NYT: No Business Too Small to Be Hacked

January 14, 2016 – This NY Times piece is a must read for small business owners. All of us are vulnerable to cyber hacks; not just the big boys. It’s why Ridge Global is developing customized insurance solutions for companies large and small. Because everyone deserves the ability to protect their intellectual property and other critical data. Now more than ever before.

“Just as the holiday shopping season neared, a toy company, Rokenbok Education, was navigating a nightmare situation: Its database files had been infected by malware.

Online criminals had encrypted company files, making them unusable, and were demanding a hefty ransom to unlock the data. Rokenbok, a California-based company that uses building blocks and even robotics to teach children how to think like engineers, lost thousands of dollars in sales in two days.”

Read the full article from the New York Times by clicking here.