How to Protect Your Business From Cybercrime
Cybercrime takes many forms, from financial loss to disruptions of important services and a sense of security. Attacks can affect individuals and businesses and threaten critical infrastructure across industries, from energy to health, transportation and financial services. Cybercriminals steal data from private networks to gain access to financial accounts, intellectual property and confidential personal information. In the case of cyberterrorism, attacks may be politically motivated to undermine the image of a nation or government.
As technology evolves, we see new criminal opportunities alongside some previously traditional activities. While new technologies create some differences, they don’t provide a significant distinction to criminals. Criminals still need to possess a clear and identifiable motive, a well-developed plan and the ability to commit their crime.
In the case of cyberattacks, the FBI works quickly to respond and to identify attackers and their victims. Through the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) and our Cyber Assistant legal attaches in embassies around the world, we work to seek justice for victims of malicious cyber activity.
It is important to recognize and report any suspicious behavior online, over the phone or by email. If you do receive an unexpected call, don’t give out personal information and never give out a credit card number over the phone unless you are certain it is a legitimate company. You can also consider using network segmentation to protect your business from a breach. It can help mitigate damage and improve the performance of your network.