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oh yeah there are are a lot of reasons to get a virus and to get hacked, including no reason. And including, using you as an avenue to a bigger fish. I like your posting.

I depend on the cloud not only for business but backups and my software. And I almost lost my backups during a restore thanks to security issues. Now I not only back up to the cloud, but to USB drives and even good old fashioned DVD’s. Better have too many than lose the important stuff. I really like the premise behind Emsisoft’s Online Armor firewall, but have had terrible luck on Windows 8.1. It goes strong for about a day then crashes, locks up and eventually dies a violent death. I’ve spent enough money on failed virus protection that I’m hesitant to jump again – I feel like I’m getting bled dry, if not by the malware then by the antivirus companies and I’m still dealing with security issues.

My roundabout point here is that there’s got to be a whole lot of reinventing fast! Part of the burden of scanning can be done by the cloud host itself – like Google does when you upload to Gdrive or send email. So storage companies and program providers can do their part to help with the load. But after that we’re resorting to bits and pieces floating in the proverbial nether of the cloud for the user. Too much for an overwhelmed entrepreneur who doesn’t have an IT department to call on.

The prevailing theory was the bad guys don’t target the little Joe. Not enough cash, they want a big score like the hacks hitting major corporations. But hold on a sec – I think we need to take a hard look at this theory for I strongly believe it’s changing too – especially with Cryptoware/Ransomware. The bad guys can now easily hit a bunch of poorly secured small biz networks and the next thing you know, the data is hostage. I heard some ransoms translated anywhere from $100 – $500 US. Do the math – if they hit a couple hundred small networks – even if only half pay – that’s still a solid payday using scripts that run by themselves and don’t need to be watched. In fact many don’t need anyone to “know” how to hack, the code and how-to’s out there on free hubs for newbs to copy, paste, send – and get paid – or get a good laugh over the trouble they caused. It still means lost time, possibly lost data, lost revenue, and increased expense for both big and small business.

The cloud is changing not only our computing habits but how we do business. And until the overwhelmed one person entrepreneur puts on the IT hat and actually comes up with a SECURITY PLAN for their own computer and network, they’re going to find themselves in trouble just like I did. It doesn’t matter if your small business consists of 1 employee or 100 or 1000. Time for users to go proactive and get that plan in place. I almost lost everything but got lucky this time – I’m not taking any chances again. Neither should anyone else.
Thanks,
K. Loch

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