are los angeles manufacturers troubled by data security? (slideshare)
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Are Los Angeles Manufacturers
Troubled by Data Security?
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There’s more
to the data security situation
than meets the eye
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Hackers Piggybacking
Their Way In
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Hackers do not necessarily
want what is inside the
systems of Los Angeles
manufacturers
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They are also on the lookout
for ways to use such systems
to attack other companies
elsewhere:
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• Using an access ID
granted to a manufacturer
by a retailer for visibility into
the retailer’s stock database
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• Turning the manufacturer’s
systems into slave systems
that a hacker can use to
launch “denial of service”
attacks on another
organization
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• Installing rogue programs
in the manufacturer’s
systems and diverting
user transactions to those
programs to harvest credit
card payments and more
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Company bank account
information and employee
records with social security
numbers are often favorites
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Don’t discount possibilities of
deliberate damage from
activist groups (“hacktivists”)
or unscrupulous competitors
either
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The 80/20 Rule Applied
to Data Security
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With a few basic
security precautions
(20% of investment),
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such as a firewall, antivirus
software and keeping system
operating systems up to date,
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manufacturers can
rapidly beef up protection
(80% of results),
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and make their operations
much more difficult for
hackers to attack
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As a manufacturer
in Los Angeles,
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if you take a little trouble
with your data security,
you can save yourself
a lot of trouble afterward
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Do your business partners
ask you for proof of
data security precautions?
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Can this be a competitive
advantage for you to clinch
deals?
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