Getting hacked can be a scary time for a business, many people don’t know what to do or even where to begin. 60% of small businesses that suffer a cyber attack close down within 6 months. The average cost of a cyber attack is about $3.62 million globally. How you manage the cyber attack will be very important in preventing it from negatively affecting your business to a point of no return.

The purpose of Business Continuity (BC) is to maintain business operations following a disaster. BC and disaster recovery work together to bring an organization back to full operations. Usually, when a disaster happens your BC plan will allow your company to continue operations at a diminished capacity, so say 60% of your full capacity. While you are operating at 60%, you begin your disaster recovery, which is a plan that brings you back from your diminished capacity (60%) to your full 100%.

Almost everyone has bought or been covered under insurance, it’s an important aspect of our daily lives and is considered essential to protecting yourself in an emergency. Cybersecurity is no exception, having the proper insurance can save your business thousands or millions of dollars in a Cybersecurity Crisis. About 60% of companies that suffer a data breach, go out of business within 6 months and the average cost of a data breach in the US for 2019 is $3.9 million.

Email is an essential part of any modern day business used by over 90% of companies with the average business person sends and receives about 112 emails per day. As a result it represents a consistent and reliable attack surface for hackers. Being able to properly secure your company’s corporate email is an important part of your overall security strategy. Through email hackers can use many different methods to get access to your network.