The Future is Now

M E — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:50:57 +0000

The interesting thing about the Internet is that while it’s something we all rely on these days for everything from our social lives to our banking and finances, it’s something that is still highly misunderstood. It’s safe enough, but it’s not entirely safe just as nothing in the real world is entirely safe. However, the faceless, almost detached feeling that we get from the cyber world creates a false sense of security. Also, the fact that most people don’t know how the Internet works, how data travels, or how things are stored. And so most of us have a hard time understanding the real threats and dangers. It doesn’t help that there have been far too many movies that make hacking seem like science fiction, which unfortunately it isn’t.

Despite the fact that hacking seems like something from a movie or from the future it isn’t. It’s a very serious threat. Because of our fast, technological advances, and our technology drenched society, even teenagers are quickly learning how to operate, control, and manipulate the Internet. While in high school most of my friends didn’t even know what the Internet was, now even my youngest brother knows some html code. Cyber criminals are not the same as real life criminals in the sense that these people are technologically advanced, and almost impossible to catch once they’ve committed a crime. Let’s take Anonymous for example. They are a network of hackers who try to, in their eyes, do good. They break into high security systems and pull out top secret information to make public. If they can get into the Pentagon, which they allegedly have accomplished, it’s assumed they can get into everywhere. And, most of them haven’t been traced. Governments can’t find them. And it’s the same with lower level hackers who maybe pulled some credit card numbers from a site here or there. They are rarely, if ever, caught.

It’s not so difficult to hack into a website and access its data or damage files. This data is typically unprotected unless the has website recently had a PCI compliant security scan. Website security scanning basically uses hacker techniques against them. The PCI scan looks for any security holes and notifies the owners so they can block them before a hacker can get through. There are almost always security holes, in fact we find them over eighty percent of the time. It’s that easy to get into a site, sit, wait, take. At the same time it’s easy to prevent hacking. If businesses used an SSL Certificate to protect moving data, and website security scanning to protect data, it would be very difficult for hackers to thrive as they do. But because the Internet is misunderstood, hackers are not taken as seriously as they should be and people are suffering massive losses from data theft, identity theft, and bankruptcy every year.

Cyber space is no longer something of science fiction, or the movies. Hackers are not futuristic geniuses we’ve seen in movies like, “Hackers”. They are real, trained, and difficult to catch. Each year millions of dollars are lost, websites compromised, identities are stolen, and lives are ruined. The “future” is now.

Free PCI Scanning Service Officially Launched!

Scott Brandley — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:08:34 +0000

73% of all Websites Fail Their First Security Scan!

If that headline above doesn’t scare you then you need to be worried. When I first received the statistic that 73% of all Trust Guard client scans were failing with one or more Medium, High, or Severe vulnerabilities, I was shocked! Obviously, our clients that use our scanning services are able to discover these vulnerabilities and resolve them, but it left a huge question in my mind… What about the rest of the Internet? Nearly 3 out of every 4 websites online have significant vulnerabilities and they probably don’t even know it!

In my mind this was just unacceptable. So, I met with my staff and we started to brainstorm ways that we could both educate website owners and also give them a service where they could check their website for the 30,000+ known vulnerabilities out there. As a result of those meetings and a lot of hard work, we are excited to announce the launch of our brand new, full-featured scanning site, FreePCIScanning.com!

FreePCIScanning.com is a FREE service where any website owner can get their websites scanned and receive a full report showing all the vulnerabilities found and instructions on how to fix them. Pretty cool right?

To get your Free PCI Scan simply visit FreePCIScanning.com today.

For those of you that aren’t sure what PCI Vulnerability Scanning is and why it is so important to your business, then visit the Trust Guard page, “What is PCI Scanning?” for a consise, easy to read explaination.

With the holiday season approaching, now is the time to make sure your website servers are safe for yourself and your customers. It will literally only take you about 2 minutes to visit FreePCIScanning.com and enter your information to get your scan underway. These 2 minutes could save you a lot of money and time in the long run.

The great thing about PCI Scanning, is that when it’s combined with our exclusive Trust Guard Security Scanned seal, it can help you increase your sales! Why? Because a customer that feels secure is a ready buyer. So while the name “PCI Scanning” might be a little boring, the way it puts more sales in your shopping cart is anything but!

Now is the time to take action. All you need to do to get your FREE Scan ($47 Value) is to visit FreePCIScanning.com and enter your name, email, telephone, domain name and our system will do the rest!

We sincerely hope you enjoy this great new service, and from all of us here at Trust Guard, we hope you have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Best Regards,

Scott Brandley, CEO
Trust Guard

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The Future is Now

Free PCI Scanning Service Officially Launched!

73% of all Websites Fail Their First Security Scan!