Often businesses gather customer information and exchange emails with private information with customers, including details such as names, address, phone numbers, bank account details and credit card numbers.
The problem is that many companies conduct business through unsecured email.
What does this mean to you?
It means if someone intercepts your email they can steal your personal and financial data. Big problem! Because the stolen data can be used by the criminals for online purchasing or total identity theft.
For example, a few years back…
Target customers were hit in major credit card security breach (imagine if that was YOUR business!?)
Payment card information was stolen from an unknown number of Target Corp. customers starting on the busy Black Friday weekend. The Secret Service is investigating, according to a spokesman for the agency, which safeguards the nation’s payment systems. Target officials did not respond to requests for comment.
- The breach involved nearly all of Target’s 1,797 stores in the United States.
- The report said that at least 1 million payment cards were thought to have been stolen before Target uncovered the operation, but that the number could be significantly higher.
When all is said, and done, this one will put its mark up there with some of the largest retail breaches to date. As noted this has already happened to larger companies such as Target, Citibank and Sony, and should cause small business owners to think seriously about email security.
So, what can you do?
One of the easiest options is email encryption, did we mention it is easy? Yes, real easy.
We offer 24/7 customer support to help you troubleshoot any issues. Our service will protect your business from data breaches and cyber attacks.
Why do it? Email encryption offers you an extra layer of security, as the data inside the email is secured and cannot be opened or read by anyone who is not authorized to do so.
The software is available today from The Computer Company and it is a good investment as it offers the necessary protection.
- Host-based encryption software is where you set up an email domain on the server of the data encryption company to provide your business the needed security.
- This method can also be used to guard your system against spam, viruses and phishing attacks which is also a welcome added option.
- This is a good way of keeping virus attachments away from your system and it also prevents hackers getting into your system and then sending out spam from your system.
- It can also help to stop the hackers sending phishing emails from your company for financial gain.
- Encryption software is definitely worth considering for your business as it can keep your emails secure and also save you money by preventing the theft of your data.
For a free evaluation of your circumstances or a demonstration of our email encryption solution please contact us today.
