By Dr. Steven Ghim
On any given news day, you can find a headline detailing the latest cybersecurity attack on a big business. But should mom-and-pop shops take this threat as seriously as Wall Street bigwigs? The answer is an inarguable “yes.”Hackers aren’t just focusing on major corporations anymore. If your personal email has ever been compromised, you’ve seen this firsthand. Online antagonists now bulls-eye bottom-shelf businesses because they know said targets don’t protect themselves enough. These criminals realize it’s harder for start-ups to bounce back from an attack and use that fear to squeeze money out of them.
