If you’re not concerned about cyber security or a data breach – you should be! The deal on data breaches and cyber crime is that it’s the fastest growing crime globally according to Cybersecurity Ventures. By the year 2021 cyber crime will cost the world $6 trillion annually. The United States tops the charts as the number one country hit with cyber attacks and data breaches. The main cause of data breaches are malicious or criminal attacks, with 76% of all breaches being financially motivated. This comes at a hug cost for business. The average cost of a data breach is $3.86 million (IBM).
No business is excluded from the risk of a cyber attack or data breach. When we think of data breaches we often think big business, but the fact is that 43% of all cyber attacks are aimed at small business. Small businesses may be specifically vulnerable because they may not have advanced measures to protect their data both internally and digitally. 28% of breaches involve internal actors and 12% of breaches involve privilege misuse.
True Hire can help to keep your data and your company safe. As a PBSA Accredited firm, we stay up to date on compliance and have the highest standard of ethics and security. Performing both a background check for pre-employment, and a reoccurring check for current employees can help protect your company. Knowing your applicants and employees’ backgrounds helps to protect your company, employees and customers. We have a secure system from the time of entry all the way through processing the background checks and sending our clients the results. Our site is an https site, which indicates it is secure (hint: look for the lock to the left of the web address in your browser). The information comes directly to us. It is processed in our internal system that cannot be accessed remotely.
