If your IT systems are compromised, and hackers help themselves to your data, the impact on your business WILL be severe. Not only will it dent the confidence of your existing customers and potentially ruin your reputation with prospective customers, but it can also end with your business facing serious legal action and fines.

Here are three reasons to take your data security seriously:

  1. In 2019 there were over 1,470 reported data breaches in the United States that exposed over 164 million sensitive records.
  2. It takes an average of 280 days for businesses to notice they have a data breach.
  3. The average cost of a data breach is over $3 million, with the United States having the highest average at $8.64 million.
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To ensure that your data is secure, partnering with the right IT support team is critical. Contact us to do an assessment on your network and ensure your cyber security is made a top priority. Hackers have grown tremendously since Covid-19 and your business needs to be even more secure than before to protect your data.

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