14 | Business World Magazine |
November 2013
Small businesses are prime targets for
cybercrime and the fallout from a hack
attack can be particularly significant dur-
ing the holiday season. Hacked websites’
traffic slows to a crawl, especially if quar-
antined (“blacklisted”) by Google. It can
equate to thousands of dollars in lost rev-
enue as well as lost credibility with cus-
tomers. While IT professionals would
be the first to note that no website is 100
percent secure, that fact does not insulate
vendors from the fallout from such an at-
tack. TechInsurance, an Insureon Com-
pany recognized as one of the nation’s
leading online providers of insurance for
small and micro IT businesses, has is-
sued guidelines to help network admins,
web hosting companies, and site develop-
CyberSensitive
