Software Security Experts Emphasize the Importance of Securing Your Online Business Edge

Nexusguard highlights the important factors that companies should take in order to protect their websites and applications from malicious attacks by hackers.

San Jose, CA (prHWY.com) March 20, 2013 - California, USA 18th March, 2013 - Nexusguard is a group of security software experts that provide premium cloud and internet security. They recently decided to offer their consultancy services to many business owners, in order to emphasize the importance of online security.

Many have been victims to such malicious attacks by hackers, and left wondering as they see their businesses crumble to the ground. It is in fact a growing epidemic. According to the Global Intelligence Network, there was a reported 5.5 billion malware attacks in 2011 alone. Today, that figure alone has seen an alarming increase of 80% more attacks, which simply suggests that giant corporations and small business owners are swimming in a virtual pool of vulnerability.

A spokesperson from Nexusguard had this to say about these malicious attacks, "The volume and sophistication of malicious activity has increased substantially in recent years. According to a global survey conducted by Arbor Network, the largest DDoS single attack observed in 2010 rose to 100Gbps, which was a 102 percent increase from 2009, and a 1000 percent increase from 2005," He further went on to explain the complexity of the situation, "Application-layer DDoS attacks are increasing in sophistication and operational impact. The most frequently targeted applications are HTTP, DNS and SMTP, where attacks targeted both customers and support devices of operators, inflicting increased operation expenses, customer churn and revenue loss. Symantec, which is another global network security company, has also said that the internet threats are getting more sophisticated and frequent."

When asked about these attacks and if there was any form of prevention, the spokesperson from Nexusguard said, "Targeted attacks have gained notoriety from high-profile attacks against major organizations and significant targets. The attacks have become more complicated, and malicious codes attached can even affect physical devices as in the case of Stuxnet worm, which attempted to exploit for zero-day vulnerabilities. Companies need to focus using online protection such as Cloud WAF, which is a Web Application Firewall. If businesses implement the use of the Cloud WAF to protect their online business, they will be able to prevent attacks focused on online transactions, which will not only lose them huge amounts of revenue, but they lose critical amounts of data."

So, what it comes down to is, on one hand you've got this increasing level of malicious attacks, on the other a cure. Whether it's a permanent solution or a temporary one, many organizations will just have to see, but till then it's always a good idea to remember that prevention is better than the cure.

Nexusguard has focused all of their operations on studying these attacks and are determined to create a solution that not only protects companies, but improves their performance and is cost effective.

About Nexusguard

Nexusguard is a collaboration of a group of Software Security experts, who established the company in 2008. The purpose of Nexusguard was based on the process of researching and evaluating effective and efficient solutions to any online crisis, and thus is a premium provider of end-to-end, in-the-cloud, Internet Security Solutions.

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Nexusguard.com

Email: contact@nexusguard.com

Telephone: (408) 573 6405

Address: 2033 Gateway Place, Suite 500

San Jose, CA 95110

U.S.A.

Website:
http://www.nexusguard.com/

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