Is Your Real Estate Firm Cyber Safe?

Recently, an article in Engineering News Record, one of the “go-to” trade publications for those in commercial construction, featured an eight-page, in-depth overview of how cybercriminals are finding ways to sabotage our industry. Charles Myers, MYCON General Contractors Aside from phishing scams, more cases are emerging and are far more alarming, including ransomware, wire fraud, and, even, controlling equipment used on-site in the construction process to cause harm. Last year, a study commissioned by Bromium, a company that protects brand, data and people using virtualization-based security, estimated that the cybercrime economy has grown to $1.5 trillion dollars annually. According to Gregory Webb, CEO of Bromium, “The platform criminality model…means enterprises and governments alike are going to see more sophisticated, costly and disruptive attacks as The Web of Profit continues to gain momentum.” Click to read more at www.dmagazine.com.