heightens logon security by increasing the length, the complexity and the change-frequency of passwords.  While technically good policy, this ignores the human element.  Most people manage their passwords poorly.  They use the same password for multiple sites and write passwords down on notes left near their computer.  It only takes one careless site entry, phishing attack, keylogger or dishonest employee to reduce IT’s security policies to virtually non-existent.  Furthermore, if a legitimate user name and password are used, IT has no way to identify if a breach has occurred.  This is a huge vulnerability for any company. To keep up with the security statistics of this threat, Click Here.

Mobile Device Threats:

Smart phones, netbooks and tablets are the latest rage of employees. However, the security found in these devices is much less than traditional laptop computers. Employees are storing very sensitive information like customer data, network passwords, company financial, etc. To keep up with the security statistics of this threat, Click Here.

Social Networking Threats:

This is only starting to be analyzed by security and IT as to how this can affect network security. There have already been cases where malware is being distributed by means of FaceBook and Twitter. To keep up with the security statistics of this threat, Click Here.

Threats Cost:

When there is a breach, do you understand all the costs that your company will experience? Do you know the differences between the direct and indirect costs? To get a better understanding how the average breach cost in 2011 was $7.2 million, Click Here.

So, What’s the Solution?:

Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) solutions have proven themselves to be too cumbersome and expensive to implement and maintain.  And One Time Password (OTP) solutions have limited flexibility, are expensive and have been hacked.  Power LogOn Administrator eliminates these issues by enabling secure and affordable employee authentication onto computers, networks, data and websites with one simple card.  Take back control of your user’s password management with Power LogOn – The Alternative to PKI!

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* Ponemon Institute, 2011