It is always important to be prepared and ready in case something were to breach your network and you needed to restore your systems.  It is not a good idea to put your data backups off or to think that you will will never be a victim of a virus.

According to Tech Republic, “When discussing the importance of information security we’ve probably heard excuses such as “we’re too small to be a target” or “we don’t have anything of value”, but if there is anything this report can teach us, is that breaches can and do occur in organizations of all sizes and across a large number of industries. Profit drives several breaches, especially in the finance, retail, and food-services sectors, but cyber-espionage targets industries that possess wealth in the form of intellectual property, such as manufacturing and professional services.”

If you have any questions about your security or are looking to implement network monitoring, contact Marcus Networking at 602.427.5027.

Source: Alfonso Barreiro, Tech Republic. (May 15, 2013). “Security lessons from the 2013 Verizon Data Breach Report”.