“Security is forever changing and we pride ourselves on providing peace of mind,” Ryan said.
And AVG’s acquisition by Avast has expanded their footprint, giving them a wider dataset from which to analyze new potential threats and provide the answers that SMBs need to secure their online environments. Ryan noted that for SMBs to protect their data, a multi-pronged solution must be implemented to defend against the varied cyber threats they face.ĪVG Internet Security Business Edition fills that need by employing a multi-layered approach using signature- and crowd-based protections and leveraging heuristic and behavioral components to identify and deflect threats in the security matrix.ĪVG Business Edition’s complete tool set continually works unnoticed in the background to mitigate breaches while maximizing device performance. Ryan Valle, Avast’s Product Management Lead, aims to help SMBs defend against online threats.
Whether it be credit cards or proprietary information, data is almost always the end goal.” “Most of the focus of malicious intent is being placed on data. “Ransomware is, unfortunately, having a big impact on SMBs,” said Ryan Valle, Avast’s Product Management Lead. Malware accounts for 50% of cyber attacks, and another 20% of security breaches come from human factors, such as falling victim to email phishing schemes.
Verizon’s 2016 Data Breach Digest notes that these breaches in security can come from a multitude of sources such as POS intrusions, web app attacks, malware, and human errors compromising security. And along with those billions go intellectual property, Social Security numbers, and information that facilitates future attacks. It is estimated that up to $450 billion will be taken by cyber criminals by the end of this year, according to an article by ThinkAdvisor. The goal of this malicious intent is easy to see: money and data. New features, such as an improved Online Shield, Data Safe, and File Shredder, coupled with an intuitive management interface, allow SMBs to seamlessly protect their online environments from malicious intent without compromising the performance of devices.Ī recent study conducted by Ipsos found that one in 10 firms with annual revenue under $10 million and one in four earning more than $10 million annually will fall victim to a cyber attack. The 2016 release of AVG Internet Security Business Edition offers a multi-layered approach that effectively mitigates threats to SMBs’ data and proprietary information. TL DR: With the recent acquisition of AVG by Avast came an expanded analytical footprint - one that facilitates award-winning security measures for SMBs.