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W W W. M A I N E B I Z . B I Z 31 A U G U S T 7 , 2 0 1 7 F O C U S C O R P O R AT E S EC U R I T Y " " " Align Your Technology with Your Business " Colors Pantone 2747 Pantone 1807 IT Solutions Designed for Your Business Finding the right IT partner is one of the most important decisions your company can make. At WGTECH, making information technology work for your business is our core competency. We develop individualized solutions that help you grow your business, improve operations, and boost efficiency. We're Northern New England's resource for advanced technology – we'd like to partner with you. www.WGTECH.com 207.856.5300 very day, corporate security and cybersecurity seem to take on a new dimen- sion. Reuters recently reported that there's a growing subculture of hackers just waiting to make their mark: "The surge in far-fl ung and destructive cyberat- tacks is not good for national security, but for an increasing number of hackers and researchers, it is great for job security," Reuters reported. "Twenty or even 10 years ago, career options for technology tinkerers were mostly limited to security fi rms, handfuls of jobs inside mainstream companies and in government agencies. But as tech has taken over the world, the opportunities in the security fi eld have exploded." As Laurie Schreiber reports on P. 32, companies in Maine, including small businesses, are prime targets for cybercrime. 80% 80% companies that don't know where their sensitive data is located companies that fail to include business users in cybersecurity buying decisions 66% 66% companies that don't fully measure whether their disaster recovery will work as planned cyberattacks target small businesses 60% 60% small companies that go out of business within six months of an attack companies that do not adequately protect privileged accounts S TA R T I N G O N F O L L OW I N G PA G E » E T H E S TAT E O F C Y B E R S E C U R I T Y C O M PA N Y DATA AT R I S K 32% companies that make cybersecurity purchases blindly 4.2% data breaches where encryption was used 52% breaches where number of compromised records was unknown Companies and governments around the world spend $100 billion a year on cybersecurity defenses. S O U R C E : "2017 State of Cybersecurity Metrics Report," published in July's Security Magazine — www.securitymagazine.com S O U R C E : Breachlevelindex.com Records breached in 2016: Number of breach incidents: 1,378,509,261 1,792 F R E Q U E N C Y O F DATA R E C O R D S L O S T O R S T O L E N S O U R C E : Breachlevelindex.com 44 per second 2,623 per minute 157,364 per hour 3,776,738 per day

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