IT outsourcing users must protect against hackers

Posted by Louise Tate

IT outsourcing users have been urged to protect themselves against the risk of hackers, as the consequences can be huge if they do not.

Luis Corrons, technical director for Panda Security, said that firms potentially stand to lose millions of pounds if gaps in their security systems are not plugged.

According to the specialist, many cybercriminals can take money out of a company bank account unnoticed and it can be months before any loss is registered, by which time it is far too late.

Mr Corrons told IT outsourcing users: "Small and medium companies, mainly, are the ones that are most in danger, because they don't have huge security teams in place. We see cases [of this] on almost a daily basis."

Recently, IT security users learned of research from M86 Security which found that there has been a significant rise in the number of cyber attacks through social networking sites such as Twitter.