Can you be too secure? By Jake Winemiller With the world climate ever-changing, security has shot to the top of many concern lists.  It’s tough to feel safe in general sometimes, and in our industry, it’s no different. Cyber Crimes are on the rise and they will continue to rise. Many companies feel they are safe because they aren’t Fortune 500 and don’t house much, if any, sensitive information, but that isn’t always the goal of your everyday hacker or cyber-terrorist. Just look at what some legislators and industry professionals are saying about this growing problem: “Mr. Edwards (Senator John Edwards, D-NC) noted that most Americans caught up in the grave aftermath of September 11 never realized that only a few days later a Pakistani group hacked into two of the U.S. government's Web services, declaring "cyber-jihad" against the United States . . . We now live in a world where a terrorist can do as much damage with a keyboard and a modem as with a gun or a bomb.” -The Washington Times, 2/4/03 "Criminal activity on the Internet is growing — not steadily, but exponentially, both in frequency and complexity. Criminals are getting smarter and figuring out ways to beat the system." -Larry Ponemon, chairman of the Ponemon Institute, an information management group and consultancy. “The proposed budget includes increases of $40.1 million and 113 positions -53 of them FBI agents-for the Computer Intrusion Program to fight cyber-crime and cyber-terrorism.” -United Press International, 2/3/03 “Thieves are not just diverting cash from company bank accounts, these experts say. They are pilfering valuable information like business development strategies, new product specifications or contract bidding plans and selling the data to competitors.” -The New York Times, 1/27/03 Its time everyone started taking the security of their server more seriously in order to save money and continue operations without the never-ending headaches and crippling lack of productivity caused by cyber criminals. Don’t be caught flat footed. Give We Manage Servers a call today at 1-888-691-9287 or email us at solutions@wemanageservers.com so we can help educate you on how we can help your business avoid a costly or even devastating disaster.  We can help deliver piece of mind to your company.