H&H Reeds Is Helping Businesses Stay Cyber Secure
According to an estimate from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), over 2 million cases of cyber-fraud were reported by UK businesses in the past year, and 49,000 cases directly attributed to this.
For businesses targeted by cyber criminals, hackers and fraudsters, these attacks can be devastating, so Carlisle based digital, print and marketing solutions provider H&H Reeds, are using their website development and management expertise to help their clients protect themselves and their customers.
H&H Reeds Head of Digital Marketing, Talisa Irving, explains why this is such a fundamental priority for any business conducted online:
“Billions of people around the world use the internet every day, and millions of businesses, large and small, offer content or products or services which requires customers to hand over a lot of their personal information on the business site.
“If you run one of the many businesses here in the North West that owns an e-commerce website, your server may host customer payment information, addresses, date of birth and other confidential information. If a hacker gets hold of this information, it wouldn’t be hard for them to steal your customers’ identities and make fraudulent purchases. It’s the website owner’s duty to safeguard customers from online criminals by prioritising your web security.”
If your website gets hacked, it can take a long time to get back online whilst repairing a hacked website and even longer if your assets are also damaged due to viruses.
“This loss of productivity will be damaging to your business sales and overall revenue,” says Talisa, “but the long-term harm to your business's finances could be greater from a damaged reputation. Establishing trust with your customers is even more essential in today’s digital world. If you fall victim to a data breach, customers will look elsewhere. It’s incredibly bad publicity for your business.”
Securing your website also protects your hardware. Web hackers don’t just steal data and personal information, they can also install viruses on your website that wreak havoc with your computers and other machinery.
“Hiring an expert to repair virus damage to your computers is extremely expensive, or you might face the even higher cost of replacing your hardware as well as repairing your damaged website.”
Recovering from a hacked website is possible but can be costly.
“The malware must be removed from the website and the whole website tested to make absolutely certain the code and files are clean and safe to use again. This can be horribly expensive, then there’s the short-term loss of revenue and long-term reputational damage.
“It’s far more cost-efficient to be proactive and ensure your web security is maintained, to prevent the breach from happening in the first place. Cyber security should be a priority in any business planning to keep you and your customers safe. We have a specialised security strategy for all our clients’ websites, and our VPC secure cloud hosting enables us to protect our clients’ sites from the unbelievable barrage of threats they face every day.
“It makes the best financial sense, and it gives you the peace of mind to focus on running your business.”