Jack Vonder Heide, president of Technology Briefing Centers, Inc. gave a seminar on cybersecurity for small- to medium-sized businesses at the Fisher Community Center Thursday afternoon.
“Jack is one of the leading authorities on technology in America,” said Nancy Harris, Human Resources manager at Farmers Savings Bank.
“Cybercrime is a scary area,” Heide said. “It’s scary to talk about the risks, but it’s important to understand how to avoid problems.”
Small- and medium-sized businesses are targeted by hackers because they often do not have several layers of security, he said.
“These criminals are attacking these businesses to get to valuable information,” Heide said.
Credit card numbers, banking information, corporate funds, employee information, customer data and any information found in software is at danger of being hacked.
“Not everyone who commits these crimes try to take files or information,” Heide said. “Many use ransomware.” For the full article click here
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